ABORTION.......

I have a question regarding abortion. Can anyone tell me that if a woman considering an abortion that believes it is not a child, but a zygote, fetus, etc., why would she then have any guilt-type feelings about doing it?

Momma Angel wrote:

I have a question regarding abortion. Can anyone tell me that if a woman considering an abortion that believes it is not a child, but a zygote, fetus, etc., why would she then have any guilt-type feelings about doing it?

I have read in this thread that these women do suffer these feelings, and I definitely believe they do. I just don't understand why they would feel that way if they really believed it is not a child they are aborting.

Well....for one thing...many women simply do not suffer feelings of guilt after an abortion.

Many do...that I will grant.

I have a theory that many who do...probably owe lots of that "feeling of guilt" to the holy roller people who stick their noses into places where it don't belong...and attempt to cause women contemplating abortion to feel as lousy and as guilty about the decision as possible.

I have a theory that many who do...probably owe lots of that "feeling of guilt" to the holy roller people who stick their noses into places where it don't belong...and attempt to cause women contemplating abortion to feel as lousy and as guilty about the decision as possible.

Women are designed biologically to have children. When a woman becomes pregnant, hormones suffuse her body in preparation. Then there is the issue of the relationship of the woman to the man who impregnated her. In many cases that end the pregnancy in abortion the woman is deeply conflicted.

The woman's body is telling her to carry the pregnancy to term, while her intellect is telling her that having a baby at this time is not right for her. Of course there is a certain amount of guilt involved.

Did I read that right, Frank. The guilt that women who abort a fetus feel is directly related to people having opinions?

Frank Apisa wrote:

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Well....for one thing...many women simply do not suffer feelings of guilt after an abortion.

Many do...that I will grant.

I have a theory that many who do...probably owe lots of that "feeling of guilt" to the holy roller people who stick their noses into places where it don't belong...and attempt to cause women contemplating abortion to feel as lousy and as guilty about the decision as possible.

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I have a theory that many who do...probably owe lots of that "feeling of guilt" to the holy roller people who stick their noses into places where it don't belong...and attempt to cause women contemplating abortion to feel as lousy and as guilty about the decision as possible.

Did you read what Phoenix wrote?

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Women are designed biologically to have children. When a woman becomes pregnant, hormones suffuse her body in preparation. Then there is the issue of the relationship of the woman to the man who impregnated her. In many cases that end the pregnancy in abortion the woman is deeply conflicted.

The woman's body is telling her to carry the pregnancy to term, while her intellect is telling her that having a baby at this time is not right for her. Of course there is a certain amount of guilt involved.

She is answering in an honest manner. You, on the other hand, choose to blame Christians for any feeling of guilt that the "mother" feels.

Intrepid- The thing is, that if a pregnant woman who has an abortion belongs to a group that is against abortion, there will be a greater guilt. The negative messages that she has been given about abortion will only add to her conflict.

Foxfyre wrote:

Frank, if you can find a single quote of mind where I referred to anyone with the term 'baby killer' I'll send a $100 contribution to Planned Parenthood. Nor have I told a single lie except in your own wierd mind. I've already withdrawn from the debate, but I'll have to keep pointing out the lack of merit (or truth) in your insults directed at me.

You people are a laugh...but most especially you, Fox.

I cannot count the times you have referred to a woman choosing to terminate her pregnancy as "killing a baby."

How else can that possibly be interpreted...except as calling those who perform abortions as baby-killers...and as calling those who support a woman's right to choose to terminate her pregnancy...as abettors of baby-killing.

That's why we on the prolife side say the 'pro choice' handle is inconsistent when you look at the big picture. To advocate a woman killing her unborn child just because she wants to is pro abortion. You can't get around it or sanitize it by attaching a less graphic term to it. And the only way a moral people can advocate killing a baby for the woman's convenience is to give the unborn child subhuman status. It is no longer a developing person. It is a 'bundle of cells', a 'parasite', a 'thing' that can be discarded at will.

The pro-abortion people have used 'zygote' and 'fetus' as synonyms for non-human beings and the law that a woman is allowed to kill her baby at any point prior to complete birth as a moral license to do so. They have absolutely nothing else to add to the debate.

And I wonder if those who now point to the Supreme Court as their moral authority will have the same point of view about that if the Court at some time should rule that the states can impose restrictions on abortion.

Despite your enthusiasm for taking a shot at me, Mesquite, I'll stand by what I said. For those of us who know that the being still in the womb is a human baby and not a subhuman something else, there is no way to get around the implications of killing a baby when an abortion is performed.

I notice you didn't bother to post any of my posts in which I said I do not presume to be a judge of anyone in this matter, nor have I brought religion into the principle at any time. Of course if you had, you couldn't tar me with the 'evil Bible thumper' image to discredit me, could you?

Thunder was absolutely right when he said that it is the opinion of the prolifers that there is no right to kill another human being for convenience. But the pro-abortion people won't even concede that point.

The latest argument now is that it is okay because the Supreme Court says it is okay. I think those who agonized and finally agreed on the exquisite language of Roe v Wade would not agree that their intent was what the pro-abortion crowd has made of it.

And I wonder if those who now point to the Supreme Court as their moral authority will have the same point of view about that if the Court at some time should rule that the states can impose restrictions on abortion.

I will add a disclaimer here that I do not think all pro choice people are pro abortion. All the prolifers who have contributed to this thread have agreed there are times and circumstances in which the choice for abortion may be the moral choice.

But so long as there are those out there who say it is perfectly moral for the the woman to choose to kill a healthy baby as it emerges from the womb for no other reason than she does not want the baby, there will be those of us who are willing to say that is wrong and it should not stand.