I'm not pro-abortion at all, but I am too much of a gardener to see the seed, the seedling, and the flower as the same things. I also care as much for girls and women as I do for the unborn, and unfortunately, their lives occasionally conflict. I would like to see abortion outlawed altogether in the third trimester; if it is necessary to save the life of the mother, then birth should be induced (or by C-section) and all attempts made to save the baby. In the second trimester, the baby is usually not viable at all, but I would like to see abortion legal if required to save the life of the mother, or in the case of a severely damaged or doomed baby (most amnio results are not available until the 2nd trimester.) As for the first trimester, I would like to see it available but discouraged-- in fact, anyone who wanted a second abortion would have to agree to sterilization, if I were making the laws.
Meanwhile, if the Christian community, the pro-lifers who believe so strongly would step in and provide support and help-- taking pregnant young girls into their homes, helping with finances, adopting the babies, etc., then I believe that abortion would be virtually eliminated-- certainly, it would be dramatically reduced from where it is today.
I think an abortion is a bad choice, one I would not make myself under any but the most extreme conditions, but I am not willing like so many here are to impose my own view of life and beliefs on others. What really scares me though is that as life becomes more complex, and medical science becomes more powerful, so many here are absolutely refusing to use their brains to deal with reality. One unarguable result of the absolute prohibition on abortion-- which means declaring that a fertilized egg is a "person"-- is a complete prohibition on in vitro fertilization. So, millions of children living today would simply not exist. I'm not willing to tell those parents who desperately want those babies that they can't have them-- simply because the process will produce fertilized eggs that cannot be used.
Yes, yes, such a concept. Wonder how we can do that if we're not allowed NEAR them as they're entering the clinics, eh? Morph our material to them? And I also wonder why we're not allowed in the high schools for OUR messages......but hey, what's it matter?
I'm not willing to tell those parents who desperately want those babies that they can't have them-- simply because the process will produce fertilized eggs that cannot be used.
How's about they adopt one of those millions of non-slaughtered babies now available through your above premise?
You analogies to flowers are well .....flowery but I don't think botany and babies are exactly analogous.
Back before abortion on demand became the fad that it has been these past 30 odd years there were a number of unwed mother homes and a number of services to help them.
You are making the argument that i hear so frequently from reasonable folks. That unless conservatives like myself are willing to adopt all these unwanted babies then it is somehow better to allow the mothers to abort. Wrong.....it's still killing the unborn and refuses to acknowledge the responsiblity of the parents. It also smacks of a subtle almost Mengele attitude that it's better to just kill a life before it has a chance to endure what could possibly be a rather dismal start....is that notion on behalf of the unborn or society in general?
Frankly while you may not think you have the right to impose your reproductive views on anyone else....I don't think we have the right to kill unborn babies for convenience nor make judgement calls on the fate of the unborn that in my view should be reserved for God.
I myself viewed an ultrasound at around 9 weeks last year....no one can convince me that it's not a life in there.
Non-hostile regards.