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I have to agree with Phil on the first several weeks part. At that point, the fetus is really nothing but a bunch of dividing cells. '''I honestly don't know how I feel about abortion.''' I think that it is important to be able to allow women who are fatally at risk to be able to have them, but I have some issues with the way some people use and treat abortion. The main problem that I have is when people use it as a form of birth control. When my mother first started working as a nurse, a woman called for a nurse to help her out of the bathroom. She assisted the lady, and then went back to flush the toilet for her. There was a bloody fetus in the toilet bowl. Needless to say, my mother freaked out. The nurses who had been there longer told her that that woman comes in every several months and has an abortion, and that she used it as birth control. Now, I know that this is not the norm, or at least I hope not, but instead of killing the child, take the care to prevent its conception first. - Sarah H. | I have to agree with Phil on the first several weeks part. At that point, the fetus is really nothing but a bunch of dividing cells. '''I honestly don't know how I feel about abortion.''' I think that it is important to be able to allow women who are fatally at risk to be able to have them, but I have some issues with the way some people use and treat abortion. The main problem that I have is when people use it as a form of birth control. When my mother first started working as a nurse, a woman called for a nurse to help her out of the bathroom. She assisted the lady, and then went back to flush the toilet for her. There was a bloody fetus in the toilet bowl. Needless to say, my mother freaked out. The nurses who had been there longer told her that that woman comes in every several months and has an abortion, and that she used it as birth control. Now, I know that this is not the norm, or at least I hope not, but instead of killing the child, take the care to prevent its conception first. - Sarah H. | ||
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| + | There are no easy answers to this topic, but I don't think that one person has the right to dictate what a woman can or cannot do with her body. The original anti-abortion laws were written and maintained by men. Here comes a women's group saying that they have a right to control what happens with their bodies, and the Supreme Court validated that right with Roe vs. Wade. For every story where abortion seems inappropriate, there is probably a story of justification. Why do people think that reversing Roe vs. Wade will stop abortion? If you remember, women were aborting long before the decision at the risk of their health and life. If the decision is ever reversed, I would imagine that women will still seek out abortions.--LisaM | ||
== Lindsey Van Gelder reports on “Women vs. the NY Times” in Ms. in 1978. == | == Lindsey Van Gelder reports on “Women vs. the NY Times” in Ms. in 1978. == | ||
