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Abortion is not birth control, is legalized murder. Hate me for this, but it doesn't change the fact that it is the purposeful taking of an innocent, defenseless life, totally at the mercy of an irresponsible mother and a criminal medical practitioner. Even worse, it makes me an involuntary and forced accomplice to murder when done with my tax dollars.

it seems a bit odd to me that rate-it-all is about rating your experience with a product or service and helping to spread the word about side-effects and benefits of such. However, all I see here is a moral debate! I came upon the abortion rate-it as I looked through methods of birth control to hopefully find one that is right for me. I was curious as to what the physical and emotional side-effects of abortion were and was interested in hearing waht those who had had the service performed had to say about it, since you never hear anyone volunteering at a dinner-party to share their abortion experiences. I am thinking about trying to have a baby with my husband and have been avidly researching contraception, pregnancy, miscarriage, cesarean, and abortion, in order to get as much information about what can happen to the female body in such times as i possibly could. but you have all turned this into another moral debate instead of a source of real, un-polluted information. Shame on you! I am a fervent feminist and feel that a woman has a right to do what she chooses with her body, especially in cases where her partner is informed. This doesnt mean that I am pro-abortion. Merely pro-choice! and i very much agree with einahets's entry wherein he/she goes over some of the scientific and moral debate. I am morally opposed to abortion but politically pro-choice! But, again, this isnt a moral debate. It is a source of information for consumers of goods and services. Shame on all of you for preventing young men and women from finding real information about the true-to-life effects of abortion. Such information may well prevent abortions. Or it could go a long way to helping young women cope with it once they have made that decision.

Well i think for the people that are against abortion for their religious beliefs should respect other people's religion. just because your religion is against abortion, doesn't mean you should ruin it for the people who believe that an abortion is right. What if there was a girl that saids she is too young to have a baby because no only its against what she believes, but that her body isn't ready to have a baby. Are you going to say its too bad for her? that she can't have an abortion beause its againt your own beliefs? what if she doesn't believe that the fetus is a living soul? if you think about it, vegetarians eat eggs, why isn't that considered a once living soul of a baby chicken?

You have a soul upon conception!! Don't kill your child because of your mistake. Everyone makes mistakes, believe and you will get through it. God puts no more on you than you can handle. You just have to believe you can handle it. I had my first child at 18 and would not change it now for the world!!

I agree with the pill, but this is wrong. It's murder dudes, and it's cruel. What gives you the right to take a life away?

I believe in choice to keep things safe but as a birth control method no way....other methods will prevent the abortion.

I think abortions should be available to everyone although I don't see it as a good form of birth control. If it were a form of birth control that would mean that people would have sex whenever they want WITHOUT PROTECTION or after FORGETING THEIR BC PILLS, then just get an abortion every time they get pregnant. That would be very expensive and who would really use abortion as birth control? Well, unfortanetly this IS the case with most abortions. Most people who are pregnant and don't want their baby failed to use their birth control properly or didn't use it at all. This means people need to be MORE EDUCATED about sex and the responsibility that comes with it. However, I still think it IS very important to keep abortion available as an option to people (see next paragraph). Whether a person should get an abortion depends on how they feel about it and what their particular situation is. Anyways, I think abortion should be legal but should also be much more controlled. Right now a woman can choose to have an abortion even when the baby is nearly ready to be delivered and the baby's senses are all functioning completely, so it may suffer during the process. Many abortion doctors would like a law to be passed that requires women to decide whether they want to keep their baby or not within the first 4 months of pregnancy, with only a few exceptions. This is a realistic expectation since most woman find out within a month or two that they are pregnant. Also, the first neurons develop when a fetus is 2 months old (neurons make up the brain and senses throughout your body), but it is supposedly around 5 months when the baby becomes fully conscious (or at least that's what many scientists believe). Although their nervous system is still underdeveloped. In fact, a child's brain grows most rapidly until 5th grade and then expansion slows down, which is why it is easier to learn things as a child (such as a language). Also, a young fetus ISN'T LIVING according to science because it cannot sustain life on its own. One could argue that abortion takes away the fetus's right to become a baby. Well, then I guess this also means that every woman in the world should allow all her millions of eggs to become babies because eggs, just like fetuses, could potentially become babies. Obviously it would be outrageous for someone to believe that every woman should get pregnant billions of times to give each of her eggs a chance to become a baby or for it to be wrong for a man to cum because he would be "killing" all those sperm that could have become a living baby. This is not much different than keeping a fetus from becoming a baby. I feel that abortion especially should be legal since there are always rape cases, pregnancies that put the mother at high risk of death, severe mental retardation (which CAN be detected in fetuses), and malfunction or misuse of birth control. If you are against abortion merely because of your religious belief, I hope you consider not basing your political beliefs on your religion because whether your religion is true or not, no religion is proven, which is why you wont see the immortal aspects of your religion in any history book and it will most likely contradict scientific discoveries, like evolution. Deciding on abortion laws is a big decision that influences people of all different religions and morals and should be based on facts and not on peoples individual beliefs. I think it is also ok to base your political stand on morals derived from facts but not from religion since that is not known fact. I think that adoption is also a good option if the fetus seems to be in good health both mentally and physically. But if abortions were made illegal and all unwanted babies were put up for adoption, it would be almost impossible to support all the unwanted babies and it is predicted that their would be in increase in the # of parents who leave their unwanted baby in a street or on someones porch and there would be more homeless people, since if people arent adopted at a young age, when they are older they are forced to leave the shelter and try supporting themselves with no family to help. Unfortunately, most abortions are the result of people misusing their birth control or not using it at all. The best thing to do is to increase education to young teens about all aspects of sex, the responsibility that comes with it and the possible risks, including unwanted pregnancy. Possibly your birth control method is bothersome whether it be remembering to take your pill at the same time everyday or side affects etc., but don't give up on birth control completely! Instead, explore and learn about other forms of birth control because different forms of birth control are better for different people. If you find a birth control that you like on your 1st try, congratulations. Abortion is not for everyone and for people to know if abortion is right for them, they need to learn about it.

No other rating can be placed on this topic, abortion is MURDER and nothing else. What we have here is a great evil that is slowly killing america. We have to voice our political opinion (in a good citizen kind of way) and Pray.

Probably should not be on this list, although it does 'control' someone from being born. Abortion for the sake of convenience is tatamount to murder. However, if I had to choose between the life of my unborn child and that of my wife ,(it DOES happen,folks) ...then I choose my wife. A terrible choice to have to make, but a clear one. And yes... it IS every bit as much my choice to make as it would be my wifes. Abortion as a life SAVING procedure should ALWAYS be available. The sheer number of abortions in the USA every year indicates that this is far from the case.

This shouldn't even be on the list. This isn't even a birth control method but a way for careless parents to put convienience before life. Don't give me that crap about saying that the living fetus is not life, it is. God handcrafted all his work into all of us no matter our maturity. This is totally sick, I'm sorry pro-choicers but I'm just not getting you and your ideas,I doubt I ever will. ADOPT! And I quote It's a child not a choice.

my doctor feels that the copper - Non-hormonal IUD should be in this category (abortion, that is). ...and i agree with other comments, it's not exactly a method for preventing pregnancy...not to mention a critical moral issue. i vote to take it off the Birth Control Method list.

It's not exactly birth control, is it?

This item is on the wrong list. It should be on a forms of murder list.

Birth control methods usually refer to techniques to prevent pregnancy. Abortion is not a prevention method, but its inclusion on the list underscores the wisdom of considering prevention over a path that has physical and psychological consequences. No sane person seriously thinks abortion is a more desirable technique than using contraception. Unfortunately, all of these better options are eliminated after people fail to recognize prevention's value. Some parents are against letting teenagers be educated about contraception. But if this prevents both abortions and other unwanted pregnancies, then I prefer education over saying too little.

Djahuti, following your logic, we might as well line up and shoot all the people that live in third world countries because their lives are crappy anyway.

i was adopted. my birth mom was only like 19 when she had me..im very thankful im here today. abortion is stupid. DONT DO STUPID THINGS IF YOU DONT WANNA GET PREGNANT! GoneAway--you made a very good point (careless lovers make careless parents)--meghan

No one uses this for birth control. It is a very stupid thing to have on the list and we do not need it.

This is NOT a method of prevention,but it should be kept legal since careless lovers will probably make careless parents.Also,an unwanted child doesn't exactly have a rosy future,and there's already an overpopulation problem on the planet.Besides,we men have no right to decide what women do with their own bodies.

Behold here we have jirai yet another simpleton of the Left in full hubris maximus- a naked king tossing rocks from their crystal castle. You think at very least this cerebral peanut would contextualize what they're saying before lobbing moron at someone. I mean if abortion doesn't control BIRTH what does it control? Duh! But alas the linguistic slight of hand is too powerful to over come for the small minded. Yes, the vesting of ephemism in the abortion lexicon is essential- the butchery is too much to bear on the social conscience. Empirically controlling a birth is done by one means only- terminating life. Contraception- controls CONCEPTION. Yet these plays of words obfuscate the truth in the abortion debate and are manifest in copious quandaries too numerous to detail here. Scott Peterson murdered unborn baby Connor Peterson in the same state Laci could by license murder the same Connor Peterson the fetus until the day before- oh get this- BIRTH! jirai I know the discussion of butchering babies in the name of choice is a moral question you aren't equiped to debate- you lack capacity before the fact- so I'll give you a mulligan.

Abortion is indeed a birth control, not a concepcion control, since birth is defined as having a baby or being born, and abortion does indeed prevent that from happening. Jirai, maybe you should think twice about calling people morons. Just for the record, I'm against abortion.

Ok, all you people that want to argue about the moral grounds of abortion, despite the subject of the topic are morons. So staying on subject, abortion isn't a means of birth control. Birth control is defined as the use of a contraceptive (ie, something that prevents conception, weither it be techniqe or tangleble object). Abortions take place after-the-fact, therefore wouldn't be concidered a birth control method.

Grow up, kids. Does anyone know anybody that uses this for birth control? C'mon. . .

Another easy way to get rid of a child but I have no idea where to draw the line so I am not going to start.

only if you're an idiot, or a middle aged woman who got unexpectedly pregnant. otherwise put a Jim Hat on, or take the pill.

Thats a pretty f**ked-up birth control method. If you were raped or something was wrong with the fetus that's one thing, but if you're having sex and don't want a baby then use a damn condom! A living fetus shouldn't have to die because of your stupid mistakes.

Guns dont kill people abortion clinics kill people

People who would even consider this as a realistic option should be put down in a similar fashion.

Only an option for those without a conscience.

Abortion is way too harsh. Calling an adoption is more apropriate.

This is one of the many reasons why people want to make it illegal. I think if your in a situation where you have to do this once, I can understand it but relying on it as a form of birth control is ridiculous, not to mention the harm it can do to the women if the process is repeated.

Abortion is the same thing as murduring someone. It's just plain wrong.

Abortion is a terrible way to get away with murder. Does anybody realize there is a life that is being ended when the procedure is done? How would you like to be aborted, rather than been given a chance to live?

[In John Kerry's Own Words: On Thursday, Senator John Kerry sat down for an interview with ABC News reporter Peter Jennings. Below is a portion of that interview. Peter Jennings: You told an Iowa newspaper recently that life begins at conception. What makes you think that? Sen. Kerry: My personal belief about what happens in the fertilization process is a human being is first formed and created, and that's when life begins. Something begins to happen. There's a transformation. There's an evolution. Within weeks, you look and see the development of it, but that's not a person yet, and it's certainly not what somebody, in my judgment, ought to have the government of the United States intervening in. Roe v. Wade has made it very clear what our standard is with respect to viability, what our standard is with respect to rights. I believe in the right to choose, not the government choosing, but an individual, and I defend that. Jennings: Could you explain again to me what do you mean when you say 'life begins at conception'? Kerry: Well, that's what the Supreme Court has established is a test of viability as to whether or not you're permitted to terminate a pregnancy, and I support that. That is my test. And I, you know, you have all kinds of different evolutions of life, as we know, and very different beliefs about birth, the process of the development of a fetus. That's the standard that's been established in Roe v. Wade. And I adhere to that standard. Jennings: If you believe that life begins at conception, is even a first-trimester abortion not murder? Kerry: No, because it's not the form of life that takes personhood in the terms that we have judged it to be in the past. It's the beginning of life. Does life begin? Yes, it begins. Is it at the point where I would say that you apply those penalties? The answer is, no, and I believe in choice. I believe in the right to choose, and the government should not involve itself in that choice, beyond where it has in the context of Roe v. Wade. John Kerry's Own Actions: Kerry Has Voted At Least Six Times Against Banning Partial-Birth Abortion. Kerry Has Voted At Least 25 Times In Favor Of Using Taxpayer Dollars To Pay For Abortions In United States. Kerry Voted Against Unborn Victims of Violence Act - Laci and Connor Peterson's Law Nonpartisan National Journal Scored Kerry's Votes Most Liberal In Senate For 2003. Kerry scored a Senate-high 97% liberal rating for 2003, beating out Sens. Barbara Boxer (91), Hillary Clinton (89), Ted Kennedy (88), and Tom Daschle (80). (National Journal Website, How They Measured Up, http://nationaljournal.com, 2/27/04) John Kerry says he believes that life begins at conception, yet does not have the conviction to protect life, and instead promotes abortion -- even up until the moment a child takes their first breath!]

What moron put this on the list? I mean come on.