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Another BIG Election Issue
What is abortion REALLY about? Nearly everyone has an opinion one way or another. With elections coming, how does the squidoo crowd stand?
Does this issue affect how you vote? Who you vote for?
Take our polls, give us your opinion, add any political or informational links you think are important for people to consider when they think about this issue.
These questions and options are all here BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL BEING DONE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY ARE IN THE NEWS. We have never been given the option to have our say as to whether they should be done or not.
The purpose is not to be inflammatory, but to find out your actual thinking, to give YOU a place to vote on these various practices.
Please leave your comments, links and reference materials. All viewpoints are welcome and wanted.
What is Your Position?
Everyone has one!
Vote on your position on this incredibly controversial topic
Minors
What about them?
The Fathers?
Should the Fathers have a say?
How do you stand?
Foreign Affairs & Governments
Should governments intervene?
For those of us who thought it was about the woman making the choice for herself, we were surprised when the abortion lobby came out in strong support of the Chinese government who forces abortions on unwilling women.
Ectopic Pregnancy
At 6 weeks
"This remarkable photograph of a tiny fetus in its unruptured amniotic sac was taken after surgery for an Ectopic pregnancy in 1972. This picture demonstrates the development of a baby at only six weeks after conception." NGOs: Non-Governmental Organizations
Refugee Situations
In the many refugee situations in the world today, it was revealed that NGOs were aborting pregnant women refugees without their knowledge. The explanation given was the women don't have a 'right' to a pregnancy when they have no where to live.
The Law
What makes the difference?
Laci Peterson wanted her baby, her husband did not. Is it a person, by law, if the mother wants the child? Is it not a person until birth, whether it is wanted or not?
Acceptable Use
Can the aborted fetuses be used for anything?
The ovaries of aborted females are being developed for genetic manipulation experiments. Other body parts of the unborn could be developed to replace other people's organs: skin, eyes, hearts, livers, etc.
What is your position?
Abortion Acceptable for What Reasons?
New technologies bring up tough decisions
The advances of science and medicine have made possible what was considered science fiction in previous decades. What is your position?
Inheritance Rights?
How shall this be sorted out?
Families are getting messy, relationships complicated. How does this affect the unborn?
Crime of Murder?
Crimes happen all the time.
How should this affect the unborn?
Birth
A huge debate
The 'partial birth abortion' debate has raged in this country for years now. How do you stand on the issue?
Technological Developments
feels pain, breathes, sucks
Weeks 13-16The brain is fully developed and the fetus can suck, swallow, and make irregular breathing sounds. Fetus can feel pain (New England Journal of Medicine). Fetal skin is almost transparent. Muscles tissue is lengthening and bones are becoming harder. Liver and organs produce appropriate fluids. Eyebrows and eyelashes appear and the fetus makes active movements including kicks and even somersaults.
States & Abortion
What role should the States Play in the Abortion Issue?
Some States have taken the issue of abortion as far as possible, to the Supreme Court, for a decision about Constitutional Restrictions.
International Human Rights Courts
How Influential Should They Be on America?
Recently the International Human Rights Court decided that the unborn, even when they are wanted by the mother, have no human rights.
Government control over Non-Profit Benefits
California as an example
Recently, CA ordered Catholic Charities, one of the largest social service, health system, and charitable organizations in the State to provide abortion and contraceptive benefits as part of their employee's packages. The case is going all the way to the US Supreme Court for a decision.
Private Conscience
Should YOU be forced to provide against your will?
Recently pharmacists and doctors have refused to provide abortions or contraception, as abortifacients, and even against providing a list of alternate providers, as all being against their personal consciences, professional ethics, or both.
Immigrant Sanctuary
Foreign Policy Issue
Many people seek sanctuary in the U.S. because of forced abortion policies in their home country.
The Disabled
Should abortions and sterilizations be forced on them?
Recently parents sought court agreement to forcibly abort and sterilize their disabled daughter. The court agreed.
Supreme Court and Abortion
Currently Balanced Court
With the latest appointments by the President, the Supreme Court is evenly balanced on both sides of the issue. One more vacancy will change that.
Single Largest Issue
Single Issue Voters?
A Matter of Trust
When Science is so revealing!
- At Some Point, it is a matter of trust
- Legal blog that points out that with science and ultrasounds showing who's life is really at stake, at some point it is a matter of trusting women, something neither side seems to be willing to do.
Please feel free to add your comments, suggestions and links!
This is a tough debate that isn't going away.
Everyone has something to say about this issue, and with an election coming, perhaps someone will hear you!
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- WhitU4ever WhitU4ever Nov 29, 2008 @ 11:01 am
- Fantastic lens! I gave it five stars, favorited it, and participated in the questions. The answers reveal that most people value life, even before it enters the world. I just started a group called Pro-life Perspective. Your lens would make a welcome addition to the group.
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- businessonapage businessonapage Oct 25, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
- Wow, challenging questions. A "Culture of Life" from conception through to death can certainly say something good about the the value of every person, including ourselves.
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- mangueken mangueken Sep 29, 2008 @ 8:45 am
- Being pro-choice simply means having the choice. It doesn't mean you have to. In the end you have to ask who are the government and religious institutions to tell women what they can and can not do with their bodies. Women should not be reduced to their biology or treated like cattle.
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- Alison Alison Aug 25, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
- If the State impregnated a woman against her will, and forced her to carry the baby to term, and give birth, regardless of how old she was, even if she was under 16, would that be wrong?
If you think so, you cannot possibly support outlawing abortion, as this would be exactly what you were doing. I think anyone who calls for a blanket ban doesn't understand the problem, or has the utmost faith in their ability to explain to a terrified and traumatised 12 year old who has been raped or abused why they then have to go through a pregnancy and birth. I don't think "but that's not the baby's fault" would cover it really, do you? There are no simple black and white answers to this question, and calling people "abortion hungry monsters" is no part of an adult debate. Most people left name-calling in the playground. Quite right, there are no guaranteed safe abortions, and nor are there any guaranteed safe births.
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- Gandree Gandree Jun 25, 2008 @ 6:26 pm
- I am glad to see this lens and pleasantly surprised to see how prolife this group of people is. Planned Parenthood never tells you about the guilt someone lives with after an abortion. It goes against our basic instincts and what makes us human. When I was pregnant, that was my baby, not just a fetus. It doesn't become a non-person simply by being unwanted.
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Abortion is one of THE GREAT DEBATES of our modern times.
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