If you own nothing else in this world, you own your own body.

And to own something means you can do what you want with it, unless the government comes up with a damn good reason why you shouldn't be able to.

I haven't heard the damn good reason why you shouldn't be able to control whether or not your uterus is used to carry a pregnancy to term yet. And at this point, I don't think I ever will.

Pro choice. Should be the woman's decision.

I have never neededyo terminate a pregnancy. My body chose to do it three times. That is an abortion. A medical termination would involve a deliberate personal choice. There lies the issue it is a personal decision and in the same way as my miscarriages, no one else's business.

As a man, I feel have limited voting rights here. My 2 cents worth.

1. Abortion isn't the problem
2. No one likes abortion

Address the problem:

1. Acceptance - we are hardwired to reproduce
2. Education - Ensure knowledge of the all the consequences of #1
3. Access to all necessary services

Though how to get that through the Pro-Birth lobby is a whole 'nuther question.

Abortion is a human right.

Two question. Three Answers. (Yes and no are not correct rubrics)
#1 Science.
#2 Does the woman - - depends on where she is in the world and her current condition
If you intended to ask "Should the woman have the right to chose?" Absolutely.

I find it difficult to believe religious conservatives or evangelicals have the right to tell a woman what she can do or not do regarding a highly personal decision about the termination of a pregnancy. Further, I have not seen this objection in any biblical text.

Speaking as a man, the choice must rest with the woman, no matter how uncomfortable this may be. This is based purely on the grounds of common sense. Coercion should never be an issue. Regrettably I suspect most abortions take place due to financial considerations. If money were not so much of a problem, I suspect there would but significantly fewer terminations.

I look around everyday and realize there have not been enough abortions. I am sure there are people who look at me and think the same thing. I don't believe men should have anything to say about. A woman should be in charge of decisions concerning her body, her health just like men are. Women do all the heavy lifting in these matters, it should be their decision.

I'm tired of this question. If you don't want one, don't have one. Enough said.

It is the woman's body. And she should decide what to do with it as she wishes, with the advice of the father. I said advice, not control. Also if a medical professional sees that there is a problem with the fetus, they should advise the woman. No man should make a woman have a baby if she doesn't want it. Nor should he insist to have it aborted. Science does take precedence over religion, aka fairy tales.

I believe every individual woman should be able to choose what’s right for herself. No one else, especially a man, should decide what an individual (female) should do with regards to their own body.

It is my body! Don't try to shove your bible up my ass or ....

Basically, my position is that I believe that women should have the right to make that choice and pretty much have since Roe. That doesn't mean I'm Pro-Abortion. Just means, it is none of my freaking business. And especially not the governments!

I believe firmly in a woman's right to make her own decision about abortion, AND it's none of the government's or anyone else's business.

No one should have the right to decide about as the person itself. Her body, her life, her decision. If someone has the the right to say no, others should have the right to say yes.

If we would say no to abortion because of killing a life, then we also need to say no to condoms, pills and sex for pleasure.

It’s a Discussion between a woman and her doctor and the decision is hers. It is outrageous that there are laws about a woman’s body. We are fully capable to make decisions about our bodies. I am not an advocate for abortion, instead I am an advocate for birth control. However, abortion should be a woman’s right to choose.

If birth control was easier to get( and cheaper) abortion wouldn't be necessary.

You're talking to someone who works at Planned Parenthood. I sit /hold hands/help calm breathing/etc, with patients as they're having the procedure. How do YOU think I feel about reproductive choice?

I had an abortion after having two children and with a mental unwellness decided i wasnt capable of looking after another at that time with children of 3 and 4 yrs old already. I was strongarmed into having a sterilisation at the same time and I will never forget and never forgive -Later I was a counsellor at the health centre that had my records and so I oppportunistically photocopied my own - It was a one liner. No explanation at all

The fetus is not a baby so my position is that it's ok to have an abortion.

I'm for it.

I can think of several people whose parents should have opted for it.

i believe a woman must make that choice. she is the manager of her body. she needs to have as much information as possible and then make her decision. i don’t believe anyone else should be involved.

Women should have the right to choose. Yet...I work with women and observe the harm abortion does to women both physically and emotionally. Very often a subsequent birth is more difficult because the trauma is stored in both mind and body.. Not to mention the sexual abuse. It is ethically a very tricky issue and I do not have the answers and would prefer the laws to be as liberso as possible to support women's freedom of choice. At the same time, homes for pregnant women and the opportunity for the babies to be adopted is also an option but such services are in short supply.

I personally think there needs to be more education and prevention. Also to all these pro life conservatives they can have several seats because how the hell can the be against abortion but pro war and pro police brutally?