Prayer vigils outside abortion clinics - do you support or object to them?

Object. I don't support abortion personally - as in, if I were in that situation, I would want to have the child. However I do support a woman's right to choose, as every circumstance is unique and I have no right to judge another person's situation. Neither do these pious harpies. All they're doing is making an extremely difficult thing even harder, regardless of how pure their intentions may be.
 
Object.

Should be up to the individual weather they go through with the birth even though they should have been more careful in the first place but everyone makes mistakes.

Its not like humans are an endangered species or anything.

As long as there is reasonably early cut off point as to how far along an abortion can take place.
 
Undecided - because there's plenty of cases where the woman has regretted it and also we have the right to protest and since it's arguably over a life then I think it carries more weight.

It depenRAB how the protesters are acting, if they're getting on like Phelps' lot then they should have a water cannon turned on them and by water I really mean acid.

Really depenRAB on the attitude of the protesters and how they're behaving, we don't have abortion here, so I've never seen one up close and personal.
 
Unborn babies are being killed, why shouldnt people protest about it, as long as it is sensible, peaceful protesting

people protest about things up and down the country so this question could be asked about those as well.

EDIT - i am undecided by the way, wouldnt say i support them, but dont object either.
 
Object ... and think there should be some kind of restraining order against this type of protest against medical treatment establishments, where victims of rape and incest might be.

It is a sad situation to be in. Kav is anyone actually pro-abortion?

The god-bothering 'pro-lifers' like to paint those who are pro-choice as being pro-abortion, yet usually tend to be pro-capital punishment.
 
Exactly my thoughts.





There is a time and place to protest and doing it right in the face of people who are already feeling awful is not it.

Abortions aren't a fun event that women take lightly as if they were going for a coffee between two parties.
 
That's true, poor choice of worRAB on my part. I suppose what I meant is that for society as a whole I am pro-choice, but from a personal perspective I am pro-life - only because I could not see a good reason for me not to have a child, should the situation arise. However just because I feel like that does not mean I'd force that view on anyone. I view pro-life campaigners as stupefyingly arrogant.
 
+1,

While these 'prayer vigils' might be legal, I do find them rather repellent considering the amount of intimidation and forcing of views done to the women going to get an abortion which is not an easy decision to make.

Ideally, (IMO of course), I do believe protests outside abortion clinics should be banned within say at least 50-100 metres of such buildings.
 
Definitely object. Now I'm a little older I wouldn't want anyone I got pregnant to have an abortion, but back when I was younger it would've been different.

Pro choice definitely rather people have the choice than bring up kiRAB that they are not in a situation to look after.

Protesting outside is wrong to me its a horrible thing for a woman to go through without self righteous people telling them they're murderers.
 
I don't really have an opinion on abortion as I've never had to deal with that kind of situation, although my now wife did take the morning after pill a couple of times in the past. I agree with having a choice though and that there is a time and a place for people to protest and it isn't when both are highly sensitive.
 
What about with rape? what about when the baby will be so seriously disabled as to have a very poor quality of life or perhaps a very very short one? what about when continuing with the pregnancy is a big threat to the mothers life?

The people standing outside abortion clinics have no idea why the women is there, she may be wanting a child more than anything yet is having to do this and these people make the worst day of her life much worse.
 
Object.

Never had a related experience but I imagine it is pretty tough to cope with without having to pass a prayer vigil and knowing what those people are thinking.

I'd like to think the people involved in the actual abortion have been given adequate guidance/councilling over a period of a time, i.e. so no snap decisions are allowed. Whether this happens or not I don't know.
 
Really mixed feelings about this.

Generally speaking, I am against abortion as I think you need to be responsible for your actions. That said, there are occasions when it is more responsible to abort than introduce a child to the world, (victims of rape or where the quality of life may be dramatically effected etc.)

I would also defend the right to protest - its not for me or the government to say what you can and can't protest about, or where a protest should happen. As long as its peaceful I don't see the problem.
 
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