mn@dscvax2.UUCP (Matt Noah) (08/17/85)
> Let's don the rose-colored Vuarnets and imagine: > Abortion is made illegal in the U.S.A. > > 1. Now what? What do say to all the women (and fetuses) who die > in back alleys from unsterile illegal abortions? You ask me to choose between two evils and expect me to look human? 1.5 million babies are aborted each year. What do you say to them? > How about: > "Serves ya' right ya' prevert! don't have sex unless you > wanna have a kid!" The person who would say that to a woman suffering complications from an abortion is beyond contempt. Is that your impression of the typical pro-lifer? Pro-life means to be pro-person, i.e. for the other person and their right to life. It stands for love. > 2. What do you say to all the overflowing orphanages? You are conjecturing. What is the basis for your conjecture? You obviously think that the pregnancy rate will stay the same. Do you know what the wait is for an adoption at present? > 3. What do you say to all the adoption agencies with an abundance > of "unadoptable" minority babies? Right now or later? Minority adoptions are a problem now. I see where legalized abortion has solved that problem. Maybe abortion will help solve the budget deficit and the nuclear arms buildup, too. > "Be patient, someone will adopt them, sometime, somewhere." > 4. So what will happen, guys? Will sexually active types > suddenly decide to become "GASP!" responsible? Will > everything work out hunky-dory? Problems will not be solved. Why don't you ask some kid if he or she would rather have been aborted? First tell him or her that they are a burden on society and their parents and that you wish that their mother had considered an abortion. Better yet, go to an orphanage and tell them how abortion is going to solve their problems. > Todd Jones Matt Noah