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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Are these protestors students?
Anyways, I am pro-abortion................there are so many kids out there right now that dont get the care they need and we dont need anymore. Unless the pro-lifers want to take care of the kids??
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That would be my point. I understand the point of view that people want everybody to have a chance at life. But personally I'm of the opinion that many current parents aren't qualified enough to have kids, and that if someone doesn't want a child or isn't at a stage in their life where that's appropriate (15 years old for example) and made a mistake, then its not fair to a potential child to bring them into the world with nobody that wants to care for and look after them. I think the pro-life camp relies a bit too heavily on the idea of adoption. How many hardcore pro-lifers have adopted a baby that might have otherwise been aborted? I bet that'd be a telling number. Sure bring it into the world, but its not my problem when its born...
I think for pro-lifers to convince anyone that making abortions illegal is a good idea they need to come up with a better option for unwanted babies than adoption.
Put your actions where your mouth is and adopt some of these unwanted kids if you think they should be brought into the world when their parent(s) don't want them or aren't capable of providing and caring for them. Or set up a commune of pro-lifers that jointly cares for and raises a bunch of potential adoptions.
I think the pro-life stance is one that in theory I think most people would agree with. Where I think the pro-choice and pro-life stances have a difference (ignoring the religious aspect completely) is that the pro-choice is thinking more about practical matters ie who's going to care for the kid, is it going to be this 15 year old? this rape victim? someone who's contraception broke and isn't ready to support a dependant? I agree with the pro-life stance in theory but in practice somebody needs to CARE FOR and look after these kids (aka not orphanages) and I don't see pro-lifers stepping up to plate necessarily.
Would anyone as a pro-lifer decide to not have their own children and instead adopt unwanted children that might have been otherwise aborted in order that they have the best chance at a good life? That would be practicing what your preach as some on that side might like to say. If not then I'd say your stance is an unfair one. You want the children to live but are prepared to condemn them to unfortunate circumstances such as parents who don't want them, a parent who can't afford to provide decently, a crappy foster home that would be a total crapshoot (could be abusive people), orphanage, etc. There's a lot of difference in how people turn out from a loving home where people want them and some of the aforementioned situations.
That's my 2 cents.