It's Really Sad

I feel sad that the idea of adoption is often over looked in cases where the baby is unwanted or cannot be cared for by the parents. I have a number of friends desperate to have a child, but are unable to concieve naturally. I read an article the other day about a woman who aborted twin boys as they were not girls. How tragic! I can understand when there is risk to the womans or childs life to continue with the pregnancy, but I don't really understand when people say it is a womans right to choose. Choose what, the sex of their baby, whether or not they have made a mistake. What about the baby's right. Of course there is the other side of the coin when there are cases of rape to consider as well. In such cases I understand some women for needing to terminate the pregnancy for emotional reasons, and I agree that there are also occasions when the mother's life is at risk. I understand there are some very sad situations where it does need to be considered, but I really think that there are too many abortions based on very selfish premises, not giving a thought to the life this unborn child could experience, either with their parent or someone else desperate for a child. I really hope women start to look at this subject a little closer as technology enabling more information can lead to further abortions for the wrong reasons.

Everytime I read opinions such as this, it makes me really glad that Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147 (1973), is the law and is not and has not been overturned or modified, notwithstanding 38 years of substantially conservative judicial appointments.

MSL, you are ignorant and naive. There are many people who find themselves unable to carry a pregnancy to term, for many different reasons. There are women and girls from many diverse backgrounds who are faced with this decision. It is not only lustful, pre-marital sex between intelligent and consenting adults that can result in a terminated pregnancy.

Every child has the right to a safe, nurturing and loving environment, from the first moment of their conception. If a woman is unable to provide these things for her unborn child, who are you to inflict a lifetime of potential suffering on that human being, should they be born physically or mentally affected by an unhealthy pregnancy, or raised in a resentful and uncommitted family?

As a species, we have been given the gifts of compassion, mercy and intelligence. I believe it is our responsibility as humans and parents to use these gifts to prevent suffering, or at least not to prolong it where we have the ability to end it.

Yes, it is heartbreaking when people are unwilling to take responsibility for the consequences of their unwise behaviour, but it is not your life. It is the lives of these women, some children themselves, and their children, born and unborn. Until you have walked in the shoes of every woman who has been faced with the decision of whether or not to end her pregnancy, you really are in no position to judge us.

Me too

If you are referring to sexual assault or abuse to justify abortion, those two factors are no excuse for it either. And for the record, if you feel that my honest opinion is judgmental, than that's on you. I speak the truth and the truth kills. Especially the kind of truth of how God feels about it also.