56% of all Americans and 58% of those 18-29 yrs old say abortion immoral

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

- You assume a bit much to suppose others "have no experience" in this matter.

-From your words we can see that you "know" the abortion affected her the rest of her life" and you speculate adoption might have been worse. (Think I'll stick with your facts first)

- emotional stories are I guess interesting but I would think hardly a logical way to draw up personal standards or make laws.

Non-issue. The girl made her decision and lives with the consequences, whatever they are of that decision. Non issue for you and me.

I will agree with ONE thing from the "pro-ilifers" There is NO WAY a girl under 18 should get an abortion without parental consent and that is simply a concession to parents rights, nothing else. If the hospital cannot stitch up a cut on a 15 year old girl and the school can't give her an aspirin, what the ** are they doing giving her birth control or an abortion!!!!!!!!!!!?????????? For one thing, it could very well be illegal (statutory rape) for a girl under 18 to be pregnant.

I will also agree that the government should not PAY for abortions. That is racist and devised by the KKK anyway.

I am not inconsistent, when I speak of choice, I speak of choices made by adults and paid by adults, not children.

Individual liberty, individual responsibility.

[Amby 490]

I had an abortion. I'm fine. I don't feel bad about it. It was an accident and I was too young to raise a child. Oops. Lesson learned. How do any of you know how someone feels after unless you've actually been through it before? How are you experts?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I had an abortion. I'm fine. I don't feel bad about it. It was an accident and I was too young to raise a child. Oops. Lesson learned. How do any of you know how someone feels after unless you've actually been through it before? How are you experts?

I don't know and I don't care. Decide for yourself and leave me out of it.

[Amby 490]

I don't know and I don't care. Decide for yourself and leave me out of it.

This is the first thing you've ever said that I give a

[FortLaudy 10]

I had an abortion. I'm fine. I don't feel bad about it. It was an accident and I was too young to raise a child. Oops. Lesson learned. How do any of you know how someone feels after unless you've actually been through it before? How are you experts?

I don't know exactly how she felt, as you're right, I've never been through it myself, I only know from what she told me, she was very relieved afterward, like a big burden had been lifted from her shoulders and she carried on with life as usual. Only years later did she tell me she sometimes wonder how the kid would have looked, what sex it would have been, I guess especially now that she's struggling to get pregnant it's haunting her, otherwise she also would've been just fine I assume. I still respect her decision and right to have done what she did and I do too for others.

[Danno 1,228]

I had an abortion. I'm fine. I don't feel bad about it. It was an accident and I was too young to raise a child. Oops. Lesson learned. How do any of you know how someone feels after unless you've actually been through it before? How are you experts?

one could actually "have been through it" and still not know what "you" went through, our experiences are all unique as is how we respond.

As for your second part...

I didn't see anyone playing "expert" here, just kicking around view points.

[scandal 951]

I didn't see anyone playing "expert" here, just kicking around view points.

Well, we do have one self appointed expert. You know, the loudmouthed one that thinks because he says something is a "non issue" , the rest of us are supposed to sulk away quietly. He's an "expert" on everything, mind you, so quite quickly we learn to treat his "expertise" with the required level of contempt and just let him froth rabidly as is his wont.

[FortLaudy 10]

Ouch !

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

and prostitution should be legal too!

It is in Nevada.

[Amby 490]

It is in Nevada.

only in counties with a population of less than 100,000

[Peikko 1,575]

only in counties with a population of less than 100,000

Now that's interesting. Why the population stipulation? To protect suburbanites from hookers?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

To keep them out of Reno basically.

[Amby 490]

Now that's interesting. Why the population stipulation? To protect suburbanites from hookers?

also I was wrong. I just looked again because it had been a bit since I researched it. It's actually counties less than 400,000. I think it's mainly to keep it out of Reno and Vegas, but there's a politician that wants to make it legal there so it can be taxed.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

BTW. It would be interesting if a case reached the supreme court, because they could simply repeal roe vs wade - limiting abortions to the states, or I suppose they could make a new federal judgment classifying all abortions as illegal. With the current make up, you know they would do something like that with a 5-4 vote.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

BTW. It would be interesting if a case reached the supreme court, because they could simply repeal roe vs wade - limiting abortions to the states, or I suppose they could make a new federal judgment classifying all abortions as illegal. With the current make up, you know they would do something like that with a 5-4 vote.

Given that they just handed our democracy, already the best money can buy, to the corporations and truly wealthy, I don't doubt the statement above. Sad state of affairs at the moment with the Supreme Court...