Would you lose respect for someone if you discovered they had an abortion?

Not including cases of rape or incest.

No.

**** happens.

i would be proud of them for execising their rights. though that is a little unnatural.Xeros606

What would you prefer? A clothes hanger? A Falcon Punch to make it natural.

Depends, but my short answer is:

No, if done early.

Her body, her choice. I have no room to judgedouble_decker

Wow that is absurd logic. So if I want to commit suicide by jumping out of an airplane in the middle of an elementary school playground filled with kids, thats fine because its my body? Think of the janitor...

No I wouldn't.

Her body, her choice. I have no room to judgedouble_decker

You actually do judge it right to do it if you think that way.

Only if her fun area is being treated as a circus by tons of other men.

You actually do judge it right to do it if you think that way.

bloodling

To be honest i would lose respect for that person, obviously certain circumstances i would understand.

I've been gathering some statistics for you guys:

854,122 Abortions performed in the United States in 2003 (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5511a1.htm)

"In 2004-2005, 64,080 women were raped. According to medical reports, the incidence of pregnancy for one-time unprotected sexual intercourse is 5%. By applying the pregnancy rate to 64,080 women, RAINN estimates that there were 3,204 pregnancies as a result of rape during that period." (http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assault-victims)

A study, in 1998, revealed that women reported the following reasons for choosing an abortion:

•25.5% Want to postpone childbearing

•21.3% Cannot afford a baby

•14.1% Has relationship problem or partner does not want pregnancy

•12.2% Too young; parent(s) or other(s) object to pregnancy

• 10.8% Having a child will disrupt education or job

• 7.9% Want no (more) children

• 3.3% Risk to fetal health

• 2.8% Risk to maternal health

• 2.1% Other

A study, in 1998, revealed that women reported the following reasons for choosing an abortion

Jocubus

[QUOTE="double_decker"]Her body, her choice. I have no room to judgeJocubus

Wow that is absurd logic. So if I want to commit suicide by jumping out of an airplane in the middle of an elementary school playground filled with kids, thats fine because its my body? Think of the janitor...

I wanna sig that. Although, I think a better example would have been, say, the suicide bomber who killed Bhuto.

[QUOTE="Jocubus"]

A study, in 1998, revealed that women reported the following reasons for choosing an abortion

double_decker

[QUOTE="double_decker"]Her body, her choice. I have no room to judgeJocubus

Wow that is absurd logic. So if I want to commit suicide by jumping out of an airplane in the middle of an elementary school playground filled with kids, thats fine because its my body? Think of the janitor...

No now you're adding stuff on, If you want to commit suicide go ahead. But if you want to commit suicide in front of children, Just No. That's like you're saying that the person wants to have an abortion on a school lunch table in front of a bunch of children.

Would not give a crap unless they had more than one.FlaminDeath

Why would you care for one more? If they had an abortion once,what's the difference between just another?

[QUOTE="FlaminDeath"]Would not give a crap unless they had more than one.Youareinsecure

Why would you care for one more? If they had an abortion once,what's the difference between just another?

Well, one big mistake is fine as long as you don't do it again.

I would lose some respect for them. I can't help but to see the would-be mother as a reckless hedonist and in the carless pursuit of her own pleasure she is willing to destroy what would eventually become a human being. I don't understand the responses that claim an abortion would be the responsible thing to do. Its more responsible to use contraceptives or abstinence than run the risk of needing an abortion.Jocubus

maybe we can give all pregnant women a time machine.

Nope not at all Im all for abortions it saves me money :DGh0st_Of_0nyx

No. On the other hand, difference of opinion or morals, is enitrely different issue...

Nope, I would respect them even more for doing so. As long as they weren't forced into doing so.