Should Abortion be made illegal?

I know its legalised in UK under the 1967 act but should it be repealed?

There are so many couples who are childless as the women cannot conceive or gay people who would love to adopt children. Isn't it better to give birth to the child and then put him/her up for adoption if the child is unwanted?

I know there are rape cases but putting them aside. Now a day i have seen women just aborting the child because they don't want to take care of them?

Your thoughts?

But this is exactly how a pregnant woman who doesn't want a child sees it. Because pregnancy can ruin lives and yes, most women don't die in childbirth or through complications with the pregnancy but it's still a risk that's not worth taking if there's no benefit to you.

Clearly you know nothing of pregnancy because it's not an easy nine months - there's physical and emotional consequences which cause a lot of suffering for the woman. Why should she go through that if she doesn't have to?

Who said anything about shagging more people? I was talking about lifestyle, career opportunities etc...

Contraception or a small op to be sterilised if you have made the decision not to have any children.

Abortion should not be used if someone has made a mistake.

If you have sex there will always be a chance that you might get pregnant.

Having a baby shouldn't mean the end of your career or opportunities within that career choice.

Then don't abort your own child.

Mind your business, what other women choose to do with their body is of no concern to you or the law.

Why shouldn't it?

But this is exactly how a pregnant woman who doesn't want a child sees it. Because pregnancy can ruin lives and yes, most women don't die in childbirth or through complications with the pregnancy but it's still a risk that's not worth taking if there's no benefit to you.

Clearly you know nothing of pregnancy because it's not an easy nine months - there's physical and emotional consequences which cause a lot of suffering for the woman. Why should she go through that if she doesn't have to?

Who said anything about shagging more people? I was talking about lifestyle, career opportunities etc...

I think, baring some very exceptional circumstances, yes.

Abortion kills a baby. It doesn't matter how you try and wrap it up, it does.

I cannot get my head around how a doctor can carry out the procedure? It is ironic that hospitals and trained medical staff are frantically working hard and are completely dedicated to preserve life in one ward and in another part of the same hospital killing a baby.

Nurses tell some terrible tales of witnessing abortions. I think people should know what happens to the baby as it is aborted.

To me life begins at conception. All the ingredients are there for a complete and whole life.

I also think people should read stories of women who have had abortions and regretted it and had to live with the emotional effects of having done so. The stories of those who have been raped and pregnancy has occurred as a result, who have been healed of the horrific event by keeping the baby are worth reading too.

People just need to be more educated about the whole process of having an abortion and also need more education with regard to a baby's development from weeks 1 - 15. I mean just look at what is happening to the baby at week 5 alone, its incredible.....

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/5-weeks-pregnant

Because it is destroying a life due to someone being careless.

This. People are just uneducated about it. I didn't really have an opinion and was pretty much pro-choice until I had to do a huge project about it at Alevel for EPQ. People need to be taught respect for other human beings in schools tbh.

What? Like respecting women's choices over their own bodies?

There are so many people (especially on this forum) who believe feminism isn't necessary but this thread shows exactly how far we have to go - whilst people think they should have control over my womb I need feminism to tell them to **** off.

No, it shouldn't be made illegal. Morally speaking, making it illegal is taking the parents' right to decide for themselves when they want to have children. Sometimes aborting a four week fetus is easier than carrying a child to term just to give it up for adoption. Not every person believes that life begins at conception. Especially before the three month mark, when so many miscarriages happen, I don't see why abortion would be immoral.

Everyone should be able to choose for themselves whether they want to carry a child to term or not and whether they want to give it up for adoption or not.

This. People are just uneducated about it. I didn't really have an opinion and was pretty much pro-choice until I had to do a huge project about it at Alevel for EPQ. People need to be taught respect for other human beings in schools tbh.

What? Like respecting women's choices over their own bodies?

There are so many people (especially on this forum) who believe feminism isn't necessary but this thread shows exactly how far we have to go - whilst people think they should have control over my womb I need feminism to tell them to **** off.

No. If it were illegal you could have a child any time you want. Babies are conceived created during sex. Abortion is not sex lol.

Your child is not you though. You should respect that they might not want to die. They should have the choice to decide what to do with their own bodies.

Yeah but you have something living in your womb

There are so many couples who are childless as the women cannot conceive or gay people who would love to adopt children. Isn't it better to give birth to the child and then put him/her up for adoption if the child is unwanted?

As is forcing a woman to carry a baby to term and then give up a good chunk of her life to look after it.

I should ****ing hope I don't. And that something is no different to a tapeworm or a tumour.