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Originally Posted by IrishLake
My pro-life stance has nothing to do with my faith. (I'm also very pro-gay rights, my church telling me it's a sin has no impact on my feelings). I think the adoption culture in our country is crap. Abortion as a means of birth control makes me very sad, because I know SO many potentially wonderful parents who are waiting for a baby to adopt.
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To start, technically abortion
is birth control... it controls birth... albeit after conception. Second, the research summarily dismisses the "abortion as birth control" argument pretty regularly... there isn't some weird glut of lady folk running around using abortions as their primary form of birth control... urban legend/anti-choice stereotype. Finally, the existence of infertile couples isn't cause to force women with unwanted pregnancy to be brood mares.
Fact remains that abortion is about ending a
pregnancy... it's not about avoiding parenthood (as obviously adoption is always an option). When pro-life folks champion adoption as the go-to option, I can't help but think they really just don't get it... they still think it's acceptable to force/coerce a woman to endure the very real risks to her life and health for the better part of a year because they think it's the "right thing to do."