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His comments turn my stomach. Justin, when you have a uterus, then you can have opinion. Until then, keep your mouth shut.

Yes ask a child adult questions and you childish answers.

He is a singer not an intellectual or some one who you should be getting advice from about sexuality.  

His audience are 12 and under and sadly his sexual maturity seems to be the same. Bieber World and reality are two different places.
 

I think it took a lot of guts for him to say that. I applaud his candor. The “you’re a guy you’ll never experience an abortion so you have no right to speak” is getting old. He’s a guy, he’ll never know what it’s like to be raped either, but he would be just as correct in saying rape is wrong. If, as a guy, he said he didn’t think there was anything wrong with having an abortion, you would most likely applaud such a young, influential man for his stance. Yet, if you are going to be consistent with your view that a man’s opinion doesn’t matter, you should be willing to tell him to shut up and sit down regardless. I doubt any pro-choice feminist would ever do that, which is why it’s a double standard and the height of bias.

This is what happens with being a heartthrob. Everyone loves him but then he speaks his mind and now he's a bastard. Why does he have to be taught anything? He's not dumb or uneducated. And in the slither of a dialogue you posted he doesn't say anything misleading nor does he bring up specific facts to argue for or against. It's just his opinion. And he's young. And he's a pop star - they're not meant to be wise or represent specific views on these matters to begin with. If anything, we should be teaching our children to think for themselves and not turn to media idols for answers to such matters - regardless of their opinion - because they're just as human and just as entitled to their own views. And you know what? If Justin Bieber truly believes in his opinion and he isn't arbitrarily speaking on behalf of his faith or some other stupid authority, then good for him.
Personally I don't think it's an adult question - young teens do have to deal with this in certain states and should begin to form some opinions about it and we should give them the space to challenge their own beliefs - perhaps Bieber will feel this way for the rest of his life or not. That's nobody else's road to walk but his own ... but because he says something that you guys don't like he's a bad guy. Whatever.

Justine Bieber is my life and if he says something I believe it too.

wow, as much as i cant stand justin bieber, i love that he's pro-life :)
i have a new respect for him now

Why asking him such questions? What does he know about life? Sex? Anything? He's saying no now but we'll see when he starts getting sexually active and getting it on with some of his crazy fans.

I am pro-choice and always will be, but you've got to admit he was kinda brave to come out with that, its not an opinion that is well accepted today (at least thats the case in Britain where I live, I understand its much more common in the States).
But he is just a kid and wont know as much on the issue as someone who is older and sexually experienced. Many people will change their opinions as they get older and wiser. He might feel totally different about it in twenties, who knows.

He also stated "I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that."  

Great...now all the overly insecure, hormonal teenage drones that worship bieber are going to be spouting this whenever there's talk about abortion. "Everything happens for a reason." is the most insensitive answer I've ever heard. There's no justifiable REASON for RAPE. It's just inexcuseable and low. 

He is 16 without proper sex education...... remarks like the one he made is further proof we need better sex education in schools.I wonder if he would be saying that if he had a little sister and something horrible like rape and an unwanted pregnancy came out of it???? He is in the public eye and needs to really becareful what he says in interviews.these preteen and teen girls idolize him, and will take what he says as if it should have been written in stone.

I think it's sort of unfair to blame poor sex education... Can't he just have this opinion? Why does he have to be uneducated in order to disagree? Are we positive that he hasn't been presented with proper sex education? I dunno. I feel like he's getting a bum deal just because he disagrees.

Or has being pro-life now become something so inhumanely evil that you can't possibly be in your right mind to agree with?

What I find interesting is the "Even in cases of rape?" comeback that follows after someone expresses his/her opposition to abortion. That lets you know how even those who identify as pro-choice find certain abortions more justifiable than others. And for the comment "Justin, when you have a uterus, then you can have opinion. Until then, keep your mouth shut.", does that mean that men aren't allowed to voice their support for abortion since they don't own a uterus?

I think it should be pretty obvious that he meant the "pregnancy" resulting from rape happens for a reason, not the rape in itself.

What are you talking about men can absolutely be raped!?!? As for opinion, everyone is entitled to there own. However one can never truly understand ( on a personal level) something like rape/abortion until one has experienced it Man or Woman. There for a Man will never have to make the choice to have an abortion or not. You can have your opinions, but ultimately it has been, and always should be a woman’s personal decision.

Right after that he said "I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that."  I think he deserves credit for that statement I mean he is saying despite his personal feelings he not going to judge it because he has never dealt with it. Sounds pretty reasonable to me.

I believe that the general public and the pro-choice community made too much out of this comment--Justin Bieber is a musician and a child and that was a question that should not have been posed to him and I believe his comment to be poorly phrased due to lack of knowledge and immaturity. However, I am also one of those pro-choice feminists who believe that men should all be pro-choice. My problem is not with Bieber, but rather with this comment. The phrase "He is a guy, he'll never know what it's like to be raped" is so offensive. Men can certainly be raped by other men or women, and it is assumptions and comments like this that further deters and discourages men from reporting sexual assault and rape. "Good for Him", you and young Mr. Bieber need to take the same advice--speak with a little more thought and sensitivity. 

Hm... You know I'm beginning to notice a little pattern here. Some of you refer to him as a child (although he's 17) and yet I do not understand what you mean in this particular context. Sure, he's young, but he is exposed to a lifestyle that requires many artists (young and old) to mature in ways that we can't imagine. He may seem inexperienced in the love department, but what does age have to do with it? If anything, he merely has more time to gain experience. There are plenty of older people who are inexperienced at "love" as well; is there truly a difference? Plenty of adults also may share Bieber's opinion. Yet, we never bring their age into question, although it is rather relevant.
So, when we talk about age in this context, why do we use the excuse of him being a "child" to support either side of the argument?

Carlin,
Thank you for bringing this quote to my attention. However, having discovered that that was not his entire quote I really think you should update your post.  Its simply misleading.

What Biebs really said about getting an abortion in the case of
rape was: “‘Um. Well, I think that’s really sad, but everything happens
for a reason. I don’t know how that would be a reason. I guess I haven’t been in that position, so I wouldn’t be able to judge that.’”
http://www2.gurl.com/justin-beiber-misquoted-rolling-stone-abortion/