This needs to be higher. It is such an important issue.

A human life riddled with pain and agony is not a life anymore. Some people get so in their own feelings that they forget their loved ones are essentially suffering. "How can I play God and decide who gets to live and who gets to die?" What about basic compassion? Assisted suicide is cherishing human life, it's giving the opportunity to the suffering people to die with dignity.

I really don't understand how people think universal healthcare is a bad idea, it exists in all EU countries plus the UK, and people aren't weighed down with medical debt.

Even if you eliminate the poverty no one should be allowed to force you to keep a lump of developing cells in your body. One which will change your body and life forever, and you might potentially not even survive it. Especially if it was conceived after rape, or if it generates a risk to the person carrying it.

I am a Christian and would never have an abortion myself, but that doesn't mean that I can't support someone that does want to get one. The decision is incredibly difficult and a woman doesn't need to be judged for it. They need someone to hold their hand.

Actually the #1 effective "anti abortion" method- is birth control. You never hear these pro birth people scream about birth control and education. How about helping these ladies not get pregnant in the 1st place! I read today there is actually a "person" ( of a specific political party) who totally wants birth control banned ( except for the wealthy of course). How else are you going to populate the "plantations"/ prisons for all that free labor.

And what about the mother of 3 who is told she will die if she continues this pregnancy?

I too grew up in a religion that was against abortion, but when I was 13, I met another 13-year-old girl who was pregnant, it changed my mind. This thirteen-year-old girl, who legally could not consent to sex, was pregnant with a baby she hated. She was scared. She was a child. She was pregnant. That infant was going to be born, and when it came out, opened its brand-new eyes, it will have to call a child who hated it, Mom.

I found out around the 6 week mark that the baby wasn't developing right. I had a feeling something was wrong as I had been in constant pain for a few weeks. I had already suffered a miscarriage and as much as it hurt my husband and I we made the decision to terminate the pregnancy. Just to be clear this was after 2 ultrasounds and a long discussion with my doctor. Both stating that the chances of another miscarriage were very high and could be worse the further into the pregnancy I got. It still hurts to this day but knew it was the right thing to do.

It is none of my business. It is none of any politician's, or anyone's business. Abortion, and the choice to do so, is ultimately between the woman, her doctor, and God (if you so believe). I do NOT want a country where politicians decide your medical treatment.

Oklahoma has just passed a bill making it illegal for abortion from conception onward.

The reason abortion was ever made legal in the first place is because it was mainly the good southern Christian girls who were getting pregnant and then having the horrible back-alley abortions because of their conservative surroundings. So that melded with the liberals thinking that everyone should be able to choose and let the law be overturned. If the Republicans manage to make it illegal again, it will eventually be overturned again because the back alley abortion horror stories will be back again.

Poverty is not the one and only reason. However, in the USA I would think poverty could play a large role in someone deciding to terminate a pregnancy. How much does it cost to give birth for instance? I am currently worried and angry that my gas bill (cooking and heating) has tripled. If I found out I was pregnant I would be even more worried about the cost of raising a child but at least I know I wouldn’t have to pay for giving birth.

Her body, her choice, regardless of reason.

Finally a post that approaches abortion as a symptom rather than a problem! Right education and support is the way forward. Of course, abortion should never be ruled out as there will always be times that it has to be done (be it medical, or failed contracteption or sudden change of circumstances or seed of crime or something else).

Not only should no one be able to force you to keep a pregnancy you don't want, the standard for becoming parents should be the same as any other potentially dangerous situation: Prove you have the capability of performing the task at hand, before you're given the freedom to do so. Birth control and morning after pills should be MANDATORY until parenting classes are taken, psych evaluations are done, and you're able to show you have the financial means to support the little money sucking parasite. We require people to get fishing licenses, drivers licenses, we age restrict smoking, drinking, owning guns and renting a car. But all you need to become a parent is the ability to find someone of the opposite gender to make a questionable life choice and everyone just collectively assumes "eh....you'll figure it out"

So was I. In my country many had abortion (many forced)when they found out they were having girls(it's illegal to find out the sex before birth,abortion is not illegal).As a young person,I thought that's the main reason people had abortions because otherwise people kept having kids.Now I know and understand there are many reasons people have abortion and not everyone just wants to avoid having female child.

Or, she just doesn't want a kid and that should be a good enough reason to have an abortion.

Someone on tiktok quoted a doctor who said something to the extent of, "Why should we allow a fetus legal rights that nobody else on the globe has...the right to use another person's body against their will". I'm sure I massacred the phraseology, but it remains such a good point!

Why does no one talk about birth control? Does it take nine months to decide you don't want a child. Take a pill...end of problem!

I agree. But what about birth control? : the pill, condom, blah, blah! We must educate these "low income" women AND MEN to be aware of the consequence of unprotected sex. It truly bothers me that thousands of babies are aborted when they should never have been conceived!

The question comes down to is an unborn child an alive human being. If they are, then stripping them of their right to life is a crime and a civil rights issue. If they aren’t, then who cares, do what you want. The fact is that it is an undeniable scientific fact that an unborn human is still an alive human being. They meet the four criteria for life, and humans can’t procreate with each other and make anything but another human. Of course women (and men, frankly) should be assisted as much as possible with poverty, rehabilitation, life skills, etc. But once a baby is conceived, “terminating the pregnancy” is simply killing someone because they are unwanted, the highest form of discrimination and oppression.

People talking here as if most of the women wanting abortion were raped. Guess what? You don’t need to have s e xd, you csn pretty much close your legs and educate yourself instead of supporting murder of the most vulnerable people, babies. Just like euthanasia is the murder of the vulnerable, elderly, very convenient money wise isn’t?

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Sorry. poverty is a poor excuse to exterminate a life. Ain't nothing wrong being raised poor. Many great men and women have.

I even heard the context on which they claim it’s wrong was actually saying “man shouldn’t lay with a boy”, so against pedophiles not gays.

There are scary levels of bad information against vaccines. It's almost like some people are mad AT science itself...

I would be dead if I was a Jehovah witness coz I needed a blood transfusion. How anyone could choose a deity that we don't know actually exists, over saving the life of your own child/partner etc. F**k that s**t.

That's good science. Question everything and believe the evidence

Well, today I learned something ! I thought it was produced chemically, or by some sort of extraction process from other stuff. Turns out it's a natural gaz, and yes, we're slowly depleting the world reserves.

Greyhound racing is even worse

Competition, in many if not most cases, is utterly pointless. Merit alone rarely accounts for who gets a promotion, rather who got the boss to like them for other reasons. I have seen too many WTF promotions to believe in that system.

Ba Dum Tish!

I was raised a Mormon. The oppressiveness is very subtle and creates sort of a Stockholm Syndrome among true believers. One of my biggest objections with them is their one-size-fits-all view of life that they claim is God's Plan. Conform conform conform...

Feminism is equality.

I used to think most homeless people were criminals, druggies or alcoholics but after watching quite a few docos and lots of research I discovered that most homelessness is caused by unfortunate circumstances. Things like mental illness (main cause), disability, aged out of the foster system, family abuse, job loss which cause housing loss, medical debt (US) and much more. A lot of homeless turn to drugs and alcohol once they are on the street. It's a way tonumb their reality, as well as pass the time. There is not enough support for homeless people and what services there are, there scattered all over the place or just not enough to go around. Homelessness is FAR more complicated than you actually think.

I am still shocked that people didn't understand the message of BLM (the slogan) it that Black Lives Matter TOO. Not sure if it's stupidity or racism that makes people think otherwise..

I hated cats for years, didn't help that my dad was anti cats, I am allergic to cats and the first time I pet a cat the bugger scratched me. Anyway over the years my mind has changed, I don't hate cats anymore (I hate a lot of cat owners instead lol) If I wasn't allergic I would even consider having one as a pet.

McDonald's didn't pay her a bunch of money. All she wanted was her medical costs covered and they wouldn't even do that. And then the badmouthed her to the world to make her the villain. Arseholes. But yeah, I believed this story for years . . .

This is just what someone with cooties would say.

Congratulations 🥳. It was probably a very tough journey since being addicted to something makes your brain not want to stop it. Congrats again

We have a friend from Shanghai and felt the same about therapy as that's how he was brought up. That was until he ended up in a mental health facility. Now he is much more understanding when it comes to mental health and the necessary support.