If you were in charge of everything, would abortion be legal?

The world is overpopulated and the generations are getting stupider. Why not?

might as well make it legal, because it's gonna happen regardless. I'd rather them go to a licensed doctor than in the back of an alley >.<

If people want to get rid of their baby, then they should be able to, and will in a way that's probably not safe.

No one should be forced to raise a child, especially when they can't even look after themselves.

This poll is bound to get some people angry.

I am completely pro choice. That is all I will share in this comment.

no, because murder would be illegal too.

Yes, but we need to be careful at what age the rights of the new life outweigh the life of the person carrying the baby.

its so horrible the whole thing but i'm pro choice

Sex wouldnt even be legal if i was in charge...

Stem cells ftw

Not only legal, but also safe, discrete, affordable and accessible to all girls and women.

Yes, 100 percent. I could do into a lot of detail but this is something that should be straightforward- YES.

Stop with the camps (pro life, pro cho... Chris Rock said Anyone who makes a choice before understanding the situation .....is a f***** idiot". don't be a camp.

Reason things out...

so far only dappled has contributed a thoughtful answer. The rest of you just chose your camp and lobbed an argument. that's not intelligent.

I'm pro life because I feel that you are killing or child when you have an abortion. If it was 2 seconds out of the womb and someone killed that child it would be all over the news where as abortion happens thousands of times a day. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there! If you don't feel like you are able to raise that child give it up for adoption! Don't take it's life before it even gets the chance to live it!

Yes! Simply, yes.

no...No...NO! I do not believe in it at all...at the end of the day its what people want to do so I'm not sure if I would ban it but I think abortion is wrong. To me thats pretty much killing your own flesh and blood.

If casual, unmarried sex wasn't such a pedestrian, commonplace thing; if people were a bit more responsible and still had some morals/values, there wouldn't be so many unwanted pregnancies. But that would be in an ideal world. Or how do they say? - Prevention is better than cure.

With regards to married couples: they should of course feel free to have sex when they please, but unless they want to have a(nother) kid - use protection. In the cases where that failed, unforeseen circumstances hit, or the couple simply changed their mind, then I think that abortion should be a viable option. Even so, I don't think such decisions should be taken lightly or allowed too easily.

It think abortion isn't Good , 1st. you're killing an BABY 2nd. If you didn't want the baby , then you or your partner should haved use preservatives .

No.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkAsLPrnJGc

I would rather sterilize a man or woman who can't figure out how a condom or birth control works, two easily accessible items.

well i am against abortion just as i am against any other sorts of murder, its a crime to abort a baby here (NIRELAND) And i would keep it one, with more prosecutions, and arresting women that go somewhere else to get one or anyone who helped her, or knew about it. don't want a baby keep your legs closed.
murder is murder, is murder, its a crime.

I put no to this but I am really on the gate about this. I would not condone abortion in a normal case but possibly in a rape case. For the following reasons.

1.Victem did not choose to get pregnant it was forced

2.may not be able to financially support the child

3. The child might grow up hated since in fact she never chose to have a child

4.The victem may be too young to have the child and it might end in the mothers death or the child's still birth

5.The mother might be too young and deprived from the possibilities of the future since she can not make all the decision she could have without a child.

6.However I think it is alright if you must choose between a mother and baby and choose to save the mother since one might die.

Studies showed that less than 1% of abortions are not rape victims. So a little preventive is something you irresponsible mothers might want to try.

I think in any other case it is just mothers being irresponsible. You choose to have sex and to not use a condom so you should deal with the consequences of your actions. Not just murder a baby since you are too lazy to care for it. If you have a dog and it is hungry you do not kill it to get out of it.

Heck yes! Abortion should be very much legalized. Those who are pro-life annoy the living heck out of me. The adoption system is way too overcrowded and corrupt anyways.

I would legalize it but the baby would have to be aborted before 20 weeks.

I believe it should be legal for all. Not just for rape or incest victims. In my perfect world, I think people should have to apply and be approved to have a child. I think there are way too many people depending on the system to pay for a child. Even worse there are too many women out there that only have more children to stay in the system and receive more free assistance. Even worse then that, the women who have children to trap or keep a man. Bottom line, I believe there are more children being born for the wrong reasons verses actually wanting to raise and love and provide

You don't think insurance and public health programs should pay for it? I do. If you don't have the $400-500 or so to pay for it but don't want the baby, then what? Insurance will HAVE to pay for the pregnancy and birth, several thousands of dollars. Then if it's a low-income family, taxpayers will be supporting the unwanted kid for the next 18 years.

My state Medicaid pays for abortions, and my state also has a "Family Planning Benefit" available to almost anyone who needs it and doesn't have insurance. The income guidelines are more lax as compared to straight Medicaid, which you have to be essentially completely broke to get. So...they try to help reduce the # of children that end up "in the system" one way or another. The Family Planning Benefit covers gynecologist visits and prescription birth control. I support that 100%!

I don't approve of it unless rape was involved but i do think it should be an option.