Pro-choice

The human body (although capable) goes through so many changes and they are not always easy. There is also too many children who need loving families in NZ and that is evidence of why woman should have the right to choose. Money is another contributing factor. There are too many families on benefits who should have the right to not have children because they are already on the bottom of the income ladder!

The extents of New Zealanders who concur fetus removal ought to be allowed according to individual decision or certain conditions are practically the same across various age gatherings and sexes, with the most variety found comparable to family pay.

It leads to significant deaths for women who seek desperate measurers and leads to unwanted uncared for damaged children

Those who are pro life can go make decisions for their own bodies and stop trying to interfere with others for whom they do not know.

Woman should have the right to do with their body whatever they want, especially in the case of rape as it not only takes a physical toll on the woman but also mental meaning it should be completely up to her on what she decides to do with her body

I'm not sure there is any convincing someone with this position until they or someone they know is affected. This is a selfish and deplorable position.

The majority of people who get abortions are people who cannot afford to support and raise a child, victims of rape, and people who are at high risks of complications in their pregnancy

In a perfect world every child would be born to loving, consenting adults. They would be financially secure, in good health, at an age where they understood the pressure of raising a child and baby would have no defects to makel life intolerable or more complex than any other child.
Women need to be able to make the right choice for them.

Lots of people have different beliefs. No group of people should be able to enforce their own personal opinions on other people to their detriment.

I don’t believe that it is my place to convince anyone on this subject. I do believe in minding my own business.

It’s just common sense, protect the people that already live and exist and pay your goddamn taxes over a cluster of cells that can’t live outside of that women choosing to carry it and bring it to life. If it cannot survive without the women carrying it and it’s not harming her life then it shouldn’t be included as life yet.

Many of the people who oppose abortion are religious, and yet studies (e.g. by the Guttmacher Institute) consistently show that most people who access abortion (in particular in the US) are religious.

Again, women’s body, her rights. If she is not in a healthy state (physically, mentally and emotionally) to have a baby, then she should have the RIGHT to choose. She may or may not do it and it is up to her but she should have that option!

1 of 5 women are victims of domestic and sexual violence. It would be a significant number of women who are burdened with the trauma of caring for a child of their attacker.

Research shows that pregnancies related to rape is often equal or more likely to occur than consensual sex, instead of caring about the "lifes" if fetuses. Pay more attention to the lifes of the victims.

Have you ever stepped on a bug or killed a bug, if yes then don't say you're pro life because it deserved to live too, or if you're vegan that animal should there fore deserve a life too. Also rape victims shouldn't have to keep the baby to term.

Abortion should be legal because it’s about personal freedom and control over your own body. Most people support the right to choose, and abortion is much safer than childbirth. Many pregnancies are unplanned, and not everyone can afford to travel to a clinic. Keeping abortion legal helps protect health, equality, and basic human rights.

When you are put in the position of pregnancy with out it being planned it can result in affected mental health and sometimes take a toll on the women’s body so having the optionnto abort it if they choose to will decrease the amount of pressure of that women

If a pregnant woman is forced to keep secrets, due to fear and recrimination this will lead to suicidal thoughts and actions. Loving supportive, pro choice conversations may save both mother and child.

Abortion should be a safe and healthy option for someone who may already be physically unable to commit, has unhealthy relationships, unable to financially support themselves, un-attached to their roots, unhealthy value systems.

Women and girls are tending to unsafe and unsanitary options/ alternatives of this procedure. Which is high risk for death and serious medical issues.

How many of these pro life has adopt a child in the system, paid for children born into poverty. Paid for a women’s contraceptive that’s not subsidised let alone the doctors to get there. Why is it ok for men to have sex but not women. Make it make sence. This is not about the babies because no pro lifer care once the baby is born. Men are not held accountable for unwanted pregnancies. Women are shamed for men walking away. Men should have to wear protection or bring back the man pill.

If you’re here for adoption, address the problems in the adoption industry. Also consider whether you yourself have adopted a kid.

Why should the only person in this hypothetical situation who has had no choice in the matter continue to not have a choice in the matter?

I am adopted and I am lucky to have been adopted into a safe and loving family. I know if I was forced to be raised by my biological and unfit parent my needs would not have been met and it would have been a traumatic experience.

Note that I said I was lucky. Pro-lifers bring up adoption a lot but this is not always a safe and loving experience. There are many children who suffer with abuse, trauma etc in the foster system.

It is for these real experiences, not hypothetical, I am pro choice. Only those who are ready to have kids and can provide them a safe and loving home, should have them.

If somebody gets pregnant at 12 or any age as a teenager really and they aren’t able to provide everything a baby will need to grow up don’t you think that it’s unfair to make a young person go through that? A young person should also experience life before having kids

It's your own body so you control that and your decisions, no one should take over or interfere with that.

Pro-choice means that as a teenage girl or even a child you can feel happy and take the time you need to grow up and understand life. It also gives girls a better chance in schooling and more. As a teenage girl if we get raped or end up pregnant we are a ***** We need to keep pro-choice to help our world be a better place.

It is regulated as a health service and also regulated under the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977.
The practice of induced abortion—the deliberate termination of a pregnancy—has been known since ancient times.
Reflective self-awareness emerges between 15 and 18 months of age

I don't believe in accidental pregnancies because they are preventable.
I also don't believe in bringing children into the world if you don't want them, can't afford them or can't give them all the opportunities they deserve in life.
Children don't ask to be born, we make that choice for them, and it should be very carefully considered.
Women who find themselves pregnant should be able to choose whether they want to, or are able to, bring up a child and support that child into adulthood.
It is always a woman's choice and she should have options and support in whatever she decides to do.

I don’t need to convince anyone! NO ONE has the right to make a decision on a woman’s unwanted pregnancy.

Women who don’t have access to healthcare may choose to terminate unsafely, or suffer unnecessarily mentally, or physically depending on personal position. They may consider suicide or have a baby they neglect. Nobody should be forced to continue a pregnancy when there are options. It’s nobody’s business how she got pregnant in the first place, not why she has made the decision.