Leading Opinions
_{Edit// I have posted the debators gender and age next to their statement to see if there is a trend somewhere.}

Pro-life

"saddest thing a person can do to another person, not letting them have the chance to be loved. there are better ways to deal with mistakes besides erasing it.
we've got to give people better living conditions so that they don't have to resort to abortion in the first place--pushing people like young girls to abortion is a sign that our society is so impoverished that we'd rather yell and condemn people for something they feel could be the only way they can protect themselves instead of going through the effort of teaching them about abstinence and being there for them if they make a mistake." ~MeaXMae Female, 19.

"I see that a lot of people here have already voice similar thoughts, but I think that abortion is a viable option when a woman has been raped, is too young to bear the child, or it will endanger her life.
I mean, there are plenty of men and women who want children but are unfortunately unable to conceive who would be perfectly willing to adopt a child. Why not, if circumstances allow, follow the pregnancy to term and put the child up for adoption? It seems a better thing to do than terminate a life that could bring joy to a childless family." ~WazzuOtaku Female, 26.


Pro-choice

"....Either the person would be going through EXTREME EMOTIONAL DRAMA HERE or would be a horrible parent for the child ANYWAY!...As for adoption That's all very nice but there are tons of children who need families too... I know it sounds horrible, but we don't need more parentless kids, we have enough...Yes people must also abuse how 'easy' it is, but for the people who really don't see any other choice it should be there, they've gone through enough...I can only imagine what it would be like to have to pick that." -=Severita Female, 15.


"Irresponsible abortions out of convenience are retarded. That said, we are talking about a fetus. A fetus that is inside of a woman. In my opinion, anyone who tells a woman what to do with her body needs to go play in traffic. Seriously. Any responsible woman will tell you that abortion is the last thing she would want. Even if she's pro-choice. That's what it is: pro-choice. Not pro-abortion. The ability for a woman to choose, for her to decide without interference from a male-driven society. That's what's important. Everyone is pro-life by definition if they are living and breathing. Pro-choice means freedom. Freedom is life." ~conflictfree Male, 20.


"i dont see a problem with abortion as long as its before the baby starts to develop its nerves and the mother isn't using abortion as a constant form of birth control. once is okay, 5 times in the past year is not. also, if there's going to be people on the extreme who go as far as to say a fertilized egg is already a human and deserves this, that and the other things, then why not sperm? why not unfertilized eggs? lets all stop using condoms because you're wasting babies!!" ~RAWR-ima-Dinoroar Female, 16.


Debate (Pro-Life)

"It has the very real potential of being a human. Indeed when is the point where before it was not a person but then it is a person? People may say then why isnt sperm considered etc, but sperm on its own would never be a life, whereas a fertilized egg actually will develop into a human." ~drake124 Male, 17.

Either/Or

"It really depends on the situation. I can't call on a woman automatically and say she's a murderer for having an abortion. My main issue is that a woman shouldn't be allowed to have an abortion if the father wants the child, and the sex was consentual. I think they should both have to sign off on it. I mean, that child is just as much the father's as the mother's. Now if having the baby would cause the mother's death, that's different- but let's face it... we're in the 21st century, and that doesn't happen anywhere near as much as it used to.
Now if the mother gets pregnant often, and continues killing them, then I'm completely against that. It's wrong in all senses of the term. Rape I wouldn't mind the woman having an abortion, but I do know a lot of women who have kept their rape children because it's still their child : /"
-~touchofdestiny Female, 16.

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