Talisha Digrande: Because I don't want any part of the slaughtering of animals that goes on. I don't want an animal to have to suffer and die a terrible death just so I can have some meat for dinner. I can lead a much healthier life without it anyway, so eating meat and contributing to animal slaughter makes no sense to me.
Armanda Hertel: I'm a vegetarian who lives in ca, has family in nv, and vacationed in az. You won't have trouble being veg. Stay away from authentic Mexican food (lard), but del taco, taco bell, rubios and la salsa are fine. You can have Italian food, Indian food, Thai food on the road. Diner food is iffy, but nicer restaurants can be fine. You can go grocery shopping and buy frozen food and microwave it. You can stay at an extended stay and cook your own food (they have kitchens and pots and pans and utensils) . Most places will let you modify foods, you bust have to be creative. Worst case scenario is travel with a cooler and hummus. You can pu! rchase it anywhere now, and every place has ice. And salad is everywhere....Show more
Jinny Dronen: Why do they copy meat based foods like burgers and hot dogs?It seems to me like they still want that meat in their diets but dont want to admit it.
Alma Twomey: For two reasons:- I'm against animal cruelty, and to eat meat nowadays makes you participant of that cruelty- It has a lot of health benefits
Arlen Lopiccalo: Hell no! I'm a vegetarian and could never support abortion.
Delmy Varano: What I usually say is: I didn't decide to become a vegetarian, my parents did when I was born. The reasons why I'm still a vegetarian and not a meat-eater are:*I think eating animal carcasses is weird and slightly disturbing*I think it is highly unhealthy to eat meat*I think it is cruel, especially these days, to kill animals just to eat their bodies*I think it is unnecessary and pointless to eat meat*I think it is somewhat primitive and backwardsThat's what I say..! ..Show more
Woodrow Neyman: i say, "because factory farm! ing is tourter and animals don't deserve to be murdered. and vegetarinism is the healthiest life style."
Randolph Lozoya: When people ask you, it's best to tell them a white lie so they don't tell you to "stop preaching". Just say that your dad had too much cholesterol, so stopped eating meat for a while, and now your family doesn't care much for meat.I am a vegetarian for environmental reasons. Going veg for a year is better (less carbon emissions) than using a hybrid for a year! And it saves water (half of all water in the US goes to animals soon to be slaughtered).My sister is a vegetarian for ethical reasons. She knows that even though half of all water goes to animals soon to be slaughtered, the animals are still starving and in need of a drink. She is a big-time shunner of furs and a fan of protests.My neighbor is a vegan because she likes vegetables and was quite annoyed to learn that new taxes are being imposed on small vegetable farms, and that the gover! mnet will allow your cattle to graze on government lands for a day for $5 in some places.One of my friends is a vegetarian because of his religious beliefs. What more can I say?My cousin is a vegetarian because of health. She was *really* fat, and she was about to be married. She tried all the diets under the sun. South Beach? Tried it! Weight Watchers? Tried it! Atkins? Yup! Nothing worked. Then, she tried vegetarianism. She was skinnier and happier and had more energy....Show more
Gus Leiby: I personally am a vegetarian and do NOT support abortion. I am vegetarian for health reasons and because of the intense torture animals go through to be slaughtered. But isn't i the same for abortion. Babies killed, brains sucked out, or premature "abortions" when the baby is older and is crying and dyes in a nurses arms in a basement of an abortion clinic because their body is not developed enough. Just curious on everyone's thoughts....
Veta Slicker: I'm! pro choice, not pro abortion. Nobody supports abortion itself but man! y support the right to choose it in certain circumstances. I certainly do not agree with it used as birth control..but mistakes happen among other reasons.
Adrian Paraz: I'm pro choice.I think it has nothing to do with being vegetarian or vegan. Because it's not done at all for the same reasons.Just like some choose to eat or not meat, some people sometimes have to choose to end what could be a future life.There are so many cases, some that make you feel that people need more education and some that just makes you want to support whoever has to go through that.Whatever we are for, abortion will always be there, and has always been there, legal or not, the only difference is that being legal it's safer for women.But I also believe that past a certain number of weeks abortion should not be possible, and that's why I like that it's legalized and offers the possibility to do it more easily. Because if you know it's accessible, you can do it earlier and reduce the risks of! effects on the fetus.
Patrick Bitsui: Yes, I'm vegan and I support abortion.Think of the alternative. What if it's an unwanted child? The product of a rape? What if it gets abused, or has a depressed mother. That hurts the kid more than preventing its life. It's NOT a baby yet. It's a potential life. It should be the woman's choice whether or not she can nourish it properly. Illegal or not, it's going to happen. 'Member the coat hangers?
Len Bormes: i don't believe in supporting cruelty to animals, especially when anyone can survive just fine on a vegetarian or vegan diet. there are of course the health problems, red meat has actually been PROVEN to cause cancer, but no one seems to care about that until they get older. finally, the idea of eating flesh just is repulsive to me.
Toney Flaten: They try to make it appeling so people do not stray. It intices others to eat healhier by thinking they are still eating greasy and fatty foods.So they trick your min! d.
Autumn Vacio: I say "It's a personal choice; it started becaus! e I felt pity for animals and disgust at eating them. And for a while, I got all high-and-mighty about it, until I realized that it's none of my business what other people choose to eat. It's not inherently wrong to eat a hot dog, or to put mustard on it, or to skip the bun, or to have a tofu dog instead. So now it's just a personal choice, and I recognize that it's not something for which I deserve any credit or any blame. I do eat dairy products, because I can't imagine living without good cheese. And I also eat eggs, because I'm pro-choice, and by me that's not a chicken."...Show more
Anibal Katayama: I am not pro-abortion, except when it's necessary to save the mom's life. I am also NOT a Christian.I think people need to be more responsible about sex and use protection. I also think the father should have a say on the abortion issue.^ As for the idiotic post above:Plants bend towards the sun because of a hormone known as auxin. This builds up on the dark side! , causing cell division and elongation on the dark side which bends the stem. Botany 101. Secondly, even if that poor wee carrot feels pain, what do you think we feed the animals we eat? Do you know the massive amount of alfalfa that's brutally ripped out to feed a cow?Thirdly, animals are not slaughtered humanely. Ever been in a slaughterhouse?
Herma Ellebrecht: if it is someone i don't know too well then i just tell them my parents raised me vegan so i don't have to have a two hour speech with them.if it is someone I know well i'll explain to them my thoughts and beliefs and main reasons why.
Babette Deloe: kmennie,Excuse me....I did no research...quite on the opposite. I did do research miss genious.....there was an actual nurse at a clinic that dicsussed many partial birth abortions where the baby is much older in gestation. And she even said many of the baby would cry and scream after they where taken out of their motheres....and she would sneak to the ba! sement and hold them until the stopped crying and died. She later quit! working for that company. Maybe you shoud do your own research.
Jasper Mangel: I say - for health first - and all the other reasons are side benefits.
Antonia Mogg: First of I'm a vegetarian not a vegan...I don't believe in killing at all. I'm not a vegetarien just because of the pain the animals go through, but because they die for humans and that's not their purpose. So no, I don't support abortion. In fact, in my religion we are not suppose to eat any animals, or even have abortions. It all goes back to again, not killing. (I dunt even kill bugs)
Marvella Benward: i am a strict vegetarian but i am still pro-choice. the babies do not suffer when a woman has an abortion, because it is not even a baby yet, it is an embryo or a fetus, which is basically just a bunch of multiplying cells. women are not allowed to get an abortion once the baby could technically live outside the womb because doctors know it is then alive and can feel pain. i personally would! probably not get an abortion, but a woman should have the right to choose what happens to her own body. each case is different, so everyone should be given options in case something bad happens to her. abortions are completely different from killing animals to eat. we do not eat the babies we abort and we abort them because they would probably have a horrible life if they were to be born.
Robin Weelborg: Old Lady,I am a vegetarian and not a vegan....and I do not think I am "loftier" than anyone else. I don't push my views on anyone else and this is a board for vegetarians & vegans. My question was to them...but...Many animals do suffer before they are slaughtered...if you are not scared of the truth go to http://www.petatv.com/tvpopup/Prefs.asp?video=meet...Many cows are not dead when the reach the person that dismembers them and they feel every single cut on their body until the die of blood loss or shock. Please do some educated research. My question was do veg! etarians or vegans support abortion.....I don't know why u are answerin! g.
Romana Stiman: are they just big fat hypocrites or do they only sympathize for animals that can scream, cry, express emotion and react notably to pain, (fish just flop around more if you hurt them.
Alise Rutgers: You are correct but..... fish live natural lives until caught, unlike the often horrific and unnatural conditions of farm animals AND I am sure fish don t die of old age! They are caught and eaten by us or eaten alive by other fish so maybe we re doing them a favor ! I also think its OK to hunt animals for food btw.
Babette Deloe: I can admit...I think it is so so so sad...but when the mothers life is critically on the line, I can see the reason behind the decision.
Clementina Collelo: I tell them it's for ethical reasons, and if they push it, I go into the dangers of the meat industry. Some meat eaters can be so needlessly defensive. You know, like your life choice offends their eating habits.
Cuc Gire: its for healthy reasons and! also becoz my parents are vegetarians . My dad used to eat meat rarely not at home So he cud tell it was unhealthy to be dependent on it..Also never felt the need to eat meat. although my spouse pigs on meat.so one more reason to not do it.
Emeline Albracht: I just tell them its for ethical reasons. Being vegan people think you are extreme, but when they realise that normal people like me can be vegan they then just become interested. I dont push my opinions on anyone, however, if they are truly interested in my reasons I will tell them more.
Seema Hosfeld: I'm a vegetarian, and I am pro-choice. I don't like the idea of killing unborn children, but if it's early enough, then yeah, it's okay. If it's far enough along that the baby is developed enough to cry, then it is wrong. But if I got pregnant as a teenager, I don't know what I would do.
Nedra Oltz: While pregnant w/ my second I grew a strong distaste for all meat and eggs. After giving birth tried s! ome again and still couldn't help but gag. I decided to give it up. The! n I found out how our bodies work over time to digest it, which causes other issues (I'm not speaking of cholestorol or high blood pressure, though those are concerns). So I took my daughter off it as well (son is still drinking from the tap). And that's how we became vegetarian.
Derrick Kloke: I'm a Vegan because I support animal rights, good health, environmental protection, and I prefer the taste of non-animal foodstuffs.
Stanton Degregorio: I'm a vegetarian and also am not pro abortion. Unfortunately life is not black and white. I think Abortion for Medical and Incest cases only make sense.
Darwin Ecton: I'm a vegetairan and pro-choice. I don't think you make an accurate correlation between not eating meat and women having abortions. They don't abort their babies so they can eat them.Anyway, abortion would be wrong for me, but just like I don't tell other people to be vegetarians, I won't tell other people what to do with their bodies.
