-of course abortion is wrong, life is life is life is life, when do you get to kill an adult because it is inconvenient for you that they live? who gets to decide which life is worth living? is the child of rape worthless, the one with downs syndrome, the one with a congenital birth defect? what if society decides your child is worthless? what if they decide you are worthless?
-I keep hearing pro-choice people say that pro-life people should be obligated to adopt all the unwanted babies because they don't want them aborted. This is a ridiculous argument. First, lets make an analogy. Homelessness is a problem in America. Everyone knows it, no one wants the homeless in their "back yard" and as far as I know no one has a brilliant solution to end homelessness, I certainly don't. Let's shoot them. Certainly they are unwanted. Surely they would be better off if we put them out of their misery. No one would WANT to live like that right? And.. if you disagree with me, then I put it to you that you must come up with a solution to homelessness right now, and you must be willing to personally take any homeless you see into your home. Ridiculous? You do not have to know the solution to a problem to know killing people is the wrong answer. Conversely, I keep wondering if this is actually meant to absolve the arguer of all social responsibility. Poor people, abused children, etc, not my problem. I told you to abort them so its your problem to solve not mine.
-how is pro-life a war on women? I am a woman and I don't see how my rights are violated by saying I have to be responsible for the outcome of my own actions. It is anti-woman to take the amazing miracle that G-d has made our bodies capable of and turn it into a burdensome medical condition. Even if you believe that abortion is not morally reprehensible.. how is it a right??? I know that some ppl consider birth control to be a sin and I don't. I think it is a reasonable and responsible way to in most cases control the outcome of my actions. However, its not a right. Its not a right to have my life be more convenient, its a privilege. Yes I said convenient, being able to engage in sexual activity and at the same time control the timing and number of my children is a convenient privilege. It is not a human right.
-How in on earth is access to birth control pills a right but LIFE is not????
-I made sure to find a non-pro-life source for this one. The NY times:
About 90 percent of pregnant women who are given a Down syndrome diagnosis have chosen to have an abortion.
This makes me so incredibly sad that I have no commentary. How could anyone ever defend this?
-in relation to this article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/story/2012-04-03/teen-pregnancy-birth-control-schools/53979070/1
First, this article speaks of birth rates because it is ok that teens get pg as long as they dont have to face the consequences
Second, I agree that abstinence education is generally ineffective. Having a teacher say don't have sex when every other societal force is telling you to is not going to work. But this speaks to our poor educational system that even our teachers don't know that this is flawed logic. The fact that solution A does not work is not support of solution B.
Third, I have a lot of trouble believing that in 2012 these teens are unaware of their BC options, (or even that the poorest students cant afford a condom) just like the teens where its not available they know what they can do, they just have the typical adolescent attitude of "it wont happen to me" They most likely have the same pg rate but "take care of it" before anyone knows.
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