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Thanks for writing back. I think we are in agreement here. As an interesting side note, the man from PP said that being pro-choice didn't mean that he was eager for women to have abortions, just that children should be born into homes that wanted them. He talked about kids growing up in third world poverty, starving to death, etc. Some cultures, they just leave newborns out in the elements to die, because there aren't the resources to support them. He asked me why create life just to let it die, to let it suffer? These are good points he raised, and I realized, that at least with this gentleman, that pro-choicers weren't evil. We had a good long chat, something I think that these two groups seldom have. Thanks for reading my post.

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He talked about kids growing up in third world poverty, starving to death, etc. Some cultures, they just leave newborns out in the elements to die, because there aren't the resources to support them. He asked me why create life just to let it die, to let it suffer? These are good points he raised,

And, I think he duped you...sucked you in, so to speak. The abortion issue, here, in the US, is not tied to the issues that your associate brought up to sidetrack you. In fact, in the cultures to which he is referring, abortion is a non-issue (as well, obviously is birth control a non-issue for them). And, his own statements support that as fact.

The choice to have an abortion in this country, aside from extraordinary situations, has no rational relationship to the defenses your friend mentioned. The choice for abortion, in our country is generally made as a matter of convenience--not out of need.