What do pro-life people do for the children whose life they defend, after these children are born?

Question

I don't mean to offend, just to really ask. So, pro-life people don't want women to abort, but how much do they care for this child, once he's not aborted, and he's born to a poor family, or seriously ill, or to be the 8th, 9th or 10th child in the family? Do they work for their life to be better? Wouldn't THAT be pro-life?

I insist, I don't mean to insult. I know some pro-life people are great, but I'm just thinking aloud...

Answer 1

I really liked the question, and I really liked the previous answer, so I just wanted to get in on the conversation... so, sorry, my answer isn't actually going to answer your question, as I'm not "pro-life" in the sense that you mean.

I understand that not everyone can afford to adopt a baby, social views aside; and that in an ideal world, there would be a good home for every child that was born, thus making abortion unnecessary. So, again, I don't have an answer for you, but I'd like to add that the surge of the use of fertility drugs is not helping in any way. I simply cannot understand how someone can spend thousands upon thousands of dollars in the hopes of having a child that looks like them, rather than spending that money on the process of adopting a child that already exists and is in need of a home. Does it mean they'll love it more? If so, I feel really bad for the children resulting from that process, if they're entering into a family who's love is based on shared genes. I don't know how many people who use fertility treatments are pro-life, but a quick Google search (so, definitely not authoritative, I was just curious) reveals that many pro-life groups seem to support fertility treatments. But someone who does wish to dictate what a woman can and cannot do with her body might want to consider actively providing a home for a child who was not wanted or could not be cared for rather than letting that child suffer emotionally in foster care.

The problem is that "pro-life" is a misnomer. There is nothing "pro-life" about injuring and killing doctors who perform abortions, but I understand that these people represent a very small percentage of pro-lifers. However, relating more to your question, I second your implication that pro-lifers that don't seek to support these children once they are born doesn't seem very "pro-life" either (and I mean support other than in "I'll pray for them" kinds of ways). These people generally do not seem to be "pro-life," but rather "anti-choice," as some in the US do call them. If that term is too biased, "anti-abortion" is still far more accurate than "pro-life."

To touch on one of the issues raised by the first answerer: I once asked a friend of mine who considers herself pro-life the same question, though I asked it more specifically in reference to how many people can be both pro-life and pro-death penalty. She explained that people who would be facing capital punishment have placed themselves in the legal system, knowing that this is a possible punishment, whereas aborted fetuses have no choice in the matter. Needless to say, this provoked a long discussion about the efficacy of the death penalty, recidivism rates, the US penitentiary and legal systems, etc, but that's not the point of this discussion. This was the closest I have ever heard to a well-reasoned argument that approaches the issue of the cognitive dissonance that must come with labeling yourself "pro-life" while supporting death as a punishment for some crimes. Other than that, the Catholic Church, to their credit, seems to be "pro-life" in the non-dissonant sense (though the efficacy of their doctrine is somewhat mollified by the laughable anti-contraception policy).

Anyway, so yeah, I didn't answer your question at all, but just ranted a bit. Hope you don't mind :) . I'm a bit surprised, though, and somewhat disappointed that these are the only two responses you've gotten so far. And both just agreed with your implied meaning, rather than actually attempting to answer your question (and I'm surprised you haven't gotten a lot of flak for it). Well, maybe more will come... (and sorry for the mini-novel this turned out to be.)

Answer 2

shouldn't the father and mom be answerable for the youngster and could not they make smart judgements first of all? both way, aborting the toddler is like declaring that that kid is valueless, doesn't even get a hazard. perhaps they might have even been followed. did you already know the way many all of us is waiting to undertake a toddler? in simple terms imagine, that kid that become aborted would were the scientist who got here upon a remedy for most cancers. This topic touches me on a extra own factor. My spouse become in simple terms about aborted, her mom become actual on the medical doctors to have the abortion finished. My spouse did not enhance up interior the finest circumstances, she had an truly volatile early life, yet I positive am happy she's the following (and so is she). She stunning, lives a effective existence, and in simple terms staggering altogether. And to imagine that society says that it would were okay to have thrown her existence away. After understanding my spouse, no individual can ever convince me that that's okay to throw out a existence. except for rape victims, a females's time of empowerment is earlier she chooses to have sex. After that she will be messing with yet another people existence. A human who would were someone's' baby, pal, better 0.5, instructor, ascertain.... who knows what the probabilities would were for that kid. Be grateful that your mom chosen existence. Your existence began an same way as each and every aborted childs existence began. the purely distinction is that your mom enable you stay.

Answer 3

i have asked pro life people that same question. i think to be totally prolife you have to be against all forms of ending life from abortion to euthenasia to the death penalty but they only concentrate on abortion. they should also be against the war because so many soldiers are being killed. they really don't do anything other than to fight against abortion. there are so many millions of children who are unwanted and living in foster care or in orphanages with no one to love them and the pro-life people aren't out helping them. they too are children of God. we are all children of God and life should be protected until the moment of natural death.