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Attitudes About Abortion
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Response |
Frequency |
Percent |
|
No, never. |
93 |
15.8 |
|
I'm not sure. |
44 |
7.5 |
|
Yes, only if fetus can't sustain life alone. |
44 |
7.5 |
|
Yes, only if the mother's life is at stake. |
66 |
11.2 |
|
Yes, always. |
242 |
41.1 |
|
Yes, but only in the fist six weeks. |
87 |
14.8 |
|
No answer. |
13 |
2.2 |
| Response | Frequency | Percent |
| A woman has the right to choose abortion | 178 | 34 |
| Abortion is wrong (e.g. It's killing, religious objections, etc.) | 82 | 16 |
| Abortion is fine if the woman will not be able to support the child | 73 | 14 |
| Abortion is wrong - women need to take responsibility for their actions | 52 | 10 |
| Abortion is fine only in cases of rape or risk to the mother's health | 44 | 8 |
| Abortion is fine only if the woman's life is at risk or fetus is unhealthy | 31 | 6 |
| Other pro-abortion arguments | 18 | 4 |
| I don't know | 14 | 3 |
| Abortion is wrong - need to consider other options such as adoption | 13 | 2 |
| Abortion is fine, but both the male and female must agree | 10 | 2 |
| Abortion is fine if the pregnancy is in the early stages | 8 | 2 |
| Total | 523 | 100 |
*Includes only
those who responded to this question. 85 users didn't respond.
"We women if we want to should be able to do abortion, although it is not right to take a life. If a woman wants to do an abortion, I say let her. She should choose carefully though." - SmartGirl, age 13.
"It isn't right to literally kill a person. Even if you didn't want the child there are various options after pregnancy" - SmartGirl, age 14.
"I think that terminating a pregnancy kills an innocent child that didn't even have a chance to live. I think that the child should be put up for adoption so it has a chance of life." - Smart Girl, age 15.
"I am for it because if the pregnancy was a mistake, then that woman deserves the right to have the pregnancy aborted. If the fetus or woman have their lives at risk, an abortion should be considered." - Smart Girl, age 13.
"Because it is her body and it is her life that will change forever if she has a baby. Other people might be 'supportive' in the early stages but it is the parents who will have to be able to afford the child and pay for things like sending them through college." - Smart Girl, age 17.
"I think women should have the right to terminate and unwanted pregnancy because it is their body and its their own personal circumstances that they want to choose to terminate. I think that the option should be there because everyone is an individual and its a personal decision that a woman has to make and she should be able to feel she's not being judged." - Smart Girl, age 16.
"It's killing a life and I don't think that's acceptable." - Smart Girl, age 18.
"Its not always a woman's choice to get pregnant. If she feels she wouldn't be a good mother, or she cant afford a child, or she doesn't want the responsibility of being pregnant then she should have the choice to end her pregnancy. Adoption is a good thing, but abortion isn't evil, or bad. Its a choice. We cant judge women who have had abortions because they do have to live with the decision the rest of their lives. And besides its the women's body, she should have control of it." Smart Girl, age 18.
"I'm not really sure but I do believe that after a certain amount of time, it becomes a person, with rights but I'm not sure when it stops being a bunch of dividing cells and becomes a person who deserves a chance of life. " - Smart Girl, age 13.
