SHEESH! Just one time, unprotected, & the outcome is twins??? Talk about luck of the draw... I enjoyed seeing both sides of this forever controversial topic. It was very informative & personal, so a HUGE thank you to the ladies sharing their stories with us. The best of wishes to them all & I hope they're doing well to date!

@xyz574

2 жыл бұрын

Definition of protracted social conflict Protracted social conflicts is a theory developed by Edward Azar. The term refers to conflict situations characterized by the prolonged and often violent struggle by communal groups for such basic needs as security, recognition, acceptance, fair access to political institutions, and economic participation.[3] The communal groups may experience deep-seated cleavages based upon racial, religious, cultural or ethnic lines. These cleavages are characterized by continuing hostility with sporadic outbreaks of violence; and caused by the frustration of human needs for security, recognition, and distributive justice. Such identity-driven rifts are the result of an underlying fear of extinction that often grows within vulnerable ethnic groups who live with the memories or fear of persecution and massacre.[4] Ethnic divisions and perceived threats often result in the domination of the state machinery by a single group or coalition of elites who deny access to basic human needs for the majority of the population.[5]

@katrinaumana2127

2 жыл бұрын

I was amazed 2 of the women got pregnant with twins & had abortions. I had 2 cousins that had an abortion they don't regret it.

@jayteadesigns

2 жыл бұрын

That's what happened to my friend back in the day. It happened on my wedding night. She was a bridesmaid in my wedding, he was a groomsman. It was the first time she ever had sex and boom nine months later twins - so ironic! (this was back in 1967, which was 7 years before Roe v. Wade.)

@iamcasihart

2 жыл бұрын

@@katrinaumana2127 I had an abortion in 2001, and I have never once regretted it.

@eringrey9297

2 жыл бұрын

I had a birth control accident. I was lucky enough to be allowed to purchase “Plan B”. I had a twin pregnancy even after taking Plan B. I had the option of abortion. I decided not to abort after the failing of Plan B. I love my kids but I also love my freedom of being able to decide what’s best for MY body and my life .

I am from a small Caribbean country known as Jamaica where abortions are illegal but still done under the table. There is also a growing number of child neglect, child abuse, and child molestation but the tourism minister would never tell foreigners that we have that problem here in Jamaica currently. Let's talk about the daily rate at which rape has advanced since March2020 curfew lockdowns every week since and child molestation. Just last week an 11year old got pregnant by a grown-ass man and the sad thing about it is that she has no choice in if she wants to keep her baby or not becz pro life is only pro life from conception to birth. After the baby is born you are left on your own. Her little body isn't fully developed to carry or give birth to a child. Her pregnancy can go very badly. I hate seeing men who have never experienced periods or cramps and will never understand what it means to give birth makes life-altering decisions like this. The law needs to be rewritten by women for women. Religion is being used as a free pass to do anything and justify it in the name of Christ.

@joeblow5087

2 жыл бұрын

Perverted religion and perverted men have no right to tell a woman what to do.

@bethgriesauer3825

2 жыл бұрын

Poor little girl! It's traumatic enough for a young girl to be raped by an adult man - someone she should be able to trust to protect her - but to be impregnated by him! Abortion should be automatic in such cases. How can this little girl, the rape victim of a pedophile, be expected to go through pregnancy and birth, then the heart-wrenching decision to keep that baby or give it up for adoption? She's neither physically nor emotionally grown up for that and her life will be forever impacted. A medically prescribed abortion would at least give her the chance to recover from the trauma and continue her adolescence and education.

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

I think there is an extra special hell being readied for people who feel they have a right to rule other people in such ways as to force birth them. Although there are moments I wonder if hell is already overflowing and try to extend evil's control of earth. They seem to have taken possession of many so-called Christian pastors and their denominations.

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

I weep for the children forced to carry a child.

@Sam-st7dm

2 жыл бұрын

Christianity is one of the greatest evils to plague humanity. The Christians goal is to build a global Christian theocracy where women and girls have zero basic human rights. This is truly a war that we women must continue to fight. I wish all these ladies the best and im heartbroken to hear what is happening in your home country of Jamaica. Women all around the world are being abused and cannot get justice. Its rediculous how the penalties for having an abortion are way more harsh than the penalties men are goven for abusing and r@ping women and girls. The world favors men and sees our lives as somehow less valuable.

Impressed with the women that were brave enough to share their stories

@focusedfilmw2168

2 жыл бұрын

Impressed with a woman, demon possessed enough to share her daemonic story of murder

@55WeRfamily

2 жыл бұрын

@@focusedfilmw2168 Always the ignorant show up to spew their lack of insight of others. Are you a woman? Are you a mother? Have you ever had sex? Look unto your own actions if you dare.

@dylanmarcjones

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree with abortion but yes they are brave for sharing their stories

@johnnypham2850

2 жыл бұрын

@@55WeRfamily Abortion is an antiquated form of birth control which in the majority of cases are a form of murder. The Woman who can access an abortion can certainly access real, actual preventative birth control.

@whathell6t

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnypham2850 Are you actually referring to contraceptives?

Protesters should go help the children that are present on earth instead.

@dae1925

2 жыл бұрын

Unborn children, are very much "on Earth"

@ascent8487

2 жыл бұрын

Oh but some did. For a whopping six months. And now, after centuries of trying, all the holier than thou dips will finally get people never to have sex again unless planning a pregnancy and no unborn pregnancies will ever occur. Plus, those 20 babies getting tossed out into the street with their extremely stables mothers after six months will have happy lives full of opportunities.

@brentj.peterson6070

2 жыл бұрын

do you?

@vanessasanchez5155

2 жыл бұрын

@@brentj.peterson6070 I’m not bringing more children on earth. And I plan on adopting when I’m financially ready. I’m still too young to have children. I’m 19.

@christinahunt4924

2 жыл бұрын

We do.

It's nice that there are homes for pregnant and new mothers, but parenting doesn't last for just 6 months. How are these women, who are basically homeless, going to support those babies for the next 20 years? If they are encouraged to have unplanned babies, the commitment to helping them would need to be a hell of a lot longer. How convenient that there was "no data" on how the women and their babies fared after leaving the mothers' houses. I fear they have a future of poverty and struggle, made worse by having children they weren't ready to support.

@EstrellaO-2023

2 жыл бұрын

All the anti-abortionist disappear the minute that baby is born. The pastors, the priests, where do they go when the woman is left alone to raise 4, 5 kids?

@Lina_617

2 жыл бұрын

Then don't get pregnant. It's actually really quite simple. I didn't have my first until I was 36 with no oopsies. Or give the baby up for adoption. There are waiting lists for Newborns. Killing an innocent autonomous life is NEVER the answer. NEVER! You can try and tell me different till you are blue in the face BUT there is ALWAYS another choice besides parenting and killing.

@bethgriesauer3825

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lina_617 In a perfect world, all pregnancies would be wanted...and every woman who wanted to get pregnant could. Sadly, accidents happen and women (and girls) who can't raise children do get pregnant. It's a rare woman who is selfless enough to give up a baby she's carried for 9 months and given birth to. Adoption is more of a fantasy than real option, in most cases. I don't love the idea of abortion either (nobody does!), but it must be a legal, safe option.

@Lina_617

2 жыл бұрын

@@bethgriesauer3825 sadly accidents do happen and these girls have the option of these wonderful organizations to help them live and take care of their pregnancies through delivery to give those sweet innocent babies to a family that can raise them and want them and love them. You will never change my mind or never make me think its OK to kill babies. What about those baby girls rights in that womb?? I'm a mother and God forbid I could not keep my baby, I would give them to a family I know would love them almost as much as I could but provide for them. As a WOMAN killing a part of me is not natural and anti-human

@bethgriesauer3825

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lina_617 I wouldn't try to change your mind. Abortion is a very personal issue. I don't think I would have the strength to give my baby away for adoption, but I admire those who do... especially those who take good care of their pregnancies and love their babies enough to give them a good start in life. Unfortunately, many of those babies grow up with lots of unanswerable questions and feel rejected, no matter how loving a home they are raised in.

Making it illegal doesn't make it happen less. Making all companies pay a living wage. Making all schools teach teens about their bodies and about reproduction and fertility. Making birth control better. Making sure women don't get fired for getting pregnant. Making sure men and women who want to be fixed, temporarily or permanently, can do so in a timely manner. These are all things that lower abortion rates significantly.

@dertythegrower

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it does.. obviously. Of course a stripper would want this, because what do they do? They exploit men for money on false intentions of relationships. This is your life and it will crease to be good for you after 35, grow up a bit lady

@taylorbug9

2 жыл бұрын

@@dertythegrower sir, if you have an issue with strippers I suggest you go see somebody about that. I work at a dry cleaners. I am engaged. And I have never needed an abortion because I know how to keep track of my cycle. Something they don't teach girls or women anymore. Also strippers don't lead men on. Anyone entering a strip club should be mature enough to understand those women are there to entertain you while you spend money in the club. There is no false promises of relationships with them. You're not even supposed to touch them with your hands. So I'm not sure why you think they're lying to you. I've never even been in one and I know how they work. And by 35 I'll be married with a kid. My fiance and I want to have a baby in about 2-4 years.

@twonumber22

2 жыл бұрын

@@dertythegrower What a stupid reply. lol

@ashog1426

2 жыл бұрын

@@taylorbug9 the majority of women are between 20 n 30..... the man should get a say as well at the very least if not stop abortions for anything but babies or mothers health situation

@chefcurryj8469

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with all of the things you proposed and I am pro-life.

So, instead of being homeless with a newborn, you're homeless with a six month old infant. Shows that there is a limit to "Christian love."

@jacktorrance2633

Жыл бұрын

Everyone else has to prop you up when you get in this position you shouldn't be in? If you can hardly take care of yourself then stay off your back and keep your pants on! The baby has to pay that price because YOU couldn't think ahead?

@Isawwhatyoudid

Жыл бұрын

@@jacktorrance2633 Here's an idea. You mind your own business and they don't have to adjust their sexual activity in hope that the outcome doesn't offend your delicate sensibilities. Did you know that people were having abortions as far back as antiquity? The first laws against abortion in the US didn't creep up until around the war to end slavery. Personally I am really uneasy about the whole thing, but I'll never be in that situation but even if I were female it would still be none of my business. If you do not approve of abortions then don't get one.

@First1it1Giveth

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Hutson The point of your comment undermines the effectiveness of it. You seem to have no qualms about making the person you are responding to your business. Would slavery and the holocaust have been none of your business? I doubt that. Inhibiting the free expression of other people's moral standards while asserting your own standards over them is highly hypocritical if you ask me.

@lisaspencer1057

Жыл бұрын

@@Isawwhatyoudid You’re telling other people what they should/should not say/think or feel while you blatantly ignore the truth that people believe babies are being murdered. They believe children are being killed. While I’m prolife it’s not my place to tell others what to do but I’m not going to keep my thoughts to myself so it makes people feel better about killing a baby. I’d have more respect for people if they’d at least be honest about what their doing. Chris Rock said it best. “If I take a women for an abortion there BETTER be a dead baby afterwords” (I’m paraphrasing)

@olentangyriver1191

4 ай бұрын

Christianity is a lie all christian men see women as garbage..it's sad

If you are anti abortion please step up and adopt 5 or 6 kids now in foster care. Don’t just run your mouth.

@robertmunga2630

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, not gunna happen. Don't kill kids, doesn't matter whether I adopt or not, just don't kill kids.

@Lovecove4

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmunga2630 nope, women decide what to do with their bodies. KIlling is part of human nature we don't live in a pretty world, too bad suck it up.

@ReversePanda

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmunga2630 They're not "kids" the second Cletus decides to turn off the TV, please pay attention. It takes a while. I don't understand why people care if these kids live or not anyway, God has supposedly killed a lot of people, but when women do it, it's wrong? Nah.

@collette3741

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertmunga2630 why care? If not willing to help lol

@lovelocked5385

2 жыл бұрын

Personal responsibility

The dedication for making this film is unbelievable. Very well done. Regardless of what side you’re on or just somewhere in the middle, I recommend everyone to watch it.

I appreciate PBS trying to present abortion in a mostly even light...very pro-choice and pro-life people could disagree but I think they showed both sides

@Hemostat

2 жыл бұрын

Abortion Dr: this is a really complicated issue Anti abortion Dr: you're all going to hell and doing Satan's work!

@AndrewLewisHowe

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hemostat I hope Satan's hiring at his work. Many of these right wing bible thumpers just quit because they were asked to get a vaccination that saves lives. I hope Satan wants 'em because nobody else does.

@16tangerines

2 жыл бұрын

@@AndrewLewisHowe the irony 😭

@DavidDiazXchangefd

2 жыл бұрын

I think we should know what are the consequences after abortion

@focusedfilmw2168

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hemostat Amen amen John. A human is alive at conception. The baby has its own DNA. And a beating heart, it is a human baby. Covered up by just one or 2 inches of skin in the abdomen of the mother. Does this not make it a human because there is 1 or 2 inches of skin between it and the world? it is unbelievable ,that this is even a topic of concern, it’s unbelievable we are even discussing this topic. It’s so stupid to be discussing if this is human life or not. It’s on the same magnitude of stupid wether staring at the sun for six hours straight is a good idea or a bad idea. This is the magnitude of the stupidity of this debate. There is no debate there is just stupid humans. Stupid humans that support murdering humans. The most innocent of all humans on planet earth. Pure evil and pure stupidity is pro choice complete .....mentally retarded so-called humans.

As a retired RN the clinic in the later part of this show “loves you” you don’t even know them. What if they weren’t pregnant? Would they love them then? It is not our job as a nurse to EVER persuade a patient to do what they feel uncomfortable with. Our job is to be an advocate to whatever the patient chooses.

@mildredratchedrn6076

Жыл бұрын

I concur.

@adaazodeh1269

Жыл бұрын

It’s faith based. This is the path they have chosen, to extend God’s “Love”

@loveofsisrael

Жыл бұрын

the job of being rn is to do healthcare not kill babies life

@sailboatrn7372

Жыл бұрын

@@loveofsisrael the job of an RN is to be a patient advocate no matter what the patient CHOOSES to do or have.

@mchoe5890

Жыл бұрын

As an RN, you would advocate for ANYTHING the patient chooses? WHO advocates for the baby?! Baby has life too! He or she has NO advocate. I am an RN and I advocate to extend life not just blindly advocate for WHATEVER the patient chooses. THINK lady!

Hold up! They can stay at the pregnancy shelter while pregnant and for six months after, but they're just kicked the fuck out with an infant? How on "god's" green earth does that help anyone? I love how this was their answer to the argument that they only care about the baby in the womb--6 months of life is not enough support after pressuring these women into having a baby they weren't prepared to raise. That is an atrocity.

@AZOMBIERYO

2 жыл бұрын

How long is enough and who is going to pay for it? Its shitty but its not like those places have infinite resources Why dont you donate a percentage of your income every month or better yet take in a few of those women and their kids yourself Oh wait its better to just complain and expect other to pick up the slack

@JM.5387

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Now that drug-addicted young woman with a special needs child is also going to be living on the street. Win? More kids in foster care. More intergenerational trauma. And they won't even prescribe her long-acting contraception so it doesn't happen again.

@nikki5095

2 жыл бұрын

@@AZOMBIERYO The point you neglected to address is that these women are being pressured out of getting abortions that they rightfully have access to only to be pushed back out onto the streets with an infant. I'm not saying someone should pay to raise their children, but if they choose an abortion, that choice should be respected.

@AZOMBIERYO

2 жыл бұрын

@@nikki5095 saying you cant afford it isnt an excuse to end a life, imagine having a kid that has serious medical expenses and then killing the kid because you cant afford it. Its sad but the real salution is education and personal responsibility Like that couple that already had a kid, they have no excuse and abortion is more ahout convenience Or the women who already had multiple kids Pro-abortion people always shield themselves behind the extreme cases like homeless women or women who have been the victims of sexual assault when those are a very small percentage of most abortions For the women who are victims of sexual assault or were just never properly educated i really do feel sorry for and they should receive help, but all those other women who arent just dont want to take responsibility for their own actions

@nikki5095

2 жыл бұрын

@@AZOMBIERYO My question is why you think you get to set the standards for who can choose abortion and who can't. I don't shield myself behind extreme cases at all. I support the right for the person who would have to carry the child to term and potentially raise and support it to choose if they are ready to take on that responsibility. If they aren't, they should have the right to choose.

"Trauma that's overflowing from childhood, disconnected families." It's a shame that family planning would help break this cycle but yet healthcare and contraception is broken in this country. Excellent reporting as always Frontline!

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

The only family planning the right is interested in is women having multiple babies, preferably by their husband, and contraception not being an option because casual sex is a sin or moral failure And I'm not kidding. If abortion was ever banned in America the very next day these people would be pushing for abstinence and earlier marriages. They have a vision for how they'd like this country to be, and they're never going to stop pushing for it

@Nan-59

2 жыл бұрын

Yea. Our American healthcare m, sadly, is pretty much NONEXISTENT.

@user-zy4wv7yx1z

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaperRaines Yep, you can even ask them. The men will tell you that their god put men in charge, and women must obey the men. They want their religion to rule us all

@sapatoblanco35

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaperRaines I

@julians7268

2 жыл бұрын

... yea... trauma is terrible. Can't be traumatized though if you don't exist. I'm thinking homelessness is traumatic too. Why don't we kill the homeless?

That poor husband, as soon as his wife swallowed that pill, and the nurse announced that, was the beginning of the abortion procedure, his hand just froze. Before then, he had been rubbing her back. Such a terrible, difficult time in peoples lives

“Promiscuity is leading to abortion” yeah right that’s why most of the women in the documentary were mothers already and/or married. Everyone wishes for less abortions including pro-choice people like myself. But then again education and contraception are the key to that.

@freudianslip2192

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and no. Promiscuity does lead to abortions. It's just more often than not women with less financial resources don't have the same access. I do agree that contraceptives should be free. It would certainly minimize the need for anortions.

@molliegoldberg1387

2 жыл бұрын

@@freudianslip2192 how do you conclude that promiscuity drives abortions?

@freudianslip2192

2 жыл бұрын

@@molliegoldberg1387 Oh no, you're not going to get me. Anytime, someone asks a question like that it's only to strike up an argument where no matter what I say you will find fault in it. Not today!

@molliegoldberg1387

2 жыл бұрын

@@freudianslip2192 I mean, you made a pretty bold claim. I'm wondering where it came from.

@freudianslip2192

2 жыл бұрын

@@molliegoldberg1387 If that's your reason why not just say, “I don't agree with your statement [insert reasons for disagreement]” Instead of doing that you asked a loaded question, whereby, you get to keep your opinion concealed making it malleable for any response I give. At that point, it's not a discussion about conflicting opinions. It's you trying to unleash a series of “got you” moments. I'm ok with people disagreeing with anything I have to say. However, you should also show your cards if you genuinely disagree.

The older woman...pregnant with twins naturally wow! I'm so impressed that these women shared their stories. I don't think I would have been brave enough to do so.

@eddasturrup4912

2 жыл бұрын

🤔

@beelzemobabbity

2 жыл бұрын

@@eddasturrup4912 ?

@HennyCranberryy

Жыл бұрын

Its more common for older women to get pregnant with twins naturally. The older a woman gets the more eggs she releases

@asahel980

Жыл бұрын

they get paid for it. likely a reason why they did it.

@bevs9995

Жыл бұрын

older women are 4 + times more likely to have fraternal twins.

Since everyone is praying for the poor baby and the woman how about praying for the dead beat father's who put these women in these situations

@danopticon

2 жыл бұрын

Many pregnancies are the result of rape and/or incest, and the best possible outcome would be to keep the “dad” as far away from their victim as possible.

@leekshikapinnamneni4835

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m doing right now as we speak.

@Renee302976

2 жыл бұрын

Amen 👏🏽

@cyrile.6754

2 жыл бұрын

No one is put in a position - two parties who are aware of the consequences decide to have unprotected sex. If you can’t be celibate, then use protection. It is bad enough that murder is considered legal - let’s just stop with the excuses, we can do more in educating people to take care so we do not have to make a decision about a human life. You have no such right!

@johndoe-wv3nu

2 жыл бұрын

At least women have that option. Men don't.

The world is so weird, some people want to have babies but instead experiencing multiple miscarriages. Some people never want to have babies but get pregnant after only one random unprotected sex. For some people, after 12 weeks of pregnancy, it is safe, for others, everyday during the 10 month pregnancy period is not safe.

@Cbd_7ohm

2 жыл бұрын

Just like some people do cocaine hydrochloride for 20 years and stop with no issues with the law or health wise while others get 50 years in prison for doing the same thing.

@user-zy4wv7yx1z

2 жыл бұрын

There are billions of people on this earth. Of course two women may want entirely different lives. I don't see what is weird about that

@truthhurts8996

2 жыл бұрын

Someone’s infertility issue is no one else’s problem.

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

@@truthhurts8996 unless that person keeps trying to make other people have babies for them. Anyone who is trying to live other peoples' lives for them has no business having children.

I am pro-choice, but that choice goes both ways. Just as we must allow people who do not want children to get abortions, we should also provide those who do want children the resources to take care of those children. Pro-choice is an incomplete movement if we do not account for the ways that people who want to have children are forced by circumstances (often financial) to terminate a pregnancy.

@brentj.peterson6070

2 жыл бұрын

Use birth control.

@thegeekclub8810

2 жыл бұрын

@@brentj.peterson6070 What does this even have to do with my argument? I’m literally talking about people who want to have children??? This reply genuinely baffles me.

@margaretmalone9629

2 жыл бұрын

Basically the clinic “protesters” are just religious zealots who think everyone should convert to their beliefs. That’s the pro-life movement in a nutshell. Pro-choice people are also usually liberal or progressive, and will support social safety nets and access to education.

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

@@thegeekclub8810 some folk have minds too narrow to grasp conflicts in people's lives. Ignore him.

@dangli-sac4053

2 жыл бұрын

So let me make sure I understand. Someone makes a choice to have sex, full well knowing the risks of doing so, messes up and then gets pregnant, then demands that the tax payer pay for a murder of a baby in order to fix this mess up. And when the tax payer says no you blame the pain and suffering on them. I get your argument of, help the financial suffering and then more mothers wont abort their babies, which is probably true. But to say you must help the financial suffering or else it should be legal to murder my child is ridiculous. You took a risk, now accept the consequences. Convenience is not a good reason to murder a baby.

All I can think about is a good friend of mine from college. She was raped in the dorms while she slept. She was pushed to keep the baby by her family. She told me she didn't want the baby at all. To make her family happy she carried the baby until she got preterm labor and collapsed. Turns out she had an undiagnosed heart disorder. My friend died while the hospital was trying to save the baby. The baby died the next day. Sometimes I think about how much religion can dictate someone's life

@Sunnygrrl99

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry that happened to your friend, that's awful

@abrahambinomer3433

2 жыл бұрын

What a shame to be thinking of killing n praising murdeter

@collette3741

2 жыл бұрын

@@abrahambinomer3433 shutup

@grahamstrouse1165

2 жыл бұрын

I’m so very sorry.

@christopherliang6879

2 жыл бұрын

I cannot gather words to say besides I am so sorry for your loss

This issue should be kept between a woman and her family/doctor. Everyone else should worry about their own family and the multiple issues they have. Stay out of other people's medical decisions.

@notforgotten3685

2 жыл бұрын

Wear condoms, and use birth control. If you get knocked up live with it. Don’t fuck without protection if you know you’re not ready to be a parent.

@lama6911

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. You live your life, I’ll live mine.

@iamcasihart

2 жыл бұрын

@@notforgotten3685 nope. I cannot tolerate hormonal birth control because of my autoimmune illnesses, and I’m in a monogamous relationship. We don’t use condoms because they *ALWAYS* irritate me and typically lead to a UTI. So, we do our best to avoid sex during ovulation and all that. If I became pregnant, I’d have an abortion.

@lootleo4022

2 жыл бұрын

@@notforgotten3685 You are mighty dense.

@notforgotten3685

2 жыл бұрын

@@iamcasihart Killing babies is wrong. They’re not clumps of cells or parasites, that’s an unborn life. What we should be doing is reforming and properly funding childcare and adoption and whatnot, things to improve lives, instead of giving an easy way out to irresponsible people.

10 seconds of ecstasy is not worth 18 years of misery

@Dwight201989

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the truth? I have two beautiful daughters I would die for,I hope people are smarter with decisions of this magnitude,I for one could never tell my wife to do this.

@mariainez7327

2 жыл бұрын

Then prevent it by wearing a condom!

@gatanegra8815

Жыл бұрын

💯💯👏👏👍👍Finally somebody said it!

@Writing-tu6jc

Жыл бұрын

Tell that to my dead beat baby daddy 🤣🤣🤣

Imagine fighting against abortion and then also saying that abstinence is the best defense. These people are truly not thinking rationally. This repressed worldview is part of why there is so much unhappiness and judgement.

@uzielrendon1208

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine having a choice to have unprotected sex, and then getting pregnant and blame it on “Iam not ready” BS. Life is about choices you made a choice not to use the 27 options to not get pregnant. The reason they feel bad about abortion it’s because it goes against human nature.

@michaelfernandez3182

2 жыл бұрын

@@uzielrendon1208 These are outstanding opinions but have nothing to do with someone who doesn't want to carry a baby to term. That's their problem, not yours. We shouldn't be legislating faux morality based on sky daddy ethics.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

Yes killing innocent unborn human beings is nobody’s business but my own

@tarod3

2 жыл бұрын

@@gopher7691 they’re sinless, aren’t you just sending them to heaven?

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

tarod3 what a morally idiotic thing to say

When she said I’ll deal with the sadness and depression later just kills me

What happens to the mum and newborn after the 6 months are up in the women's home?

@brittaniebe6481

2 жыл бұрын

Right!?

@sailorgabbie

2 жыл бұрын

They don't follow up or care, apparently.

@augustine98

2 жыл бұрын

Help buys someone time to get on their feet. The wise don't ask for help twice.

@michaelward3421

2 жыл бұрын

@@augustine98, I bet you're fun at parties... :D

@kenyanswiss

2 жыл бұрын

They go out get pregnant and come back

The part where the girls said "that's why I had all eight of mine" had ne like 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

@melissa-wilson

2 жыл бұрын

That comment on having eight children made my stomach curl. Do not conceive if you cannot provide for the child's emotional and financial needs for the entirety of their adolescent life. Education is so important. There are other birth control options such as condoms, the pill, etc. Abortion should be the last option, like an emergency situation. Still, abortion is a personal decision and one the parents should make together.

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissa-wilson you missed the contrast of this documentary. There's two options; get married and have children, or get pregnant and give birth. There's no in-between with conservatives, they are firmly against sex education and birth control. Of all kinds, just go re-watch this video around 33:00 if you missed them saying that the first time. It's not the first I've heard this, they've been saying that for decades This isn't about protecting life, it's about them wanting a certain vision for America. They want women, to have babies. How and when that happens is secondary. Optimally they want nuclear households with a working dad, housewife, and multiple children. If that can't happen, they want women to give birth. Period, full stop We could drastically reduce abortions in America next year if we passed laws on what you said. Federally mandated sex education in public schools, and freely available forms of contraception to girls especially, and also boys. And make birth control free in medical insurance. The abortions would plummet...... but, so would voluntary births. And that's the rub, and that's the part of this story that is criminally not talked enough in the national conversation about this

@melissa-wilson

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaperRaines That's compelling and I suppose those two options are the point and I missed it. Even though it's really hard to chew, let alone swallow.

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissa-wilson and they don't care if you chew on it or not, in fact they'd be alright if you choked. As long as they get their way in the end. Which also they said in this video and I've heard for decades, they will never stop until they win What happens to who in the interim? They, don't, care

@tyfighter1776

2 жыл бұрын

@@melissa-wilson Old tired argument. Being poor doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't have children. Inequity is why people are poor. Coming from poverty, or a difficult upbringing in life is hard, but it isn't a good justification to not have children. That argument is why people believed in eugenics. The line you have drawn is wrong. I'm happy you have enough money to believe you should be allowed to procreate, many people don't fit your arbitrary financial test, and that is not a failure on them. It is a failure on you who believes you should be the arbiter of who has children.

Beautifully done. Thank you for not showing the “stereotypical” poor black women. This just reinforces the woman’s right to CHOOSE.

@mathildeyoung1823

2 жыл бұрын

to CHOOSE what? To kill an innocent human being? No one should have that choice!

@msprague91

Жыл бұрын

@@mathildeyoung1823 You don't get to choose to use someone else's body against their will. No person has a right to anyone's uterus. IF I refuse to donate my organs that could save your life, and you die because of that. Did I kill you? This is the prolife logic in a nutshell: if both my kidneys burst (which can cause instant death) and you're a donor match, I should be allowed to harvest your kidney against your will because I have a right to life.

@msprague91

Жыл бұрын

@@mathildeyoung1823 according to your logic, if abortion is murder, then a miscarriage is manslaughter

@mathildeyoung1823

Жыл бұрын

@@msprague91 That's not my logic... If it were then a natural death in a born child would be classified as murder.... A miscarriage is a natural death, like a born baby dying of sids or cancer (tragic, but no one's fault). Abortion is the intentional killing of a human being - like poisoning or dismembering a born child or throwing them in a lake to drown. Hope that helps clear things up for you.

@mathildeyoung1823

Жыл бұрын

@@msprague91 If you donate an organ to me and change your mind, can you kill me to get your precious uter.. I mean organ back? That's a closer analogy to pregnancy/abortion than simply not donating at all (that would be like not getting pregnant in the first place). Besides a woman still has her uterus while pregnant. Pregnancy is closer to dependent care - and we're all supposed to BE RESPONSIBLE and ensure the safety of our dependents (e.g. provide them food and shelter) at least as long as it takes to hand them over safetly to someone else.

I have had 2 abortions. One when I was 23 and one when I was 29. The first man told me he was sterile and he wanted to marry me. The second was a trick...because I was addicted to heroine and being pimped out...I do not regret either one...9 years later. I thought I should and what is wrong with me? Why don't I feel bad? I finally realized, because it was the right thing to do

@meilanijesper9621

2 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't feel bad. So many women are made to feel shame for a choice that they knew was right for them. I too was in similar situations in my early 20's and had an abortion. I also have never had any regrets. Sometimes the option to carry a child to term isn't an option at all. Many people don't realize that not all pregnancies are happy and not all children will be born into a safe and loving home with two parents. Sometimes abortion is the only safe decision for a woman and that should be her choice to make.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

Killing an unborn human being wasn’t the only option. Adoption?

@0_k_1_

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say you probably don't feel bad because the drug addiction altered your chemical and mental state. Any sane, moral, sober, prudent person would feel some guilt for taking a human life

@gopher7691

Жыл бұрын

You’ve heard of adoption right? Wouldn’t that have been better than killing your baby? How could killing the unborn human being in your womb be the “right thing to do”?

@iluvsubliminals

Жыл бұрын

Don't ever be ashamed. That's your body.

I wish these protestors instead of harassing people they would visit children in foster care. Protest over that issue it’s a huge one!!

@user-zy4wv7yx1z

2 жыл бұрын

For real! They only like to act moral, doing actual moral acts is too much effort for them. Much easier to hold a sign and shout and sit on your high horse than to actually help a living breathing child.

@maggietinsley2516

2 жыл бұрын

You have no idea what these protesters do with their money - I am pro-life and work to show women the horror of murdering their own.

@SamiLo2

2 жыл бұрын

@@maggietinsley2516 but do nothing for the children that are in the foster care system being abused. Get a life!

@tcmhs

2 жыл бұрын

Did you not watch the documentary all the way through? Some of them set up halfway homes for pregnant moms and their kids. Some of them took the women in to live with them. They acknowledged the need to take care of the women with their children and set up about a dozen shelters for single indignant moms throughout Pennsylvania.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

Are foster children being killed?

Also, let's talk about ectopic pregnancies or a stillbirth. Women would be so screwed if Roe v Wade is overturned.

@alexg4974

2 жыл бұрын

Can't have states determine abortion policy! It's much better to have 9 unelected robed and wisened judges make our laws, not the people.

@ChadwickTheChad

2 жыл бұрын

@@rinceradio Conservatives aren't allowed to use the word logic, you know that - fix your mistake.

@stephanieanderson1924

2 жыл бұрын

Actually ectopic pregnancy would put the woman’s life in imminent danger if not removed. So that is covered under self defense. And none of the new laws have consequences for still births.

@rhorizon

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, abortion bans punish even families who are trying to have children. My friend and her husband here in Texas are trying to conceive and now they're scared to try under the new law. Pregnancy is dangerous. Even fertility clinics have to go through multiple embryos, but you don't see the religious tyrants ranting about that.

@stephanieanderson1924

2 жыл бұрын

@@rhorizon they have and still are. However my views aren’t in regards to religion. If they are freaking about this, then they haven’t read the bill.

If my mom drank or did drugs during early pregnancy without knowing I was developing, I would hope she would abort. Seems like the more merciful and selfless thing to do, tbh.

@janedoe3648

2 жыл бұрын

The most merciful selfless thing to do would be to not drink/do drugs while you have a baby inside you...and then not kill it

@abigail607

2 жыл бұрын

@@janedoe3648 Hmm, I don't think you read the above comment. Shows something about you.

@kayarnold3151

2 жыл бұрын

@@janedoe3648 *without knowing I was developing* was the part of that comment you skipped over.

@janedoe3648

2 жыл бұрын

@@abigail607 it says that i was tired. The fact you conemned for me making a mistake says something about YOU

@janedoe3648

2 жыл бұрын

@@abigail607 oh. Nonetheless there is no good reason or justification for someone to take someone's life

The only comment that should be made is that I am happy each of those women (and men) ultimately made the BEST decisions for themselves... hard stop.

@PopPop-lk3vp

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly even those who ended up reverseing their abortions I’m glad they made that choice that was best for them same as those who choose to have an abortion in the end they made difficult choices but it was right for them

@lisaspencer1057

Жыл бұрын

Sure. Censoring people who think differently is definitely the best way to go. Now I disagree with you but because I believe in free speech, personal choice and accountability I encourage you to say what you feel is right for you. Hard stop

Having children should be a choice. Period. Especially when the world coming to the places it’s at today, I don’t even wanna be here let alone bring another human into this mess

@jafetzamudio5285

2 жыл бұрын

It is; before; you are having sex; so please; stop saying; choise...

@collette3741

2 жыл бұрын

@@jafetzamudio5285 you're everywhere! Shutup

@kenchambers7137

2 жыл бұрын

No shouldn’t be a choice !!!!!

@hidum5779

2 жыл бұрын

people who don't want children should be sterilized mandatorily. After 18 they must be held accountable for killing an innocent life

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

A very wise and loving decision. I hope to see the world get better.

Despite that in developed countries have more resources and medical care, you just have to take a look at the Philippines and see what happens when state bans abortion. Let women have a choice. Bringing a life to this world without proper support only prolongs the poverty, misery and crime circles.

@scottandrews947

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think that women should be allowed to use abortion as a form of contraception? That's a genuine question.

@babyland5240

2 жыл бұрын

I dont understand your question... a contraception is aim to prevent a pregnancy. Most women who visit these clinics are there for many reasons but they all share one in common. That is they are not ready to raise their own child and neither are you or me, so for them to have the courage to make such a difficult decision is already the most responsible thing to do.

@scottandrews947

2 жыл бұрын

@@babyland5240 Women in this documentary are flippantly having abortions and seem to be using abortion as a form of contraception (meaning that their thought process is "I don't want a baby. So I will have an abortion", much like many other people will say "I don't want a baby. So I will use a condom."). By definition, these women are irresponsible. If they were responsible, they would never be in a situation like this. The corporate lady is especially reprehensible.

@Farley5927

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's was one of the arguments in 1938 Germany...purge people that are dragging them down, right?

@babyland5240

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottandrews947 sorry that argument is so off. Just because the corporate lady is smiling and trying to keep her composure doesn’t mean she isn’t struggling with her decision. An instance of lack of judgment doesn’t mean she did it on purpose which btw why blame the pregnancy sorely on the ladies, her partners have all the contraceptive means as well to help them from getting pregnant as well so let’s not kid ourselves… stop over generalizing everyone. There’s plenty of kids in the orphanage that needs help… start there if you really want to help.

Spent an hour reading the comments on this video. It's pretty easy to tell which side of the issue people and its still clearly a very touchy subject. Great reporting by Frontline.

@angmoulton8528

2 жыл бұрын

I think it always will be, I wrote above somewhere, I've suffered 8 miscarriages natural miscarriages, tried almost 8 years for a beautiful baby a blessing from above, every time I had a loss I lost more and more of my spirit, but finally got my rainbow daughter Ellianna Grace 🌈 she's 11 years apart from her oldest sister

@DrMosseeay

Жыл бұрын

​@@angmoulton8528 congrats

I’m def pro choice, but more than that I’m for contraception. Contraception can save you from being put in a situation like this: (most of the time when it works*) it’s a safety net. Completely denying people of that is sabotaging them and doesn’t prevent them from acting in promiscuity. I don’t plan on having a child until I feel financially and mentally ready to do so, which is why I got contraception when I turned 18: my parents were so against it. I don’t regret that decision. Give people the right to choose and educate them. Edit: OBVIOUSLY - birth control Is not always effective. Stop with the “what about me” ism. It’s why I’m pro choice my god.

@michelleyu8873

2 жыл бұрын

I got pregnant while actively using birth control (I’ve been on the pill since I was 14, now 27). Birth control is not 100% effective.

@Thatscrazyyourecrazy

2 жыл бұрын

@@michelleyu8873 yes every type of contraceptions is lower than 100% effective. When working properly-> it’s great

@mrblanedyt9931

Жыл бұрын

There should definitely be more education in regards to contraception so these ladies can prevent from being in these situations

@Thatscrazyyourecrazy

Жыл бұрын

@@mrblanedyt9931 I should clarify that I agree but keep in mind that contraception can fail so it’s not always from people not using protection. Sometimes abortion is needed medically to save the mothers life . This is why it’s important to be able to choose without needing to provide a reason.

@kellywcheng

Жыл бұрын

Contraceptives unfortunately are not always preventative and some people have severe allergies or cannot afford them. But you’re absolutely right in that we should continue to educate and have the right to choose. But tbh, at this point the only real safe way of not being pregnant is to have a permanent medical operation. But some of those procedures are not always successfully reversible and some are absolutely irreversible. Of course there are complications and side effects and there is the even rarer chance some crazy person kidnaps you or forces you to have the reversible procedure done against your will. Who knows though at this point? The government could force reversible procedures and punish a woman for having a hysterectomy. 🤷🏻‍♀️

44:45 she doesn’t believe in abortion but believes in having 8 out of wedlock kids that are majority in foster care 😳🥴🙈

@Cbd_7ohm

2 жыл бұрын

That is how conservatives are.

@IndigoBellyDance

2 жыл бұрын

Touché …. For Real. Imagine how these kids r going to grow up.

@JB4C89

2 жыл бұрын

Who are you to pass judgement?

@amrita3000

2 жыл бұрын

What is wrong with using contraception?

@pegacorn13

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cbd_7ohm And here lies the irony: conservatives would do anything to keep that fetus alive but at the same time would do anything to get rid of minority citizens by practicing systemic racism, discrimination and hatred rooted in Eugenics......

Those that profit from the divide don't really care which way this goes. They're happy to see regular folk be dis-empowered by divisive issues that only affect regular folk.

@jeffreylorenger6746

2 жыл бұрын

Does this man who has 9-kids not believe in contraceptions as well as not believe in abortion?

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

No, pro-choice people care a lot for women's rights. Pro-life people are somewhere between what you said, profiting from the division in the form of money or politics, and cynically don't really care one way or another, and between actually believing this in their hearts and are willing to live and die on the issue Two types of people in this argument, asymmetrical motivations

@16tangerines

2 жыл бұрын

@@PaperRaines how are pro life people, like me, benefiting financially from abortion being legal??

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

@@16tangerinesit's the bread and butter of any conservative with media based income, like a podcaster or blogger/journalist, and for fund raising. If there's a Republican in the US Congress who doesn't have the words "abortion" or "Pro-Life" on their campaign website and in their donation publications, I'll eat my hat

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

@@16tangerines I tried leaving links to articles from Salon and Politico about money raised from anti-abortion activities, but KZread removed the comment

I'm catholic myself , and I appreciate the Doctor's effort and respect his ideology. That being said, I don't believe in abortion, and personally would never get one. But the entire female population is not me, and God does give you free will. So that within itself makes me pro-CHOICE.

@jacobinman2618

2 жыл бұрын

You're clearly not a genuine catholic then.Psalm 139:13, Jerimiah 1:5, and Job 31:15 all reject abortion. You don't believe the word of God and certainly don't follow him. Repent and believe.

@angela3chapman

2 жыл бұрын

@ Jacob Inman Who made you judge and jury. You concern me. If this was during WW2, we would all be speaking German. Holier than Thou is so 1935ish.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

You’re right. Catholics shouldn’t impose their views on bank robbing, murder, or wife beating either. Who are we to interfere with other peoples choices?

@Danxethenightaway

2 жыл бұрын

@@gopher7691 actually Catholics do impose their views on sin. Which is what you just described, but the whole concept of Jesus is to alleviate the sins of those committing crimes. God made life based on human choices. Choices that we are responsible for their consequences.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

@@Danxethenightaway yeah well I don’t think Jesus nullified “Thou shalt not kill.” Yes he forgives sins but he would prefer you didn’t commit them, especially murder. He told the adulteress to “go and sin no more.”

“You can’t be a part time Christian and fight a full time devil” 💯💯

For all the men that decide for us what the right thing to do is, perhaps ask your fellow brothers and friends why they so often abandon their pregnant women and/or children. So tired of having people decide FOR us when the collateral damage of a poorly raised child affects our worldwide communities. Some of these dudes really need to check themselves. And if the church is so invested in PRO life then they should help pay for the child's life and education rather than get themselves luxury jet planes so they can be 'closer to god'. So damn frustrated at all these men telling women how to do what we have done since the dawn of time: create life in all of it's variations and nuances.

@MiguelArcangel12

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing you said has any bearing on whether it should be legal to kill the unborn. And, it's sexist. What's true is true regardless of the gender of the person who states it. Should your thoughts on a military draft be dismissed because only men can be drafted? Should the opinion of a woman urologist be discounted? Roe v. Wade was decided by 9 men. I doubt that you think their opinion should be dismissed. Maybe lots of religious people behave badly. That says nothing about the truth of their views on abortion. A doctor who says that smoking is bad for your health is telling the truth even if he himself smokes. The unborn are human beings like you and me who have the right to life. That's true no matter says it.

@16tangerines

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelArcangel12 I'm not sure if you commentrd in good faith-- but in case you did-- I will attempt to clarify. She *did* mention some things that have bearing on whether our society should facilitate people terminating pregnancies. If the pro-birth movement, as they are often called, focuses energy and resources on women when they are pregnant..and in rare cases up to six months after... Then what? What becomes of them? What becomes of those little six month old babies kicked out in the cold? How much might they suffer? Will those children leaving the Mother's House be exposed to the elements? Drug use? Domestic disputes? Will they go live with distant relatives? Crash on couches with their mom's? Be abused emotionally, physically, and/or sexually in whatever make-do place they end up living? How much suffering are we wishing upon those children and women if we insist that women who are unable to parent right now, do so anyway?

@corinaspfx

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelArcangel12 This is the ongoing debate (pro-choice and lockdowns) are the same: right to life vs. quality of life. If that child is raised by a woman that KNOWS she won't be able to cope, physically, emotionally and financially and then her child becomes a menace to society.....what then?! Does anyone think about what it takes to create a responsible healthy and productive adult human? Birth itself is an initiation, what about the other 21 years to accomplish such an undertaking? Lest we forget, rapists, murderers, sociopaths, pedophiles.....ALL criminals have parents! Please note that you did not acknowledge to my point on the church paying for the life/education of the child if they are so PRO-life. A man's opinion can be taken into consideration if YOU AS A COLLECTIVE begin to implement a culture of supporting the child you participated in creating (i.e. be RESPONSIBLE for the sperm you cast out in the world). Vasectomy is reversible and men can have children late into their 70's. Get the snip and reverse it when you ARE GOOD AND READY. As far as I'm concerned, society would be better off globally if all men put their testicles on ice for a few days.

@MiguelArcangel12

2 жыл бұрын

@@corinaspfx Would anything you said about the difficulties of a distressed mother, the time commitment and hardship of parenting or the possibility that a child could become a criminal justify killing an infant? If you think abortion is OK, why is it different? You've been avoiding this central issue. Why do you think that the alleged unwillingness of churches to support a child that might have been aborted have any bearing on the actual truth of whether the unborn are human beings deserving of the right to life? That's makes no sense. If an abolitionist was unwilling to support freed slaves, does that falsify her belief that slavery is wrong and should be legally abolished? Churches also oppose infanticide. Are they wrong on this because they may be unwilling to give assistance to mothers who considered killing their born children but decided against it? You continue to avoid the real issue: why is abortion, the intentional killing of innocent unborn children, OK? Maybe you're right about men's irresponsibility. How does that have anything to do with whether what an irresponsible man may believe is true or not? Let's say an irresponsible man tells you that the unborn are human beings deserving of the right to life. Show him that he's wrong. Avoiding the issue by simply dismissing his ideas because of his gender and irresponsibility is tacit admission that you know you're in the wrong.

@corinaspfx

2 жыл бұрын

​@@MiguelArcangel12 dude, we are gonna have to agree to disagree here. But before I let you go, let me break it down for you real quick. - Original cause: a fertilised egg which can only happen if SPERM is present (50% of the cause) - Viability of life: when everyone (men and the church) obfuscate responsibility altogether, it is then up to the mother to determine overall viability of life (aside from doctors/medical emergency) - Right to opinion: if you are not actively part of the solution, you MAY NOT tell someone else what to do in that instance - Quality of life: natural selection happens every nanosecond in the natural world, a lot of times it's the woman's own body that causes a miscarriage or stillbirth. The woman carrying the child in her womb for 9 months must always have the sole right of veto. It's her body, it's her child, her decision. Don't want unnecessary killing of babies? Don't fertilise the eggs and get your testies snipped! SIMPLE. BTW....do you think it's FUN to KILL babies? That it's like returning a dress back to the store? The patronising and sanctimonious tone above shows me you understand precious little about what a woman feels at any stage of this process. P.s. for anyone reading this and thinking that the pronouns should not be 'women', please do us both a favour and just don't open that can of worms.

Sometimes the men don't want the responsibility either. Carrying the child is not an option some of these women want. They do not want to carry to term then give it up.

@whathell6t

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnpaulnath2 Are you being serious or joking?

@erincarr9411

2 жыл бұрын

@@whathell6t how is that a joke? Do you understand how altering and expensive (in many ways) being pregnant and giving birth is?

@hidum5779

2 жыл бұрын

too bad men are baby trapped

@eddasturrup4912

2 жыл бұрын

BABIES ARE A GIFT FROM GOD....

@rahiltje

2 жыл бұрын

But the homeless are not!?

If men could get pregnant….there’d be as many clinics as there are 7-elevens.

@_Martine_

2 жыл бұрын

In 200 years from now female who were assigned male at birth will have babies, science is moving quick.

@thatonegamergirl1182

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

I would argue that one of the few things that could rival the evilness of taking a life that is wanted, is creating a life that isn't. It would be interesting if Frontline were, in twenty-five years, to find out what has happened to the children of the mothers who decided to keep their children. Do you think that the majority of those children would to be thriving, well-adjusted young adults living happy lives?

@Lovecove4

2 жыл бұрын

I can speak on that. My mother was low-income and an immigrant when she had me and my brother. Growing up was hell. I grew up in poverty. Grew up in the ghetto and lived amongst criminals. Both my parents are mentally ill and my father abused me emotionally. Today, I have severe mental and emotional problems. I wish I was aborted tbh, I have deep hate towards my parents for bringing me into this world to suffer. I support abortion because I don't want other children to grow up the way I did.

@andrewcurrie1373

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lovecove4 I'm awfully sorry that you were brought into such a situation; a situation in which you had no say. Though it is no consolation for the suffering you have had to endure, it is a testament to your empathy and wisdom that you "don't want other children to grow up the way I did". It is so depressing that too many of the women on the Frontline documentary didn't share those same traits - not because of their welfare, but that of their children. I wonder how the interviewed evangelical zealots would respond to your response?

@miles1747

2 жыл бұрын

Just because someone’s life isn’t planned doesn’t mean that they’re less worthy of living. The alternative to having the baby would be killing them… there is nothing right about that.

@miles1747

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lovecove4 I am so sorry you feel this way. Know that you are loved and valued.

@arabiacrawford5933

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lovecove4 I understand your pain. My mother raised me in poverty and I faced the odds with my family having a history with mental health issues and being high school/college dropouts. I learned that there's hope for people who have been born to harsh circumstances. You will be fine, you just have to be able to count on faith that it will get better. Don't feel regretful of your parents decision. They saw you as a gift, someone of importance. I know many of us felt we were a mistake but there's a reason why your here. Push through and God bless 🤗.

I was a clinic manager for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains & Vice President of Client Services for Planned Parenthood of New Mexico 1990-1999. Never in direct supervision of clinics that provided abortion services but worked at them and was also occasionally a clinic escort. I was always surprised to see older, scruffy men protesting. I was always angry to see men protesting, period. Abortion is NEVER an easy choice but thank god for that choice. My entire family was pro choice starting in 1959. My father's older sister hemorrhaged to death giving birth to a stillborn boy, who would have been her 7th child. My mother's sister died during childbirth in 1961. That baby survived, her third in less than 24 months; she had a stroke, was in her mid-20s. My parents & grandparents wished their sisters/daughters would have had the choice to have an abortion. They would have lived normal lives and not left behind nine motherless children. And if you think that didn't fuck with my cousins their entire lives, you're wrong. As ironic as it sounds, abortions save lives.

@jm-je4tl

2 жыл бұрын

Would you mind having not been born so as to give your parents a better life?

@MiguelArcangel12

2 жыл бұрын

Your stories are heartbreaking. They do not justify the intentional killing of innocent human life. Why is abortion NEVER an easy choice? If the unborn aren't human beings, it's no big deal. But if they are, they have a right to life like you and me. I don't deny that there exist very difficult cases. But you know as well as anyone that the vast majority of cases do not involve a threat to the mother's life, rape or incest. The unborn are human beings that deserve the right to life. That is true regardless of who may happen to believe it, even if they are scruffy old men.

@sailorgabbie

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelArcangel12 I find that people like you are a paradox. What is your stance on Covid? Do you mask up? Are you vaccinated? Do your best not to endanger others?

@sailorgabbie

2 жыл бұрын

@@jm-je4tl I'm sure there are quite a few who know you and wish you'd never been born. Try minding your own business, might help.

@MiguelArcangel12

2 жыл бұрын

@@sailorgabbie Huh? Totally irrelevant.

Great documentary and loved how both sides were represented. I’m pro choice (only you know what’s best for you), but I found it disheartening that majority of the women in the shelters had multiple kids, but don’t have the resources to properly care for them/have them being raised by foster care or other family members. I’d love to see coverage about the foster care system and adoption in the near future. Especially since it’s so underfunded in the US

@ruaraidh74

Жыл бұрын

What's best for me is to murder other people and steal their stuff. Then I'd have more stuff. Should that be legal?

@teschchr122

7 ай бұрын

I am a former foster child. I was adopted into a horribly abuse home and returned to foster care at the age of 15. I can tell you, the system is broken beyond repair. If they are going to mandate that abortion is illegal they need to help raise these kids

If sex offenders aren't allowed within a certain distance to certain places, anti-abortion extremists shouldn't be allowed near clinics.

@KayDejaVu

2 жыл бұрын

At least the pro life doctor opened his home to mothers.

Abstinence only education does NOT work!

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

If abortion were illegal then abstinence education could work. Let’s try it. There were only a few thousand illegal abortions a year before Roe. Now there are a million a year

@So_Cato

2 жыл бұрын

I agree I believe in condoms

As a disabled US Army Veteran and a Christian, I fought and served to have freedom of choice..FOR EVERYONE!!Even when those choices differ from mine and honestly, I have no problem with that! I'm at odds with several other Christians.. Jesus was not about forcing his beliefs down other people's throats.. Seems most Christians forget or ignore that fact in the bible..😥 Every woman should be able to make thier own choice! If your against abortion, it's simple, DON'T HAVE ONE!! I'm also firm believer that men really need to do our part as well.. Just putting or forcing the responsibility onto a woman for birth control is selfish and wrong!! If more men would step up and do our part and have a vasectomy, it would make a world of difference... espically if you love and value a woman you are with as I do my wife. FREEDOM=CHOICE!! God bless EVERYONE AND stay safe all! 🙏😷

@tammywatson4886

2 жыл бұрын

This! Thank you for your service. And, thank you for speaking up and saying something.

@michaellee9121

2 жыл бұрын

Burn 🔥 these words into your mind!!! Because THE LORD destroyed and scattered HIS own children to the four corners of the 🌎 for what your advocating!!! May THE LORD have MERCY on your soul 🙏 One veteran to another 🙏

@garykubodera9528

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaellee9121 Well we both served so EVERYONE can have the right to THIER OWN BELIEFS! No matter weather they wish to be a Christian, Hindu, Jew, Islam, Budist or practice any other religion in this country!! Many people think the USA was founded as a Christian country but it was founded by people fleeing persecution from religion!! The people on the Mayflower were persecuted by other Christians!! There is no one way to warship and believe...we all need to respect each other and focus on how to help each other....instead of trying to kill, mame, divide and tear each other apart!! Maybe if we ALL were focused more on that goal, this world, this country and our homes would be a better place FOR ALL OF US!! GOD BLESS AND KEEP EVERYONE SAFE IN THIS WORLD!!🙏😷

@garykubodera9528

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaellee9121 Another thing, maybe you should worry more about your choices and actions... Instead of the choices and actions of others.🤔 God BLESS!🙏😷

@garykubodera9528

2 жыл бұрын

@@tammywatson4886 No problem!! Someone needed to!! 🙏😷

You can really see the emotion wash over the biz exec's face when she was told about the twins. It's not going to change the other realities of her life, but you could tell it still wasn't easy to hear

@alanmazzucchelli9013

2 жыл бұрын

Caroline Cruz. It's easy to fully understand and feel it's a wise decision if circumstances fuel the choice to have an abortion. The exec. has two kids but the decision feels more like a matter of convenience.

@gabrielM1111

2 жыл бұрын

She sacrificed 2 lives so she can continue to enjoy her new single life.

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielM1111 and God, bless her for it

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanmazzucchelli9013..... yeah, pretty much. What's the problem?

@PaperRaines

2 жыл бұрын

That business exec is the epitome of the conservatives' collective worst nightmare. An economically autonomous woman who is unbounded by coerced obligation She had a husband? Single now. Who's gonna take care of her and her two kids? Her. Will she marry the man who got her pregnant? Hell no. Will she quit her job to "be a better mother" to her children? Nope Conservatives, are literally scared of that woman. Because when more women like her keep popping up, the control racket they've had going on over women's destinies for the past few thousand years stops immediately. They can't stand it, and they don't know what else to do other than to be obstinate I don't like abortions, I don't think anyone does. But I'm proud of her for having the fortitude to go in front of a camera and I think stand up for women. It's her life, her body, and she will do anything she wants with it. Good for her

Birth control prevents unwanted pregnancy.

@SamiLo2

2 жыл бұрын

Birth control is not 100%

@lovelocked5385

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamiLo2 it's close and you can use condoms and other forms together

I almost chocked on my food when the tech said twins. Those 2 ladies have got to be over 40.

Best journalism on tv today. Plain and simple

@Seti-ms9bs

2 жыл бұрын

@Joshua Patton You mean if you a NPC CNN BBC lover lol

@9ZERO6

2 жыл бұрын

I can't help but sense left of center bias on every single one of their documentaries. Even when I think it's going to be right down the center, nope. It never fails.

@Seti-ms9bs

2 жыл бұрын

@@9ZERO6 libertarians do not make these documentaries bro it's all people with multicolor long armpit hair

@tracer740

2 жыл бұрын

@Joshua Patton- What a strange reply. Apparently you must be one of the 'Us against Them' cretins?

@pegacorn13

2 жыл бұрын

@@9ZERO6 That's because there is a more corrupt side just right of center. PBS doesn't make it: they just report it. It never fails because it's always the truth: sorry.

28:25 anyone find it weird a bunch of old men are protesting what young women should do with their body?

@cammontreuil7509

2 жыл бұрын

Baby is not part of a women's body.

@someoneelse9551

2 жыл бұрын

@@cammontreuil7509 ok, take it out then whats the problem?

@tyiffpeijc8702

2 жыл бұрын

@@cammontreuil7509 A baby isn't, sure. But an embryo and fetus are.

@ATLbench

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing is weird that when a woman gets pregnant the man who placed the seed inside her disappears. Men are capable of lots of “weird” things. Protesting isn’t the answer, men taking their responsibility seriously is the answer.

To think about an abortion is rough for a lot of women to go ahead with an abortion is worst. It's really not easy. The women who speak about it are brave.

@nevadag606

Жыл бұрын

I am here to be the advocate and bold reminder to get on birth control or make sure the one you’re on is right for you! The world is on fire and upside down right now, protect yourself ❤️

@hellobot67

Жыл бұрын

@@nevadag606 what?

I’m binge watching pro Life pro choice documentaries, since news broke of the Roe vs Wade overturn. Why don’t men have laws for their reproductive rights?

Will Lyman is always on top of his game. Forever the best narrator.

@BlownMacTruck

2 жыл бұрын

Why are you talking about Lyman in an episode where he didn’t narrate or do much of anything? Did you even watch this episode?

@jakemendez3748

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he definitely knows how to lead the viewer to believe a politically scripted narrative.

@BlownMacTruck

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakemendez3748 Do you even understand what narrator does? Because from your comments it doesn’t seem like you do.

@jakemendez3748

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlownMacTruck @blowingmacdealers , I could be wrong but i believe that the job of a narrator is to narrate. 😬

@BlownMacTruck

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakemendez3748 So you don’t even know how to state a definition correctly? Yeah, we should totally pay attention to anything you say 🙄

Why is it that Christians feel the need to force their beliefs upon everyone? I get that they see abortion as a sin in that the killing of a "child," is a sin, but why is it everyone must follow their beliefs regardless of their own? Is it not enough that you are Christian and are (hypothetically) a good Christian already? This especially to those who go out to make trouble, try to hurt people both physically and mentally, how does that square with being a good Christian? Some of these protestors are unhinged and don't actually care about life, they care about their ideals and in their selfishness people get hurt.

@killero00

2 жыл бұрын

Also these protesters need to get a job.

@MrWarrenwest

2 жыл бұрын

adopt to a loving home not murder/do you not believe in murder laws?

@BlownMacTruck

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrWarrenwest Your comment has zero to do with the OP’s statements and questions.

@ranrachvl

2 жыл бұрын

They believe it is a human child. They believe the murder of that child is wrong.

@alexlewis8143

2 жыл бұрын

Abortion laws should have nothing to do with religion. But science says from conception on the embryo inside a human is a human.

I gave birth at 16yrs old, my guardian told me I had to give birth. I didn’t love my daughter til I was old enough to understand I’m a Mom. I did take care of her, I was emotionally distant, being honest I still am. I am pro-choice though. I wouldn’t get an abortion but I wouldn’t stop a person from their choice.

@sheilagorney5909

Жыл бұрын

Not every parent loves their kid

"You cant be a part time Christian and fight a full time devil". WORD!

Maybe the real divide is: Is the fetus a person? Unless there is an agreement here, abortion debate may be pointless

@leekshikapinnamneni4835

2 жыл бұрын

A fetus is absolutely a person just like an infant or toddler as a person and that’s a great question. It’s basic biology.

@MiguelArcangel12

2 жыл бұрын

That is indeed the real issue. All of the emotional stuff that doesn't touch on this point is irrelevant and a distraction.

@user-zy4wv7yx1z

2 жыл бұрын

The other issue is "can a person use your body without your consent"? If you say yes, then I would argue that I'm allowed to take your live if I need it. If it saves my life, I have the right to take a part of your body and use it for myself. But you see how illogical that is. If a woman doesn't consent to the continuation of the pregnancy, she has the right to terminate it. Otherwise you make pregnant women a subordinate class of citizens, who's bodies are governed by a human who doesn't yet fully exist. That is absurd. It's clear you value women as little more than breeding mares for society.

@johnnaleighdermond3739

2 жыл бұрын

We are ALL given a guardian angel at conception.. That should answer ur question.

@user-zy4wv7yx1z

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnaleighdermond3739 what does that even mean? Not everyone in the US believes in your religion, respect those that don't.

I don’t think either side will ever get along. “Abortion provider” is also known as “baby murderer” to the other side. Why don’t we fund adoption and remove the barriers? Why does it cost thousands of dollars to just pay lawyers?

@BlownMacTruck

2 жыл бұрын

You seem to think pro-life advocates actually care about kids.

@SamiLo2

2 жыл бұрын

Even if adoption were more affordable, women are not incubators for people who can’t have children of their own. Full stop!

@Salutations26

2 жыл бұрын

I am the adoptive mom of two kids and if I got pregnant I would not be comfortable with adoption. It is not that easy.

Woman living in a homeless shelter for pregnant women: "I think babies are a blessing. That's why I have ALL EIGHT of mine." My God, the delusion

@louisejones798

2 жыл бұрын

But she doesn’t have all of the children. Foster care. 😞

@0_k_1_

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if your mom would've had the same outlook. Sad.

@TheZchristina97

2 жыл бұрын

@@0_k_1_ what does that even mean? If I was never born I would have no consciousness and no memories. I quite literally could not have cared

@0_k_1_

2 жыл бұрын

🚀

@0_k_1_

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheZchristina97 that's the point flying over your head

I had one when I was 20. I was not ready and had been doing a ridiculous amount of drugs. A LOT of LSD. Lots of weed. Lots of alcohol. Lots of cigarettes. I wouldn’t be ready for another 20 years to be honest, and I am glad I waited to be a mom. I was not ready then, and I am sure the baby would have had serious health issues from the amount of drugs I was doing.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. Better to just kill the unborn human being in your womb

@0_k_1_

2 жыл бұрын

Thats a really nice way to say you were a selfish drug addict who chose substances over someone's life

I had an abortion at 23 years old and I am grateful I had the choice. I have ZERO REGRETS! It was the best choice for me and it sickens me that women may not have this option anymore. I was treated with respect and kindness through the entire process

@pegacorn13

2 жыл бұрын

I had an abortion as well and like you, I have ZERO REGRETS. I now have a beautiful 15 year old son who I planned for emotionally and financially. The reason I had an abortion is because I did not want to have a baby at that time. It was my choice and it was the best one for me. I can't imagine the near future when Roe v Wade will be overturned. It's like propelling us all into a sick, antiquated, dystopian past....

@dangli-sac4053

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you two made a decision that was best for you. Tough luck for those kids though. Guess they should have chose a mom who was financially and emotionally ready for them. Better luck next time.

@pegacorn13

2 жыл бұрын

@@dangli-sac4053 I'm not sure I understand your comment...

@manco828

2 жыл бұрын

Ya'all demons.

@sheilagorney5909

Жыл бұрын

Yep better luck next time. Do you know how many times I’ve heard life isn’t fair and suck it up buttercup? Well that extends to everything. I do not regret mine either! If you want to call me a demon go ahead. I’ll take that over being a parent to a kid I didn’t want.

Once again, being pro choice means MIND YOUR GODDAMN BUSINESS.

@RukYouLikeAHurricane

2 жыл бұрын

Word!!!!!

@valcomments3045

2 жыл бұрын

So would you say the same thing to people who judge teenagers who have killed their baby as soon as it was born?

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

The killing of unborn human beings is everyone’s business.

@hidum5779

2 жыл бұрын

@OhG33Z oooooooo the burnnnn!

@khennimahmud4006

2 жыл бұрын

Lose weight

If that fetus can’t survive outside the body then it isn’t human. There should be no punishment by man and government. This a religious movement and doesn’t represent everyone’s beliefs?

@rachelk4805

2 жыл бұрын

Right? These people are calling it "murder" but it is removal. Why is it her fault that it can't actually live by itself? Why should we treat a cluster of cells like a person, and why do women deserve to be treated like lesser people just so we can elevate this cluster of cells to personhood?

@eugeneteddyowusu4289

2 жыл бұрын

" If that fetus can't survive outside body then it isn't human" sounds like saying if a fish can't survive outside of water then it isn't a fish. Even if it's not human, would you say it deserves rights equal, higher or lesser than an animal or even a plant? For example, a rock is lifeless but you can't just destroy a rock. So what rights do you say should be given to a living organism like a fetus?

@megaroo6110

2 жыл бұрын

@@eugeneteddyowusu4289 the difference is that water isn’t a person, the fish is dependent on the water but the water has no thought or feelings on that fact. Woman are not an inanimate object that should just support another life and shut up about it. We have bodily autonomy. We have a choice as to if we want our bodies used as a support system for another being, and we can choose not to do that. If you have any reason to not agree with abortion then don’t get one, but no one person has any right to make that decision for another person, especially if you’re a man. A fetus should not be given more rights than the woman carrying it and yes, I most certainly can destroy a rock if I so choose and suffer no legal or moral consequences. So two awful analogies in one comment.

@trawrtster6097

2 жыл бұрын

@@eugeneteddyowusu4289 Sure, it has a right to life, but it doesn't have the right to override another person's bodily autonomy, just like everyone else.

@lovelocked5385

2 жыл бұрын

You were fearfully and wonderfully made in your mother's womb.

Like toddler and adolescent, the terms embryo and fetus do not refer to nonhumans, but to humans at particular stages of development.

Republicans “my body my choice”. Republicans on abortion, “NO”. I believe everyone who has had an abortion is one of the hardest choices to make and a parents choice should not be questioned.

@MiguelArcangel12

2 жыл бұрын

Why should an abortion be a difficult choice? If the unborn aren't human beings, it's no big deal, right?

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s just like an appendectomy right? What’s the big deal? Of course an unborn human being isn’t an appendix

@paulatwood998

2 жыл бұрын

They may be unborn but yet they are still alive. If you take that life you should be prosecuted for murder!

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

Paul Atwood there is such a thing as mens rea. You could treat it like manslaughter I suppose. The question is what is the most effective claw to stop the mass slaughter of abortion? I don’t think prosecuting women for murder is necessary to do that and it may even be counterproductive. Just shut down the planned parenthood abortion mills and that will go along way to save millions of unborn human beings

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelArcangel12 the potential for humanity is there.

Why have un protected sex if ur not ready to be a parent

Bless all these courageous people out there daily trying to stop the killing.

Adoption appears to be a difficult and expensive process in the U.S. I know people who had to adopt children outside the U.S. They should make it easier for couples to adopt children.

@bevs9995

Жыл бұрын

It literally costs as little as 300 dollars to adopt from foster care bro. Want to take a wild guess as to why these children are not being adopted?

So unfortunate to see these kids go through this!

The young couple at the end said something interesting when being interviewed together. He said, “I don’t want to raise my children….” When she spoke she said “we”. Interesting on his thoughts and her thoughts.

"It's going to be brutal and bloody, and we're only in the second or third round of this." A rare admission from pro-life that pro-life is, fundamentally, a terror movement

I love the Frontline voice ❤️

Do not conceive children if you cannot financially and emotionally provide for the entirety of the child's adolescent life. Sex education is important. Other birth control options are available. Education is an understatement. Abortion is a last chance, emergency situation. However, abortion is and should always be a personal decision. Religion aside, how many pro-life followers support funding state and federal programs, courtesy of their tax dollars? Do they even understand these programs?

@chefcurryj8469

2 жыл бұрын

I am anti-abortion and support these programs. Abortion is murder is most cases, and women should have their children and there should be a safety net and programs in place in order to enable them to raise the child if they choose to do so or put the child up for adoption.

@ljramirez

2 жыл бұрын

@@chefcurryj8469 or you can have an abortion and not have guilt if you're a reasonable person and not suppressed with garbage from religion... humans aren't that important or endangered.

@garykubodera9528

2 жыл бұрын

@@chefcurryj8469 As a disabled US Army Veteran and a Christian, I fought and served to have freedom of choice..even when those choices differ from mine and I have no problem with that! I'm at odds with several other Christians.. Jesus was not about forcing his beliefs down other people's throats.. Seems most Christians forget or ignore that fact in the bible..😥 FREEDOM=CHOICE!!

@lawrencepascasio2076

2 жыл бұрын

I support these programs, to ensure, so women won't take this very dark path.

@chefcurryj8469

2 жыл бұрын

@@ljramirez No part of my stance has to do with religion, a fetus has its own set on unique DNA and to "abort" it is to end its life. A fetus is legally considered alive, for example if a women who is pregant is murdered the killer is charged with TWO counts of murder. The fetus has a heartbeat early on and to end the heartbeat, is murder. Obviously there should be exceptions for cases where women have been taken advantage of, etc.

I worked with High School students for,15 years in LA. Many of these were under 17 y/o and had 1 or 2 babies and unmarried. They were on. Medical and really struggling to be single Moms and finish high school too. It's interesting that there is little support for these children from the so called pro-lifers. I am grateful that women still have a choice.

@MiguelArcangel12

2 жыл бұрын

Pro-lifers are saying that the unborn are human beings with the same value as you and me, and so deserve a right to life. Their alleged unwillingness to support children of teen mothers has no bearing on whether that statement is true or not. You find it interesting that a pro-lifer is unwilling to reward irresponsible sexual behavior and the decision to simply not kill their unborn child? Why? Would you be in favor of allowing these young mothers the choice of killing their born children so their lives would be less of a struggle? Why is abortion different? That's the issue, not how difficult teen motherhood is.

@nicklizardo313

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelArcangel12 i respect your. opinion. Thank you.

@Phoenix-J81

Жыл бұрын

Not anymore! Here we are a year later...

That one woman right there was my mom single pregnant at 19 and my grandma was telling her that she needed to have an abortion Thank your mom for not doing it you didn’t have a job or no money instead of jet jeans in life>

One of the most divisive topics that I learned of in my time with Amnesty International, abortion is a topic most touched by religion and old world practices. We used to live in a time when humanity's population could be decimated by a little war (Sea People's attack), a little famine (any point in history), a little disease (Black Death and the likes), and a little too much death. Humans with a bit more insight than others made themselves the elders and wisemen of our pasts who constructed moral pathways for us to interbreed properly (no incest) and to keep the population going. Although people with power have perverted these methods to generate soldiers and workers for their empire in their corner of the world, the rhetoric remains similar in most religions: 1) the most important role for a person is to create progenies 2) you must not commit suicide 3) you must not commit incest or socially ruinous relationships. This was when our population barely his 1 million. Now that we are at 8 billion, we see all sorts of things. We have so many children born from unwanted pregnancies that need a home. We have so many people with birth defects. We have so many people jobless or littering the streets. We are past the point of having more lives. Let's make better lives.

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

I am all for better choices.

@HariMorni

9 ай бұрын

Islam doesn't state that your most important role is to reproduce. I can't speak for other faiths on this issue because I don't know and don't want to speculate. Are there any major modern religions that actually encourage or allow incest? By incest, I mean stuff like sibling/sibling, parent/child, grandparent/grandchild, or aunt or uncle with niece/nephew related by blood, not marriage, relationships. Not cousin/cousin.

I, / We, dodged a bullet!! I am the very proud Father of an absolutely Wonderful, Beautiful, Loving, Caring and Intelligent 22 year old Woman. She is a Corporal in the United States Army, an Athlete, avid Hiker, Loves all sports and adventure/ Nature.. I met her Mother in the usual way, we were not in love, we had known each other about 4 months when our Daughter was Conceived. Her Mother had 4 other Children at the time. for some reason she didn't want to have this Child. I recall, like it was yesterday "Begging" her for days to not abort our Baby. However her Mother made an appointment to take the "M.A.P." pill. Again I recall sitting in the parking lot of Planned Parenthood, BEGGING her, Literally, on my knees, to not do this. All I could think of as she left the car is how my Heart felt like it was going to stop beating and how I would never have a chance to know and love my Child. By the time she came out of the Office I couldn't even speak. Then she told me she didn't take the pill. That day was the beginning of the rest of my life! I THANK GOD EVERY DAY for my Daughter,... That "Little Girl" Totally Changed my Life! The Love a Dad has for a Daughter can not be described.... I do not Judge anyone,, Its not my place to do so. All I can tell anyone is to really think before making such a decision.. I was 26 at the time with a good job,, Which had "Nothing" to do with my wanting my Daughter. Money is not everything, Family is... Children are our future and "Time, Love and nurture is all it takes to raise an "Incredible Daughter" That's all... ~NEVER GIVE UP!~

@Charity-vm4bt

2 жыл бұрын

Mark madsen, thank you for beautiful testimony

Ridiculous with contraception so readily available in this country for FREE this should NOT still be an issue. If you don't educate these young people and give them ACCESS to it what do you expect? The Christian Rights preaching CELIBACY obviously hasn't worked either.....

@leebenson4874

2 жыл бұрын

Its funnest, free thing doing!!! And if done right IMO will take up to 3days!!!! LOL

@sg-cg6lr

2 жыл бұрын

Omg you get free contraception!? How? Are you spreading the word? This is amazing! PLEASE!!! TELL ME HOW??

@Alele883

2 жыл бұрын

Christ! And to think the West forced contraceptives on Africans…

@sandracmyers

2 жыл бұрын

@@sg-cg6lr planned Parenthood

@sandracmyers

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-mc2zz I'm not sure but we have planned Parenthood, shit the damn health dept will give you a bazillion condoms, I dunt need them I'm old lol

It's so hard watching the women struggling emotionally with knowing they're doing the right thing but feeling so much shame and guilt over it

@omega0195

2 жыл бұрын

Because it's not right.

@bluevictory1010

2 жыл бұрын

@@omega0195 Nope, because they weren't prepared for dealing with people like you judging them. I got an abortion 27 years ago and I never had any regrets whatsoever!!

@omega0195

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluevictory1010 people shouldn't judge other for taking a human life? How evil could you possibly be? A nation not caring and protecting the kids is not worth keeping. And yeah, "no regrets whatsoever" lol ok bud

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

The right thing? Adoption is the right thing. Killing an innocent unborn human being is wrong and unnecessary

@funkss1

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluevictory1010 would you do it again?

So hard to watch each time the nurses mention how far along the babies are my heart breaks.

As the director stated if you say you're pro-life you need to put programs in place to give the women the ability to take care of the baby.

@Miguel09z

2 жыл бұрын

No offense, but that argument would work if every woman wants their babies. That argument assumes that by having these programs in place, every woman will therefore carry to term and give the life in them a chance to at least live. This argument also is placing the burden to provide these programs on just "pro lifers" but at the same time actually preventing such programs to be pushed because they are pushing for abortion all while saying they can't have these babies because of financial issues. So they are undermining their argument inadvertently. Its like them driving a car really fast and saying we need to slow down all while keeping their foot on the gas rather than starting the process of slowing down. Sadly however, it doesn't fix the issue with those woman who just don't want to have babies but engage with the risky business of heterosexual intercourse with or without birth control. And so because of the gamble, there are woman who will just end life because they drew what they considered the "short end of the stick." The fact we now live in an age where abortion is seen as the only logical choice to make, and for some, because of marketing, its the only option they really know. There's money to be had in abortion for companies and clinics. We have made a business out of ending life. So we end lives in the name of saving and or unburdening lives? Its a big oxymoron. If the arguments are financially backed, then instead of keeping this train moving of ending life, let's take a different path. How about we actually address the root of the argument? Why do we not support women who, whether by responsible or irresponsible intercourse, end up pregnant and want to end life because they believe they will not be able to financially support the life? We spend billions on our wars, and even the wars of other countries, yet we leave woman who might financially struggle with a baby by the side of the road? Its rather interesting and sad...

@rocioespinoza2098

Жыл бұрын

There is .

How to start an internet firestorm: state your opinion on abortion*

@RukYouLikeAHurricane

2 жыл бұрын

You know it! If men would shut up that’d help a lot

This whole process is just sad all the way around. I feel much sadness for the women that have to make this decision. People like myself, and struggle to conceive children, I feel sadness for us also because we have not been blessed with the gift of a life to take care of. I wish they were more resources for women that are in poverty situation that wish to keep their children. It does seem like the folks encouraging women to not abort their baby are not there to help them when they really are needed. I think whether we make abortion safer and legal, or if we do the opposite and encourage women to keep their children, more help needs to be given on both ends. Personally, it’s not a decision I would make, but I am in a category of women who is not fortunate enough to conceive a child. Therefore I recognize my own bias. I will also say that being a person with a disability, it is very easy to have a boarded me but my parents did the exact opposite they fought to keep me and my sister alive. They literally went into bankruptcy. That in my opinion should not have had to happen. Our medical system as a whole fails people on either ends but let’s be honest so does our social system. Frankly America we could do better and we should do better.

@reginalewilliams4472

2 жыл бұрын

He says moms we can help you. America is about money. Dental bills, health care bills, food, education. How much dollars do the protesters give for the care and raising of the babies?

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely correct. Bless you.

@elenagomez4743

2 жыл бұрын

Very true!!!

@sunnyrays2281

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. It is thoughtful and articulate. I would only add something from my own experience of what I have seen. Politically I agree that people yelling the most often aren’t there to help, however, what I have seen myself in my own little corner of the universe is that a lot of pro-lifers are deeply involved in food pantries, fights for early childhood education, serve as foster parents and frequently as adoptive parents. So from what I see there is a disconnect, mainly political, about supporting the life once it arrives. But there are plenty of people out there (again, just what I see) who do try to support. The politicians, not at all, usually.

@hmm7204

Жыл бұрын

Maybe we could start a program that would support women who want to say no to sex. Maybe pay the men to keep their pants zipped. Men and women are acting like animals. Someone get the hose.

Women need the right to decide what happens to their own bodies. Damn it!

OMG double facepalm, not only do they preach against abortion, they won't even agree to contraception? 33:40

@CameronHuff

2 жыл бұрын

It's about control over women, nothing else. The fact that "pro-life" people disappear after the baby is born shows that.

@TheReturnOfStephan1

2 жыл бұрын

Even while getting their own abortions or those for their girlfriends, daughters, etc.

@sg-cg6lr

2 жыл бұрын

Many places in the world won't receive any type of contraceptive ever. Africa, India, surrounding countries, the Middle East, Asia, South America, Russia, the Caribbean, Mexico. That's like most of the world. If it isn't the government/church rulers outright banning it then it's almost impossible to get because of cost and stigma. The cultures aren't friendly towards even the thought of contraceptives.

@antinatalistcougar

2 жыл бұрын

@@sg-cg6lr I guess I was hopeful that education would pave the way, but as we see in the news, even children are targeted for marriage and reproductive purposes. So I am without hope for humanity

@antinatalistcougar

2 жыл бұрын

@@CameronHuff Yup, the chastity principle and promiscuity, I cannot unsee his brazen decadent paternal/patriarchal/ god complexes. That old man really scares me...

So let me get this right, a microorganism on Mars is life but a baby in the womb with a heartbeat on earth isn't? This world is going to burn very very soon.

@avemetatarsaliaenthusiast8202

2 жыл бұрын

Did you miss the part where at almost 10 weeks it wasn't even vaguely humanoid? It doesn't have a heartbeat.

@cantbeserious8843

2 жыл бұрын

@@avemetatarsaliaenthusiast8202 oh so it's ok to kill a naturally growing human being while it's devolping? Disgusting minds in you people

@cantbeserious8843

2 жыл бұрын

@@avemetatarsaliaenthusiast8202 see there's a great invention called birth control, if y'all would keep your legs shut you wouldn't have to murder an innocent baby

@avemetatarsaliaenthusiast8202

2 жыл бұрын

@@cantbeserious8843 It's not a baby, it's not even equivalent to an ant. Also, birth control can fail, which, AGAIN, is demonstrated in this documentary. There is nothing wrong with having recreational sex, and it is awful to stick someone with a child that they cannot take care of or put them through the pain and difficulty of carrying a pregnancy to term.

@cantbeserious8843

2 жыл бұрын

@@avemetatarsaliaenthusiast8202 but most of all hopefully women like you

Let the people decide. Not politicians.

What I see here is a very personal decision made by each of these women. I feel bad by even watching this because I cannot even begin to understand what each unique situation is about and it’s not my place to understand because it’s not my journey. But as a woman, I feel compassion for them. It’s their choice and they make the best decisions for themselves and live with their choices. Life is tough in this world nowadays. To each her own.

I hope all of these women are blessed and doing well ❤️ This is a very hard situation

@steveshapiro326

2 жыл бұрын

Tough indeed. As a man, I can never judge women since I will not face the hardships unique to them.

The thing is, the folks that advocate for pregnancies being kept won't give a single f about the quality of life that baby lives once it's brought into this world...

@elbozo5723

2 жыл бұрын

so the churches advocating for no abortions, which provide a massive amount of charity to those in need, don't care about people's quality of life?

@Hintedbymarina

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbozo5723 churches usually can’t support people financially for extended periods of time. Even the home refuge for homeless women and the babies mentioned in this documentary admits to “not having the resources” to support these women beyond 6 months.

@elbozo5723

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hintedbymarina if you go through all of that effort regardless it's obviously because you "give a single f"

@Hintedbymarina

2 жыл бұрын

@@elbozo5723 only caring for a person for a duration of 6 months and then sending them on their way and saying that’s good for a child seems very selfish. It seems more beneficial for the person doing the good deed than for the well being of a child or mother.

@elbozo5723

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hintedbymarina yes how very selfish of them to let those homeless women stay with them for six months

Men in jail from unpaid child support entered the chat!

What I have noticed in the past and I notice in the video is that what was removed by a suction abortion I believe at 10 weeks looked nothing like the fetus photos the anti abortion folks show at the same age looking more developed. I think there should be a time limit for performing abortions but I also understand the situations these people can be in and resent the pressure people place on them on their way into or out of a clinic. Recently I found out that a cousin a couple of times removed back in the 30's had a abortion and died as a result. From the look of her she is clearly related and I know the pure sweetness she had within her heart and mind. I believe overturning Roe will bring us back to that time of many deaths of young women. I also have a sister that reluctantly gave up a baby for adoption.. She had feelings of loss I think she would have not experienced if she had not carried that baby to term and seen him after he was born and was not able to see him again at any time afterward. Therefore talking up the unltrasound when little is visible probably sounds wonderful but is not for the pregnant woman. My sister had psychiatric difficulties ever after until she died about 40 years later.

I'm happy to see both women are at least loved & taken care of no matter if they decide an abortion or not. That's what I was most happy about.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

Are you happy about the corpse of the unborn human being who was killed? No one seems to concerned about her

@patshelby9285

2 жыл бұрын

@@gopher7691 personally, I think the soul that was considering that body is relieved to have gotten a pass to a better life next time. Why are you so hung up on the fleshy shell that anchors us to earth and so little concerned with the life that awaits them here? I think your values are far too meshed with the temporal world.

@gopher7691

2 жыл бұрын

@@patshelby9285 so you wouldn’t mind if someone murdered yo I guess

@GodSoLoved.Yeshua

Жыл бұрын

@@patshelby9285 Mother's shouldn't have the right to kill their own children, it's really that simple.

I can't watch this documentary. Just the thought of aborting a baby, a fetus, disgusts me. Since when does aborting a baby become justified? If a woman is raped and gets pregnant the community should come out to support her. They should not support the idea of aborting the baby. As a Christian community, we should also fight against and flee from sexual immorality; the rampant promiscuity among the youths today. Just two minutes into the documentary and I hear the first young woman saying she's aborting the baby because she is financially unstable. Is that a reason enough to take a baby's life? Where's our morality as a community? Have we forgotten God our creator? Why do we ruin the beautiful marriage institution God made? why do we fight for and not against sexual promiscuity among the youths? Don't we know, as Christians, the sexually immoral will not see God? Have we forgotten abortion is murder?

@MustBe1980

2 жыл бұрын

Not being able to afford a child = child may not live a good life. I’ve personally met many children who, sadly, wish they had never been born to begin with. Birth itself is not an easy task, either. If she dies giving birth, or has complications giving birth, does no one care? It seems not. I’ve seen it happen with my own two eyes. It’s so sad. A side note: the statistics show that the youths of today are having less sex & have less sexual partners than previous generations. Also, there are married couples who do not wish to have any or more children.

I've had an abortion before and I'll say this, God knows my heart and my reason.. Did I feel bad? Of course but the timing was bad.. No sin is no more Superior than the other..I understand..

@tttgaming8762

Жыл бұрын

You need to go to confession and get your sin’s absolved

Very balanced program showing both sides. Well done. I particularly appreciate how careful the abortion clinic staff are to make sure that patients are really decided, not being forced, etc. It is a woman's decision because she takes the risks to her health and life and lives with the burden of the responsibility. Best wishes to all these women--those who terminated and those who didn't. You are the expert in you.