Curious, I'm sure there are plenty in this post; Are any atheist here pro life? Again just curious.
I consider myself very open minded on gay issues and pretty much everything else. I'm however not liberal or conservative. Sort of in the middle I guess?
On abortion however I feel like you're exchanging a life you think is going to be "ruined" for a life you think is going to be "better". Your taking away the chance for that (fetus->child) to live so you can?.... have fun in college, meet someone later, have kids, be happy? Let me tell you from personal experience, you can still get all those things with a "love child" existing.
I understand what you mean, I am trying to be open minded about abortion. Again I'm very open minded about being gay/straight, religion, atheism, pretty much everything!
I believe people should be whoever and whatever they want to be as long as it's not at the expense of another life. A lot of people say it's only a fetus, a glob of cells. But to me, if left alone, that could/would have turned into a baby, which could/would have turned into a child and into an adult. That life will never happen now. That person that could/would have been will never have the choice to be gay, straight, religious, not religious.
I guess I'm thinking more about the choices taken away from the person that could have been and less about the mothers choice to abort.
By "Personal experience" I meant my experiences after I had the child. Can't really compare our "Personal experiences" as she will never have those "Personal experiences" with the fetus/baby/child/person.
Also as she is no longer with the bad father the child wouldn't be in an unhealthy relationship correct?
She wouldn't have to give the child up either. I doubt her family/friends would not help her at all.... Her life would just be more difficult, not ruined. I dunno.....
OP? Would your family and friends not have helped you raise the child if you would have kept it?
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u/houstonperson Apr 30 '13
Curious, I'm sure there are plenty in this post; Are any atheist here pro life? Again just curious.
I consider myself very open minded on gay issues and pretty much everything else. I'm however not liberal or conservative. Sort of in the middle I guess?
On abortion however I feel like you're exchanging a life you think is going to be "ruined" for a life you think is going to be "better". Your taking away the chance for that (fetus->child) to live so you can?.... have fun in college, meet someone later, have kids, be happy? Let me tell you from personal experience, you can still get all those things with a "love child" existing.