Abortion

13 million orphans world wide. Something tells me there aren't enough families.
USA != the rest of the world

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Nearly all abortions take place in the first trimester, when a fetus cannot exist independent of the mother. As it is attached by the placenta and umbilical cord, its health is dependent on her health, and cannot be regarded as a separate entity as it cannot exist outside her womb.

Like I said before, is it ok to throw fertilized chicken eggs all over the place because they can't survive outside of the egg yet? No.
2.

The concept of personhood is different from the concept of human life. Human life occurs at conception, but fertilized eggs used for in vitro fertilization are also human lives and those not implanted are routinely thrown away. Is this murder, and if not, then how is abortion murder?

Did I ever say that throwing away fertilized eggs was ok? I'd ratehr this practice wasn't carried through, but rather these people who want to be parents should just adopt. They'll have a child to take care of and help a child have a better life.
3.

Adoption is not an alternative to abortion, because it remains the woman's choice whether or not to give her child up for adoption. Statistics show that very few women who give birth choose to give up their babies - less than 3% of white unmarried women and less than 2% of black unmarried women.

It is the woman's choice to give up the baby to abortion. If they are willing to abort their baby then they should be willing to give the baby up for adoption. It is hypocritical otherwise.
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Abortion is a safe medical procedure. The vast majority of women - 88% - who have an abortion do so in their first trimester. Medical abortions have less than 0.5% risk of serious complications and do not affect a woman's health or future ability to become pregnant or give birth.

It isn't safe for the baby, the ones who can't defend themselves. You don't have a right to kill the baby because it is safe FOR YOU.
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In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would cause further psychological harm to the victim. Often a woman is too afraid to speak up or is unaware she is pregnant, thus the morning after pill is ineffective in these situations.

Killing a baby because a woman might have more psychological harm isn't right. Besides, women can heal from their own children even if they are from a rape.
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Abortion is not used as a form of contraception. Pregnancy can occur even with responsible contraceptive use. Only 8% of women who have abortions do not use any form of birth control, and that is due more to individual carelessness than to the availability of abortion.

Know the risks. You took the risk, accept that.
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The ability of a woman to have control of her body is critical to civil rights. Take away her reproductive choice and you step onto a slippery slope. If the government can force a woman to continue a pregnancy, what about forcing a woman to use contraception or undergo sterilization?

Why would we force sterilization/contraception? That is just plain wrong. We aren't communists yet. However, I believe we can enforce PRO-LIFE causes.
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Taxpayer dollars are used to enable poor women to access the same medical services as rich women, and abortion is one of these services. Funding abortion is no different from funding a war in the Mideast. For those who are opposed, the place to express outrage is in the voting booth.

Voting is one thing, but making your cause known is another.
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Teenagers who become mothers have grim prospects for the future. They are much more likely to leave of school; receive inadequate prenatal care; rely on public assistance to raise a child; develop health problems; or end up divorced.

Abortion isn't the answer.
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Like any other difficult situation, abortion creates stress. Yet the American Psychological Association found that stress was greatest prior to an abortion, and that there was no evidence of post-abortion syndrome.

It isn't about the mother as much as it is about the defenseless baby.

http://womensissues.about.com/od/reprodu...rgumen.htm

Not to mention the hypocrisy of many "pro-life" advocates who constantly bomb abortion clinics. You can't claim to be "pro life" when you attempt to murder educated doctors.

They are terrorists, no questions asked. There will always be people like this on both sides.

I wanted to stay the provider of comics here, but... rape != incestuous rape. And even if it wasn't incestuous, why the hell would you want to be constantly reminded of being raped? Even if you put it up for adoption, there's still that 9 months.

A child of rape is still a child. A handicapped child is still a child. A girl is still a child. A boy is still a child. It doesn't matter where the child came from, they are a child and should be treated as a human being.