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To: Dayuhan who wrote (42671)	6/29/1999 10:28:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Already did, in the initial posting... ...The assumption is that all of those who are born are unequivocally "wanted". In fact, many of them would not be, but would have been brought to term by ambivalent mothers, or mothers who had made erroneous assumptions (e.g., if we have a child, he will stay with me), or who underestimated the difficulty of parenthood, especially in the first year or two.(I stayed home with my son. It is very demanding.) By making their children a regrettable choice, instead of a sacred obligation, one psychologically prepares them to be more abusive. Your counter argument would be that having a bunch of unwanted babies would more than counter- balance any such effect. I answer that many people regret their abortions, or thought about it and are glad they didn't go through with it, so it is not at all clear what the net number of "unwanted" would be. Further, as has been mentioned, there are many people who have to go overseas in order to adopt, so it is quite possible that most "unwanted" babies would find homes. Again, if there has been increased laxity in birth- control due to the ease of obtaining an abortion, it may be that the number of unintended pregnancies would decline if abortions were harder to obtain and more stigmatized, thus reducing the pool of "unwanted" children....