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Originally Posted by Jozrael
However, we are not in the position to raise a child nor even to carry a baby to completion. We're both still in college (she's a freshman). Thus, if we -did- conceive, we -would- abort the baby. (This is entirely her decision, and I support her in it). However, I can't help but feel that I would feel terrible about it since I would be committing an act I believe to be morally reprehensible.
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First of all, you should be using as many forms of contraception as you can. Saying you 'don't like' condoms is not a good enough reason not to use them. The pill can fail, so using the pill with condoms makes the chances of a pregnancy even slimmer.
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Originally Posted by Jozrael
This brings up the age-old question: Assume that you could earn x amount of money (or whatever reward you want) if you would merely take a gun and pull the trigger at someone's head. There is one bullet in the magazine, the rest are blanks. Thus there is a y chance of it actually happening. Also, you would not be prosecuted at all for the death if they died.
How big of a reward would there have to be before you were ok with pulling the trigger? Conversely, how small would the chance of death have to be before you were ok? 1 in 10? 1 in 10,000? 1 in six trillion?
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I would never kill a human being. You are trying to compare the killing of a sentient, aware human being, to the killing of a non sentient, non feeling, thinking, fetus. It doesn't work.
I do not care less about abortion - I support it fully - but I could never point a gun at someones head and risk ending their life, not even for all the money in the world.
If you and your girlfriend are not ready for children, that's fine. Just use as many forms of contraception as you can, and if she does fall pregnant, then you are going to have to sit down and discuss things together.