which is better: abortion or birth control, can a reasonable person oppose both?

Answer 1

Preventing the pregnancy in the first place would be the lesser of two evils.
Education is essencial INCLUDING abstinence, as ALL forms of birth control are not 100%. Education should also include the lasting psycological effects of having sex with immunity, and what love and commitment truly represent. Education MUST include that ALL forms of birth control are not 100% effective against preventing STD's.

Most reasonable people do know these things in their hearts... many are not willing or ready to acknowledge them. I don't know that it's possible to reasonably oppose both, but some people try.

Answer 2

Preventing the births of children who would otherwise be born into violent homes or places incapable of feeding and providing them with stable shelter . . . is the 1st best option, but in the event that birth control has failed or some perv has successfully impregnated an unwilling female, then abortion becomes the next option for sparing a child life in one of the numerous hell holes that kids are subjected to.
It would be very difficult for anyone with a life outside the dogmatic churches to understand this feeble opposition to birth control.
Four decades and I have yet to hear 1 intelligent argument opposing it.
Can you honestly say you are not a servant of one of the dogmas,
that you oppose birth control for some independent rational reason ?

Answer 3

1) Birth control is preferable.
2) Yes, a reasonable person can oppose both. I don't, but reasonable people are allowed to disagree with me.

Answer 4

Birth control is better. But, I think a reasonable person could oppose both.

Answer 5

Many Catholics view both as equally wrong. It's reasonable for them.

I support most forms of birth control, and oppose abortion. This is reasonable for me.

Answer 6

A man can always be reasonable and not use birth control but us as women have to protect ourselves from men that want to be reasonable if went don't want that lifetime of responsibility that may result. Of course birth control is always the better option.

Answer 7

Birth Control. With abortion you are actually something but w/ birth control you are preventing a baby from being made.

Answer 8

in my opinion it isn't reasonable to oppose birth control...it is just plain idiotic to oppose birth control...abortion I understand but birth control come on.
Even married people relie on bc...having 12 kids isn't always best for everyone nor economical plus bc prevents the need for abortion but that is my opinion!

Answer 9

Hey,

birth control is stopping the creation of an embryon, which would develop into a baby, and eventually a full grown human being.

Abortion is the destruction of an emrbyone, and in most cases, a young baby. Plus, abortion can be dangeroud to the mother, psychologically speaking, and biologically speaking....

I'd say birth control is better

Answer 10

Birth control's better, of course. It's better in terms of ease, expense, moral issues, heartache, everything.

I suppose you could be reasonable and oppose both, but you'd be ignoring a lot of issues. There're major problems with overpopulation right now, plus issues like disease prevention (AIDS would not be such a problem with widespread condom use) and women's rights (a woman who can't control her reproduction is not a free woman). To me, abstinence is not a reasonable idea because it has failed for generations. So, of course you could be reasonable in general, but I don't believe you'd be being reasonable about _this_ issue. Others would undoubtedly disagree.