I'm pro-choice, and I've encountered one atheist who was fiercely anti-abortion, forced-birth, all the way. I helped him moderate a debate group on Facebook until he went a little nuts and declared that because I'm pro-choice, I couldn't be a good moderator (yeah, not the most logical critter).

I've yet to meet a single person who is TRULY pro-life, meaning they actively foster or adopt children born into bad circumstances and they support humane health care, education, and other policies that affect people from cradle to grave. They'd have to be anti-war, anti-death penalty, pro public education, pro single payer healthcare, all sorts of things.

I was pro choice when I was still a religious nimrod.

The frames of reference from both sides of this issue are too narrow and too fanatic for any reconciliation. The names 'Pro-Life' and 'Pro-Choice' are disingenuous and designed for morons. They are meant to keep people steeped in ignorance and tools of the politically ambitious dividers of our society.

Other yes the woman should have the right but should it not be ajoint decision between man and woman for party involved

I think atheists aren't influenced by what apologists claim the bible says, and more by science. It can still be a touchy subject.

I think atheists and agnostics are more supportive of women's rights too.

It's not just the nine months but a whole life so not to be taken lightly ever.

I have discovered from this site there are non-religious people who are against abortion. I was even a bit shocked to find a close friend was also against abortion and she is a lifelong atheist. The fact that my late partner unapologetically admitted to having an abortion and the two women were very close friends surprised me even more. Her reasoning was she actually believes human life begins at conception. With many this is purely an emotional issue.

More nonsense based on the notion of God sitting on a cloud, watching people have sex, happily tapping away at the 'bless them with a baby' button as and when it suits his mood. How dare you go against his will! Even if it is a father who's raped his 14 year old daughter, if God tapped that button, then the fruit of that underage, incestuous rape is his will.

Yes folks, God condones rape of children by their parents. There's 'working in mysterious ways' and then there's demonstrable bullshit.

I was pro choice even when I thought I was religious. I will always be pro choice even though I'll likely never encounter said choice myself.

Abortions in the third trimester make me very uncomfortable. Otherwise I support choice.

It seems the more convinced a person is that they're right about their religious beliefs, the more they feel justified to interfere in other people's ethics and morality decisions. As if they're conviction confers an authority to tell others what to believe and how to behave. That is particularly true with regards to sexuality and a woman's body. For some reason, less true about a man's body.

A Woman has the right to choose. WhenI was 42 I had the choice to make. My first daughter was born 3 months prematurely, I was in the hospital a week trying to stop it. I was told by the doctors that I would have problems having a normal birth. My daughter Becky had cerebral palsy and special needs plus I had a higher chance of having a Down-Syndrome baby. Family urged me to abort and friends supported my decision to have the baby. The baby's father and I got married. I had a normal pregnancy and a normal baby. It was my decision no one elses.

There is a greater risk of life to a woman to carry a pregnancy to full term than to have an abortion. Becasue there is a breater risk of life to the woman, even if only a small one, I think it should be up to the woman to choose. It is very wrong to force a woman to have a child and take on that risk against her will for an unwanted pregnancy.

I can't think of one good non-religious reason to prevent first trimester abortions. Third trimester sure, but that's not really a thing, even if the religious extremists insist it is.

Even when I was a Catholic, I was pro-choice.

My belief that it's Your body and others should Butt Out is not rooted in any philosophy, just common sense/decency.