Abortion legal battles

[Lew]

Well, you hit it right on the head, LanD. If we were to reduce unwanted pregnancies, that would be a huge step forward.

For the record, I have always been pro-life. However, it have never been a hot-button issue with me. I have never voted for or against a candidate based on their views of this issue. And even if I were pro-choice, I would still advocate reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies. I've always felt this is where science could step in- cheap, available, easy-to-use, and reliable contraception. I'm not sure why this is beyond our level of technology.

I'll grant you that most of the pro-life crowd does not seem to see contraception as the answer. And I'm not so naive to think that we can get rid of all unwanted pregnancies. But you used the word 'rare,' and I would like to think that they day could come when abortions would be 'rare.'

[cincygreg]

To mnay babies having babies.
Too many kids having kids.
Too many people who cant afford to and are in no way shape or form ready to be parents entering the world of parenting.
Too many kids be being born into disadvantageous situations.

Mostly done by stupidity or lack of caring.
Many of them will now be raised by other members of the family so that they can have some kind of chance at all.

It's naive to think that many of them listened or cared when they were told about contraception.
Probably scoffed at the idea thinking they would either be lucky or were too smart to end up pregnant.
Shame that a sperm could find it's way into that egg, yet they couldnt find their way to the store for a condom. Guess the sperm was smarter.
Most will be faced with decisions they are no-where near ready to make.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ March 09, 2006 09:30 AM: Message edited by: cincygreg ]</font>