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Originally posted by juniorgrrl
That said, I am pro-Life. Why? Because I believe that the unborn child is a life from the moment of conception. Many people will choose to argue "if it can't live outside the mother than its not a baby." However, even after a child is born, it cannot live without assistance from someone, something.
I don't see birth control failing as an excuse for an abortion. If a woman chooses to have sex, even with birth control, she knows that pregnancy is still a possible outcome, a consequence of the choice.
Abortion is a selfish act; its the antethisis of motherhood, which is selflessness. And when it all comes down to it, the purpose of women is to be mothers. I don't mean barefoot and pregnant, 18 kids with one on the way...I mean the biological purpose of the female gender is to carry a child to further the human race. It makes me very sad to see many women killing another person, a part of themselves.
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I have a few questions --
Upon what do you base your belief that the "unborn child" is a life from the moment of conception? If it's religion, do you think that religion is a valid basis for law?
That seems pretty harsh to put it all on the woman -- to say that if she has sex, even with birth control, it's just a risk she has to take. What if she's addicted to drugs? What if she's in an abusive relationship? Why do you feel that YOU get to make that decision for her? If I cross the street and get hit by a car, have I taken that risk so that even if I'm *really* careful and I look both ways, I have no case against the person who hit me because I knew that getting hit was a possible (however remote, say there was a 1% chance, about the same failure rate as the birth control pill) outcome?
I'm assuming (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that by saying you are "pro-life" you mean that you would advocate passage of laws that would PROHIBIT women from obtaining abortions. Is your reasoning for this partially based on the fact that you view abortion as a selfish act? It seems that you are saying that abortion is a selfish act, and therefore it should not be allowed. That seems to me to be a pretty dangerous place for the law to go -- what other things are selfish and should be outlawed? What if you think it's selfish of me to buy a new Louis Vuitton handbag instead of donating my money to charity? Can there be a law against that?
I would actually assert (and I'm sure I won't make many friends by saying this) that HAVING children is an inherently SELFISH act. With the overpopulation in the world today, the destruction of natural resources and the pollution caused by overpopulation, having children is just adding to the problem. Can I advocate a law (like in China) where people would be prohibited from having more than one child, because I think it's selfish? Of course I wouldn't, because I think that to have or not have children is a PERSONAL choice, and I respect anyone's decision on the matter whether I personally agree with it or not.
I agree with what (I think it was) KSigRC said -- that if you're going to argue that it's the position of women to carry a child to further the human race, than it is also the position of men to have sex with as many people as possible to spread their seed or whatever. So do you advocate monogamy, because really isn't monogamy in conflict with the biological purpose of men? While in general I understand (although disagree with) what you're saying about women and carrying children to further the human race, I think that our society is to a point now where furthering the human race isn't so important. There are already WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE. Is it really our job to add to that without considering the consequences to our planet, just because of biology?
I think the point I'm trying to make is that you have your reasons for being anti-choice, and I have my reasons for being pro-choice. What it comes down to, in my opinion, is that each person should be able to decide for herself what is best in a given situation, which is why I wouldn't try to propose a law prohibiting someone from giving birth to 20 children, even though I find that selfish. That's on her, and who am I to tell her that she can't do it?