These are some arguments you might come across when talking with acquaintances about the sometimes (always for me) touchy subject of abortion.
And so, I've compiled a list of pro-choice statements and their pro-life arguments. Thank you, Internet, for your great input!
10. "You can't force your morals on me."
Whooooaaa, there, Nellie. If I can't force my pro-life views on you, why are you forcing your views on me by insisting that I let everyone choose? It's the same thing. You cannot insist that I give up my beliefs for yours, because you are doing precisely what you say I cannot do. You say you are for equality, but that is not equality.
9. "You say abortions are dangerous, but that's only back-alley and coat-hanger abortions. Childbirth is much, much more dangerous."
Actually, abortions are the fifth leading cause of maternal morality (besides the huge, honking fact that one person dies for every abortion!). Maternal mortality also comes from ectopic pregnancies, gestational diabetes, hemorrhages, blood clots, and high blood pressure -- and more! Also, women are psychologically harmed by abortions. They lead a life of guilt because of what they've done to their unborn children.
Not only that, but after an abortion, women are more likely to develop cancer. Women also have severe complications with pregnancies down the road -- which, a funny thing about that. If a woman chooses to have an abortion, the "thing" that is expelled from her body is a "fetus"...if the woman chooses to keep the baby and carry him/her to term, the "thing" is known as a "baby"...is it just me, or is that totally double-minded??
8. "You say that if a woman becomes pregnant from making bad choices, her responsibility is to give birth. However, a woman's 'responsibility' is never to actually give birth."
Hooolllddd on. Say my teacher gave me homework to finish by tomorrow morning. I choose not to do it. Was my responsibility to finish that homework?? Yes. Yes it was.
That's like eating a huge bowl of ice cream, and then eating a plate of spinach.
7. "That's just your view."
Soooooo...say it's raining outside, and I make the observation that it is raining outside.
"Nope," you say, "it's sunny outside today."
Um, no. Just no.
6. "Outlawing abortion is very dangerous."
Um, excuse me, but most illegal abortions are actually performed by physicians. And what about those doctors that took the Hippocratic Oath? The Hippocratic Oath clearly states: "I will do no harm." If you are a licensed physician killing innocent children, your license should be revoked.
If abortions are so safe, why is it that a whopping 13% of all maternal deaths are from abortion??
5. "You ask, 'What if Winston Churchill had been aborted?' I ask, 'What if Josef Stalin had been aborted?'"
Both clearly were not. This is a stupid argument, either way you take it.
4. "It's unfair for an unwed mother to have to go through the public embarrassment of giving birth and then either keeping the child or giving it up for adoption."
As stated by lifestrategies.thethingseternal.com, "pregnancy is not a sin." It is not the child's fault that his parents made the poor choice they did. And, a truly humble person would not exalt himself, but have others know his sins; a prideful person, on the other hand, would try to hide his sins.
3. "Abortion is a private matter and no one else's business."
Well, if it's not wrong, why are you trying to hide it??
2. "Sometimes women have no other choice than to have an abortion."
Funny...but forcing women to have an abortion is not pro-choice. That is solely pro-abortion.
1. "A fetus is not a baby, it is a fetus. It cannot live on its own. It is not a human being."
I am sorry, but I am going to try not to blow up as I blow apart this lie...
1. Just because a fetus cannot survive on its own, it is not human.
That is invalid.
Use your imagination for me. Say you got diagnosed with cancer or diabetes. Without medical intervention, people die from these diseases. And yet you, strangely enough, are still human?
A human has a heartbeat. A human has eyes, ears, and a nose. A human has forty-six chromosomes.
So does a fetus. In fact, fetus is Latin and means "little one". Fetus is just another stage of development, like "child" or "teenager" or "adult".
If that's not enough for you, there was a child who was born at 22 weeks and lived. So is it a human at 22 weeks? If then, why not before?
And functionalism? If a human is a human because of its interaction with others, what about a deaf person or a blind person? What about a person who speaks a different language than you? If you are not able to interact with them, are they not a human?
And what about growth? Did you ever see a vacuum cleaner grow? What about a winter coat? A picnic table? Then why is a fetus, which breathes, lives, grows, not a human?
And here, at last, are the statistics:
~ 50% of pregnancies were unplanned. 40% of unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. That's 20% of all pregnancies.
~ There are 210 abortions per 1,000 live births, and 13.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44!
~ 22% of pregnancies end in abortion. That's over 1/3 of all women.
And if you're still unsure, here's a Margaret Sanger quote for you:
"The most merciful thing a large family does to one of its members is kill it."
To which I say....No! No! NO!!!
This has been your Pro-Life Rant from Grace! :)
And so, I've compiled a list of pro-choice statements and their pro-life arguments. Thank you, Internet, for your great input!
10. "You can't force your morals on me."
Whooooaaa, there, Nellie. If I can't force my pro-life views on you, why are you forcing your views on me by insisting that I let everyone choose? It's the same thing. You cannot insist that I give up my beliefs for yours, because you are doing precisely what you say I cannot do. You say you are for equality, but that is not equality.
9. "You say abortions are dangerous, but that's only back-alley and coat-hanger abortions. Childbirth is much, much more dangerous."
Actually, abortions are the fifth leading cause of maternal morality (besides the huge, honking fact that one person dies for every abortion!). Maternal mortality also comes from ectopic pregnancies, gestational diabetes, hemorrhages, blood clots, and high blood pressure -- and more! Also, women are psychologically harmed by abortions. They lead a life of guilt because of what they've done to their unborn children.
Not only that, but after an abortion, women are more likely to develop cancer. Women also have severe complications with pregnancies down the road -- which, a funny thing about that. If a woman chooses to have an abortion, the "thing" that is expelled from her body is a "fetus"...if the woman chooses to keep the baby and carry him/her to term, the "thing" is known as a "baby"...is it just me, or is that totally double-minded??
8. "You say that if a woman becomes pregnant from making bad choices, her responsibility is to give birth. However, a woman's 'responsibility' is never to actually give birth."
Hooolllddd on. Say my teacher gave me homework to finish by tomorrow morning. I choose not to do it. Was my responsibility to finish that homework?? Yes. Yes it was.
That's like eating a huge bowl of ice cream, and then eating a plate of spinach.
7. "That's just your view."
Soooooo...say it's raining outside, and I make the observation that it is raining outside.
"Nope," you say, "it's sunny outside today."
Um, no. Just no.
6. "Outlawing abortion is very dangerous."
Um, excuse me, but most illegal abortions are actually performed by physicians. And what about those doctors that took the Hippocratic Oath? The Hippocratic Oath clearly states: "I will do no harm." If you are a licensed physician killing innocent children, your license should be revoked.
If abortions are so safe, why is it that a whopping 13% of all maternal deaths are from abortion??
5. "You ask, 'What if Winston Churchill had been aborted?' I ask, 'What if Josef Stalin had been aborted?'"
Both clearly were not. This is a stupid argument, either way you take it.
4. "It's unfair for an unwed mother to have to go through the public embarrassment of giving birth and then either keeping the child or giving it up for adoption."
As stated by lifestrategies.thethingseternal.com, "pregnancy is not a sin." It is not the child's fault that his parents made the poor choice they did. And, a truly humble person would not exalt himself, but have others know his sins; a prideful person, on the other hand, would try to hide his sins.
3. "Abortion is a private matter and no one else's business."
Well, if it's not wrong, why are you trying to hide it??
2. "Sometimes women have no other choice than to have an abortion."
Funny...but forcing women to have an abortion is not pro-choice. That is solely pro-abortion.
1. "A fetus is not a baby, it is a fetus. It cannot live on its own. It is not a human being."
I am sorry, but I am going to try not to blow up as I blow apart this lie...
1. Just because a fetus cannot survive on its own, it is not human.
That is invalid.
Use your imagination for me. Say you got diagnosed with cancer or diabetes. Without medical intervention, people die from these diseases. And yet you, strangely enough, are still human?
A human has a heartbeat. A human has eyes, ears, and a nose. A human has forty-six chromosomes.
So does a fetus. In fact, fetus is Latin and means "little one". Fetus is just another stage of development, like "child" or "teenager" or "adult".
If that's not enough for you, there was a child who was born at 22 weeks and lived. So is it a human at 22 weeks? If then, why not before?
And functionalism? If a human is a human because of its interaction with others, what about a deaf person or a blind person? What about a person who speaks a different language than you? If you are not able to interact with them, are they not a human?
And what about growth? Did you ever see a vacuum cleaner grow? What about a winter coat? A picnic table? Then why is a fetus, which breathes, lives, grows, not a human?
And here, at last, are the statistics:
~ 50% of pregnancies were unplanned. 40% of unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. That's 20% of all pregnancies.
~ There are 210 abortions per 1,000 live births, and 13.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44!
~ 22% of pregnancies end in abortion. That's over 1/3 of all women.
And if you're still unsure, here's a Margaret Sanger quote for you:
"The most merciful thing a large family does to one of its members is kill it."
To which I say....No! No! NO!!!
This has been your Pro-Life Rant from Grace! :)
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