I saw enough abortion-as-birth-control in college to make me pro-life.
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Glad you found the post thought-provoking. So far, it's getting little action. I intend to bring it up again. Seems like every day there is an abortion thread on FR that gets ugly FAST.
This is America, and we all get to have whatever opinions we want.
What I find so disgusting on some of these threads is how willingly people will condemn, how often they will cheer violence over this, how pious they are ( and how publicly! ) and yet offer NOTHING constructive and certainly no solutions to the problem.
I know that it is unrealistic to expect everyone who is Pro-Life to adopt. Let's face it, kids are expensive and not everyone is financially stable. Also, some of us are simply too old.
There ARE however, on Free Republic, a lot of Pro-Life folks who DO have room, who COULD take a child into their home, and who do not, either because it has not occured to them ( hope these posts are helping with that) or because, despite their apparent holiness, these people are NOT serious about the cause. They just get off on making a big, hairy thing of themselves and on hurlingl brim-stone
I'm pretty sure Scripture has a lot to say about people who make noise but do not act on their faith.
And then there is the Turn-Off Factor. When they DO argue Pro-Life, some folks here and elsewhere are very hateful in their approach. REALLY turns people off who might otherwise be convinced to stick a pregnancy out or to switch sides.
And yes, I would feel easier about the whole thing if there was a drive to adopt, and if laws were made to make it easier to adopt. My own little girl would LOVE a brother or sister, ( asks for one every Christmas or birthday!) but we are not "suitable" adoptors due to my husband's condition.
The "abortion as birth control" p*sses me off no end, especially as we DO have good reliable birth control in this country.
Thank you for your comments.
Tia
I certainly condemn murder in the strongest possible terms. The problem isn't complex. It's a dilemma: death or anything else. Anything else is preferable to death. The decision is simple.
What I find disgusting is the widespread, reflexive choice of death to any other alternative. We certainly live in a culture of death.