Don't you think that before you make a decision for a rape victim, that they deserve that you tried to think that?
All kinds of prejudice, whether it's racism, sexism, etc. Is fundamentally a lack of empathy for that person.
So try to have some empathy, otherwise it appears as if you are prejudiced.
I am showing empathy, for the child and mother. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean I'm not showing it. You want me to do it your way and think like you so you are trying to shame me into submission ... and they call me a control freak.
Posting "sources" like this can get you into a lot of trouble.
First, these are interpretations of more sources - that makes this information a game of telephone right off the bat. You want to get as close to the actual source as possible.
Second, the guttmacher survey article you posted, explicitly attacks the very language you used when trying to use them as your source:
Now, that doesn't mean you can't source the guttmacher surveys and draw your own conclusions. You may disagree with Guttmacher's assessment here. But when your "source" is drawing a different conclusion than you from the same data, it seriously weakens the entire point of you sourcing someone.
I'd strongly recommend sourcing from reputable sources, and not skimming off the fat with opinion pieces in Google - it's just adding unnecessary information and poisoning the argument, regardless of the topic.
Here's the paragraph you quoted.
Yet some broad concepts emerged from the study. A cross-cutting theme was women's responsibility to children and other dependents, as well as considerations about children they may have in the future. Most women in every age, parity, relationship, racial, income and education category cited concern for or responsibility to other individuals as a factor in their decision to have an abortion. In contrast to the perception (voiced by politicians and laypeople across the ideological spectrum) that women who choose abortion for reasons other than rape, incest and life endangerment do so for "convenience,"
13 our data suggest that after carefully assessing their individual situations,
women base their decisions largely on their ability to maintain economic stability and to care for the children they already have.
You didn't include the full text of what you quoted, which makes your quote and comment dishonest and misleading. I put in bold the main reasons. You're also taking it out of context. You need to read the entire study any pay attention to the percentages of the reasons given. You tried to invalidate the entire study because of a simple opinion. However, I consider the "
women base their decisions largely on their ability to maintain economic stability and to care for the children they already have" as a convenience, which I've already stated in my previous posts what qualifies as a convenience. They aren't having abortions because their life is in danger from complications or that they were raped. They are having abortions because of the fact that they simply don't want the child for economic factors. That's at least some of the the results from that specific study.
Let's say that even if the 3rd link I gave didn't give you overall percentages of why women are having abortions the previous two did and all 3 of their figures are similar. That's not a coincidence. You're just trying to attack the source because you think for some reason that I'm using it to prove a point. The original topic was brought up when smf asked about what convenience when another user mentioned they rather not see an abortion done for convenience. I answered smf by posting 2 links that gave reasons why women have abortions. I personally could care less if the percentages were lower or higher. I was just trying to answer his question. So are you saying that all 3 sources results are incorrect? If so then why do these following sources give around the same results as the 3 did? The top reasons for abortions all fall under the convenience umbrella.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3243347/
https://unplannedpregnancy.com/abortion/making-your-abortion-decision/why-do-women-get-abortions/
https://www.abortionclinics.com/why-do-women-have-abortions/
https://illinoisrighttolife.org/why-do-women-have-abortions/
https://www.sba-list.org/suzy-b-blog/why-do-women-really-have-abortions
Here knock yourself out. The results literally list hundreds of sites giving the same reasons, some with percentages some not. If the reasons were different I'd state that they are different, but they are not. Most women have abortions out convenience factors. If this wasn't the case I'd say most get them for rape, incest, medical issues or whatnot, but they don't.
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=why+do+women+have+abortions&ia=web
EDIT:
I consider economic factors to be factors of convenience. Can't afford your kid so you get an abortion? Convenience/economic factor. Didn't plan on getting pregnant? Convenience/economic factor. Bad Timing? Financial Concerns? Relationship Problems? Caring for Other Children? Convenience/economic factors!
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Why Do Women Have Abortions?
90% of women give multiple reasons for why they are seeking an abortion. The following are the most popular reasons women give according to the Guttmacher Institute, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provided in the country:
74% of women say a child would dramatically change their life in this way:
38% say a child would interfere with their education
38% say a child would interfere with their job
32% say they have other dependents
73% of women say they can’t afford a baby right now because:
42% say because they are unmarried
34% say because they are a student or are planning to study
28% say they can’t afford a baby and child care
23% say they can’t afford the basic needs of life
22% say because they are unemployed
48% of women who say they don’t want to be a single mom or are having relationship problems in this way:
19% say they are unsure about their relationship
11% say relationship may break up or end soon
38% of women say they have decided they’ve completed their childbearing years
32% say they are not ready for another child
25% say they do not want people to know they had sex or got pregnant
14% husband wanted her to have an abortion
6% say parents wanted her to have an abortion
12% say possible problems with their health
1% of women said they were aborting because they were raped
Less than .05% of women gave the reason because of incest
Source:
https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3711005.pdf
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Most are done for convenience (that includes economic factors)! I'm not making this shit up out of thin air.