Frank, I hate to go into this chasm on abortion here because as you know it is an argument that cant be won effectively by either side.
First of all let me disagree with your opinion of the Christian Coalition on this issue, they have completely eliminated any possibility of RU-486 abailability in this country based on THEIR beliefs and their beliefs alone. (the drug companies dont want to deal with their intimidation tactics).
If you choose to believe a 10-hr old fertilized egg is a "baby" so be it. I dont believe that, no one I know believes that, and talk about hypocrisy if you do! There are tons of things that cause pregnancies NOT to come to term, such as smoking, alcohol etc and if these sanctimonious religious groups were truly concerned about this 10-hr old fertilized egg they would be picketing the tobacco companies (RU-486 being an unpleasant outcome of a bad circumstance, vs. the mainstream activity smoking I mean). They dont do that, because their real issue is purely birth control.
On your question regarding adoption, if you are talking about the tiny number of PBAs in this country and stating that those should be adoption candidates, fine by me. Having not had children I can only guess but I believe the emotional attachment of carrying a child for 6+ months and having a PBA is probably more traumatic than having a child and putting it up for adoption. But if you are referring to a teenage girl that is 2 mos pregnant and you are proposing an adoption as an option in that case, I dont agree, because to me a 2 mos old fetus is nothing but tissue attached to the mothers body, and having a child at age 16 will likely ruin that girls life in terms of her own future. |
