Pro-choice, but ban after the first three months

It's a woman's choice to keep a baby or get rid of it, especially in cases of rape, and she's held against her will. Studies show that a baby develops a heart and starts breathing after three months of conception. After those three months are over, a female shouldn't be able to kill a living and breathing human growing inside her stomach. She had three months to decide if she wanted to keep the baby or get rid of it. Those three months, she can think carefully about her next decision when the fetus isn't alive or an actual human being.

The common argument for pro-choice is murder, but before the first 3 months, it's just a cluster of cells, not a human, therefor can't be considered murder. But abortions in months 4-9 should be banned

If you don't want to have a kid don't have sex. If it is rape and or you can't financially support the child you can put the kid up for adoption or have someone look after them in your immediate family. If the child is a threat to the mothers life, only then will I condemn abortion.

The embryo isn’t self-aware and doesn’t start more of the brain development until after 3 months then a person should be able to choose if they want a baby during that time. This also gives possible parents time to figure out if they feel they can even become parents.

Most women who get abortions are those who are to young, are not ready for a child, Or do not want one. As a women who does not want to have a child there are lots of signs and concerns I look for to make sure I am on track without a child. If you are a responsible young adult and keeping track of your menstral cycles, using protection, and all fails. It should be easy for these responsible women to find a pregnancy very early and should have the choice to abolish the pregnancy before it goes to far.

Once the baby hits three months then it is a functional human and has characteristics. until then the baby isn't much of anything yet.

I don't think the government should be involved in making choices for women about what to do with their body. However, to a certain extent I think abortion should be limited. You should not be allowed to have an abortion after the first trimester and I think that the end of the first trimester may be a little too late. I think it should be somewhere around 6 weeks because it allows you enough time to make a decision about keeping your child without it being too late in the sense that your baby has already begun the process of developing. I think you should be allowed to choose if you want your baby to have the life that it will by having it or choosing not to have it, but I don't think you should be allowed to abort a child after all of it's major organs have developed because I do think that is inherently like killing a child.

The first three months the fetus is incapable of feeling pain because it doesn't have a functional spinal cord or significant brain development. Plus three months should give most mothers plenty of time to soul search and find out whether they want to keep it or not. After three months and the brain develops and the fetus can start feeling pain and suffering, I think it should only be terminated in cases of extreme health to the mother, otherwise it's unnecessary suffering and cruelty to the would-be child.

To me, it all comes down to the amount of overall suffering. The first three months the fetus is incapable of feeling pain because it doesn't have a functional spinal cord or significant brain development. Plus three months should give most mothers plenty of time to soul search and find out whether they want to keep it or not. After three months and the brain develops and the fetus can start feeling pain and suffering, I think it should only be terminated in cases of extreme health to the mother, otherwise it's unnecessary suffering and cruelty to the would-be child.

Respects a woman’s right to control her body during the earliest and most common window for abortion.
• Aligns with fetal development science and viability thresholds.
• Reflects public opinion and ethical middle ground.
• Allows exceptions for rape, incest, severe fetal anomaly, or maternal health, avoiding cruelty in exceptional cases.

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i believe that abortion should be legal for minors, victims of rape, and the first 3 months, but other than that it should be illegal

towards the end of the three months, the fetus is just now developing organs and limbs, after three months, it forms into a baby with more developed features, organs, and limbs at that point it is less acceptable to terminate the child because it is too far into development to be considered just a fetus.

If you're willing to take the risk of having sex, then you're ready for the responsibility of having a child. That being said, if the birth of the child would have a negative effect on the mother or child, then it should be allowed. If the women got pregnant from rape, they shhould also be allowed to have an abortion

Abortions should be allowed before the 4 month period. After that, the baby is too developed inside the womb which at that point would be considered murder. If the woman wants an abortion because she was raped, then she has at least 3 months to do so.

Abortion should be accessible for everyone but their should be limits on how often one can get them and how late in a pregnancy they can occur. No one should be denied the RIGHT to an abortion but it also should not be used as a form of birth control. There also needs to be some more research surrounding abortion and the effects it can have physically and mentally on the woman. Which leads me to my next point of no man should have a say in whether or not a woman gets an abortion. I also think that men should have the choice of whether or not to get a vasectomy; it should go both ways. To further prevent abortions from being over used, it would be beneficial to ensure that the sex education curriculum was much more thorough than it is now on the use of birth control and sex (safe sex).

It should be pro-choice because a woman might not have the right state of mind, capability, or resources to support a child at that time. And if the pregnancy is a product of rape or incest, a woman should not be forced to carry the child if they do not want to. The factors I listed above could also apply in that situation. However, if a baby is brought to full term, with a fully functioning body, they should not be able to abort it.

Abortion beyond three months seems cruel and would be more likely to inflict long term trauma on families. This shouldn't apply in cases of medically necessary abortions.

The women should have total control over what they choose to do with their body, however when the baby is able to feel pain after three months then abortion can hurt the baby.

Most abortions happen in the first trimester (first 12 weeks). According to major health data, about 90% of abortions in the U.S. occur before 13 weeks. This shows that when people make decisions with access to safe care, they do so earlier rather than later. Early abortions are also much safer medically than later ones. The risk of serious complications increases the later in pregnancy the procedure is done. For example: In the first trimester, serious complications are extremely rare (less than 1 in 1,000). After 20 weeks, the risk of complications is significantly higher. So, limiting abortion after early pregnancy isn’t just about policy it’s also about reducing medical risk.

1. A narrow exception does not collapse the pro-life framework

Allowing abortion for rape and incest does not require abandoning pro-life principles.

One can consistently hold:

Fetal life has moral value

Abortion is generally wrong

But forcing pregnancy after sexual violence is a greater injustice

2. Innocence cannot justify unlimited obligation

Pro-life arguments often say: “The child is innocent.”
That is true, but innocence alone does not create a right to another person’s body.

In no other context do we require:

Forced organ donation

Forced blood donation

Forced medical risk

after the first three months abortions would be more towards murder then a medical procedure as the fetus is developing from a group of cells

There is no logical moral value to a fetus before 20 weeks it is just a clump of some dad dna and some mom dna

Abortion is murder of a baby, no matter how far along they are. Rape and the mother’s health are different, they are protecting the individual, but abortion has so many negatives. Like many women become depressed and have mental health issues after they abort. Abortion is murder and should not be allowed.

Abortion, as many topics, is not black and white despite being treated that way. It is not pro life or pro choice, but when should the cut off be. Having no option of abortion is just as dangerous as never having a cut off date.

I think that abortion is a woman's individual choice, and that the responsibility for that choice is hers totally, including the payment for that choice and that the state and federal government should stay out of it politically, socially and financially. I do not want any laws passed supporting it, banning it or my tax dollars paying for it.

Generally, a fetus will have a conscious experience after 18-24 weeks. After this point, a fetus is having its own feelings and thoughts. Before this point, aborting a fetus poses no moral value.

As a woman, you should be able to pick what you do with your body. After carrying your baby for 3 months-- you should NOT be able to have an abortion, because the baby has developed already, and it's murder.

A fetus is able to be born prematurely in some cases at 21 weeks gestation. After a fetus is reportedly able to survive outside of the womb abortion should be banned. This would not included cases of rape, incest , and life of the mother.

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No matter your stance on when human life begins, we can agree is better. The exception being later found indication of potential fatal health risk to the mother.

Most abortions happen in the first 12 weeks, when the procedure is very safe. After three months, risks increase and the fetus is more developed, so limiting abortions after that balances safety and choice.

I believe a society that forces children to be born to mothers who do not want their children will fail. However, I believe life begins at conception and believe it is still murder to have an abortion. So 3 months is a good middle ground.

After 3 months, the fetus is starting to actually develop and it's more than just a parasite. If she was going to abort, she would've done it by now anyways.

I understand if the abortion is needed in general but once the baby starts growing a heartbeat, and the organs to sustain life its too late to abort the baby.

In my opinion Pro-choice is the right choice cause women should have the right to decide whether theey keep or abort the baby, as the baby is in thier own body and they have the right to make choices for their body. There rae many situations where keeping the baby is unhelathy for the women's mental and/or physical health. There are times where the baby can get sick and therefore cause harm to the women's body if the baby isn't removed. There are also situations where the women might of got raped, and that women has the choice to make the decision based on that. This only applies in the first three months of the pregnany, giving time before the baby really develops with sufficient time to make a decision. An exception should be if the baby puts the mother's life into jeopardy by keeping it.

The child as so small and barely humanlike within the first 3 months that its so much easier, but as the baby grows it begins to look more human and people are scared to kill people naturally.

In this stage of pregnancy the baby most likely does not have a heartbeat therefore the baby would not be able to be effected to getting aborted because it could not yet survive out of the womb. Especially if the mothers life is at risk the mother should have to the right to choose her life because her fetus is not ready for the world nor has had a significant purpose yet unlike its mother.

I think once a baby becomes a fetus abortion should not be allowed. Only time termination should happen is if it's either the mother's life or the baby's life.

At 12 weeks, the embryo becomes a fetus meaning that the baby is way more developed so aborting the baby then could be considered murder.

If a woman doesn't notice a bulge after 2 1/5 months, or notice a missed period after 2, or morning sickness/vomiting. There are signs. Take a test! Plan parenthood is there for a reason, plan B, condoms, are there for a reason, and sooo many more female pregnancy preventions, IUD, strips, eta, eta, are there for a reason! You can't relay 100% on the pull out method.

If the first three months pass and it's already been three or even four months, it is possible to have an abortion if the situation is very delicate.

Most women know they are pregnant within the first three months and during that time the baby isn't even alive. After three months, they baby has a heart beat and is already forming so its unfair to remove the baby while it is alive.

I do believe killing baby is horrible, but until it becomes living organisms, government should have no right to control them. Before third month, baby is not living, not an human beings yet. If people don’t know science and how human are formed in the womb, they should not be taking about abortions. And religion should not be a reason to justify banning abortion.

I think it should be longer than three months. Like around 5. There should definitely be a limit to when you are allowed to have an abortion.

Women should be able to decide what they do with their body. At three months in the womb, the collection of cells that form the embryo would just begin to form a fetus. The abortion would happen ideally before the formation of the fetus, and even then, the fetus only weights about an ounce or less. After three months, as the fetus begins to actually develop into a living thing, then yes it would be wrong, but during the first three months, if the mother wants to have an abortion to prevent her life from being destroyed or the fetus's future life being terrible, it is her decision.

People could be raped or could have had sex while drunk or the father left so they should have the option to abort.

It is a woman's body not the governments so it's her choice if she is ready or even wants the child at that moment but after 3 months it should be too late because that's when the baby really starts developing and becoming a real lifeform.

It should be their choice, until the baby has a heartbeat and starts developing brain matter which In my option would then be murder.

I believe that if someone is acting stupid one night, that they should not have to take care of a parasite the rest of their life (words of M.D. House if you have ever watched that TV show). However, it is a problem when there are literal body parts coming out of your body after taking the abortion; but also it is a problem when someone is using an abortion as birth control. So, now we have to find some middle ground. Let's say not any abortions after 3 months. Now let's say no more than 3. So, now we have legal protection against children who were raped, but also not really killing babies. If anyone believes that an abortion is killing an unborn baby, just remember that if the baby is born, the lives of two are really the ones that are lost.

You have the option to have an abortion but if you choose not to buy the time you are three months pregnant and the baby is more developed, you should not be able terminate it.

I would agree with them in my personal opinion its not murder until they have the ability to feel pain and have a heart beat.

Before the three-month mark, the fetus does not have a heartbeat, clinically meaning that the fetus is not alive, meaning no form of "killing" a child is taking place.

I think that by the time a embryo in the womb is 3 months, it is considered a baby. Plus, if you wanted to get rid of the baby, why wait till 3 months? you'd notice the bump before 3 months, so get rid of it before then or else you aren't allowed to.

if someone falls pregnant unintentionally, they have 3 months to abort it before its considered murder. not everyone wants kids