'Abortion' Googled in more conservative areas

[PassionFruit]

people who are prolife are actually INFORMED about it. i hope and pray i see the day when abortion is outlawed and we can stop the slaughter of millions of babies everyday.

prochoice: yes, I guess murder is a choice isn't it?

Let me guess? You're pro-life but I bet you don't support measures that would actually prevent women from having to get abortions?

a baby is a blessing. a lot of couples can't have children for lots of reasons, many of them would give there left arm to become pregnant. its a gift from God and it is LIFE. if we want to be a civilized society we must condem this brutal, brutal practice. i encourgae you to go to youtube and watch an abortion demonstration. then if you come back and still say what you said before, then we will know what u believe. but dont say theres no secular reason to ban abortions, if we are a society we should condem this

And if you're so against abortion then support policies that would prevent women from having to get them. If not, then you're in no position to condemn women for getting abortions.


Alot of you pro life people are so quick to condemn women for getting abortions, but you don't do anything to understand why some women feel they have to them. You just sit back and call them "[wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth]" for "not keeping their legs closed." And do nothing to actually decrease the need for abortion.

 

[lemmings]

Let me guess? You're pro-life but I bet you don't support measures that would actually prevent women from having to get abortions?

I am sure that mandyangel will provide comprehensive sex education to her daughters and sons. Stressing absence only until you are mentally and physically ready. Then after words, emphasis on birth control by both parties and to seek immediate help in extreme cases that are unforeseeable.... as all pro-life individuals do.

Oh, wait. Most don't. If they did, abortion would have been nearly eliminated.

 

[mandyangel]

i respect ur opinions but its not fair to attack me for condeming abortions. my views are pro-life and I believe life begins at conception, I don't believe anyone has any right to take away what God has created and blessed a couple with. God has a plan ffor everybody and by eliminating these babies before they've even had a chance to shed a tear, you are taking away kids that are cruical to God. I'm very proud to be pro-life and am not ashamed, I believe with all my heart that I'm right on this.

 

[SithDoughnut]

i respect ur opinions but its not fair to attack me for condeming abortions. my views are pro-life and I believe life begins at conception, I don't believe anyone has any right to take away what God has created and blessed a couple with. God has a plan ffor everybody and by eliminating these babies before they've even had a chance to shed a tear, you are taking away kids that are cruical to God. I'm very proud to be pro-life and am not ashamed, I believe with all my heart that I'm right on this.

Do you support birth control (such as condoms and the pill) and sex education in schools?

I think the people in this thread are automatically making presumptions about your beliefs, so we should really establish them first.

 

[PassionFruit]

Oh, wait. Most don't. If they did, abortion would have been nearly eliminated.

Nope, they don't want to do that, they just want to tell women they're irresponsible [wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth][wash my mouth].

i respect ur opinions but its not fair to attack me for condeming abortions. my views are pro-life and I believe life begins at conception, I don't believe anyone has any right to take away what God has created and blessed a couple with. God has a plan ffor everybody and by eliminating these babies before they've even had a chance to shed a tear, you are taking away kids that are cruical to God. I'm very proud to be pro-life and am not ashamed, I believe with all my heart that I'm right on this.

You're perfectly entitled to your opinion and I didn't mean for my response to come off as an attack. You allowed to believe you're right, but what angers me is that many pro life people don't want do anything that would prevent the need for abortion. As I said before, if you're not going to actually try to solve the problem, then you're in no position to condemn the women who choose to get abortions.

Preaching about how wrong you think abortion is doesn't solve anything.

 

[rambot]

i respect ur opinions but its not fair to attack me for condeming abortions. my views are pro-life and I believe life begins at conception, I don't believe anyone has any right to take away what God has created and blessed a couple with. God has a plan ffor everybody and by eliminating these babies before they've even had a chance to shed a tear, you are taking away kids that are cruical to God. I'm very proud to be pro-life and am not ashamed, I believe with all my heart that I'm right on this.

If God had a plan for those children, they would have been born.

 

[mandyangel]

Just because there may be "circumstances" in abortion doesn't mean that theres not "circumstances" in everything. People are really struggiling with money right now, does it mean they go out and rob a bank? People fight with their spouces, does it mean they should kill them? People get in tough situations with pregnancies, does it mean they should have their child murdered? No, no, and no!! Abortion is a sinful murderous act that God condemns.

There are solutions. How about adoption? A child alive in their mother's tummy, no matter the "circumstance," should at least be allowed to try. They don't deserve to be vaccumed out and their heads and feet stabbed before they've even got a chance to breathe. They are not trash to be thrown away, they are not dispensible, they are human life and should be given a chance to survive, whatever that chance may be.

No baby chooses to be aborted. Its a murderous choice by another that is beyond their control. They are the weakest among us and if we continue to allow abortion as a society, we have failed at everything.

 

[rambot]

There are a lot of deaths that are not chosen. A lot! They are all tragic.

Do more people die from warfare or more fetuses die from abortion worldwide?

 

[katherine2001]

I am very much pro-life, but I know that outlawing abortion alone doesn't stop it. It was outlawed up until 1973, but plenty of women were getting abortions, and not just during the sexual revolution of the 60's and 70's. I'm not against outlawing abortion, but only if we are also dealing with the causes of abortion.

If we want to truly stop abortion, then we need to deal with the causes that may make a woman feel that she really doesn't have a choice. For instance, a poor woman who either can't afford to even support herself much less children, or has children but can't afford to take care of any more children. What are we as a society willing to do to help her to take care of this child and maybe her other children? Are we willing to help provide the health care, food, clothing and other necessities to raise a healthy child or are we just going to walk away and refuse to provide any help? You see, I've been around long enough to know that there are plenty who think that the lives of the unborn are sacred (which they are), but all of a sudden not sacred once the child is born. Children once they are born might mean that we have to give up some of our money to help, so I seem to notice a lack of concern about the quality of the lives of these children once they are born.

Also, what about the lives of both unborn and born children of our enemies that we are fighting in war? How many unborn (and born) children have been killed by our bombs? Unfortunately, our bombs are not able to discern pregnant women or children, and indiscriminately kill them as well.

 

[Kamrian]

It's a woman's body, she has a right to do whatever she wants with it.

I myself have reservations about abortion, but I'm also of the opinion that women have the right to do what they want with their bodies.

 

[mandyangel]

If its a man's hands does he have the right to take a gun and shoot people? He does have the right to do what he wants with them ya know.

 

[The Lady Kate]

If its a man's hands does he have the right to take a gun and shoot people? He does have the right to do what he wants with them ya know.

Men do it all the time and it's perfectly legal... so why not?

 

[SithDoughnut]

If its a man's hands does he have the right to take a gun and shoot people? He does have the right to do what he wants with them ya know.

If he wants to shoot himself, fine. The foetus is not independent of the mother until several weeks down the line. It has as much brain function and individuality as an arm.

 

[flicka]

It will never be, nor should it be, outlawed. That will just make criminals out of millions of women and doctors without actually preventing anything. Nature (god) prevents a good percentage of conceptions from progressing anyway so if a woman wants to tweak that a little to help her life situation I'm ok with that. It's far more important to care for those who are born than worry about those who aren't. I'm prochoice, I don't know what to make of the OP though. I guess people are curious? Or want to find out info without actually having to ask someone? Those are my best guesses.

 

[Drekkan85]

Well, I'd also point out that God isn't exactly the most pro-life person in the world. Taking a literal interpretation of scripture - God has a plan for all and we sluff this mortal coil when and where God wishes us to.

Also realize that a miscarriage is an natural abortion that occurs prior to the 20th week of pregnancy. Since God is responsible for natural deaths... God is responsible for all the abortions that were the result of miscarriage.

Over the last decade, worldwide, God has caused over 750,000,000 abortions.

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Just to bring some logic into a theological discussion.

 

[LightHorseman]

So wasn't someone going to produce a SECULAR reason for abortion being banned? I'm sure someone claimed there was one a couple pages back...

 

[Yusuf Evans]

As a Muslim, I abhor abortion. I regard it as horrible, no matter the circumstances as to why one wants to get an abortion. However, those are my personal feelings.

In a nation of such diversity as we have in the United States, we should not force our personal ethics and morality onto others, nor should it dicatate national policy. So yes, I support the right for a woman to choose to abort or not. I do not support her decision and will never support a woman's decision to abort, but I do suport her right to choose.

 

[Umaro]

A good read:

"The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion" - When the Anti-Choice Choose

 

[lawtonfogle]

The real question is who is doing the searches.

If you are actively seeking an abortion, you would expect to see that user searching for the term 'abortion' only a few times as you collect research into the safety, cost, and alternatives.

If you are pro-life though, you may very well search for abortion on a near constant basis. You could be looking into politician's views (hint: R means pro-life) or arguments against abortion, really anything.


If the majority of the bias comes from people searching for abortion, there are explanations for this as well which the article mostly addressed, but I really doubt that this group is the majority.

While I doubt Google will hand over the data, one could view what searches were done, and where they ended up. Did they end up on a 'find nearest PP" or a 'find nearest pro-life rally'?

 

[Phylogeny]

I think the stats that show higher abortion rates in traditionally conservative states is far more revealing. In fact, I'd say that this statistic supports the idea that the 'abortion' searches are about finding places to have abortions, rather than for people to gather information regarding abortion.

An interesting statistic that I learned during my OB rotation: 90% of Downs Syndrome fetuses are estimated to have been aborted recently. They extrapolated this based on the general Downs Syndrome population and the dramatic decrease in the number of babies born with Downs.

Nationwide, I'm pretty sure 90% of the population does NOT support abortion due to fetal abnormalities. The only conclusion I could make is that there is a significant pro-life population that, when faced with the decision themselves, exercised their choice rather than 'chose life'.

While I consider myself prochoice, all any of these statistics have done is reinforce the idea that abortion is a deeply personal, and extremely complex ethical dilemma. One that no one can say with certainty how they will react if faced with such a situation.