Why do pro-abortioners ask if I am going to take care of the babies?

Question

Why should I, I am not the one who irresponsibly opened my legs in the first place?

We who are pro-life, see it as personal responsibility. Dont do the crime if you cant do the time.

Rape/incest victims only account for approx 7% of all 40 million? Not enough for me to justify it.

Answer 1

It's interesting -- I have never ever met a single person (one exception, a real nut case) who was pro-abortion.

Pro-choice has nothing to do with whether abortion is good or bad. It only has to do with who gets to make the decision, the individual or the government.

So, the reason that anti-choice people get asked that question is that if they are going to deny the individual the right to choose whether to have a child or not, then if they (the anti-choice person) want's the to have the right to make the decision, then they should also accept responsibility for the child as a consequence of that decision.

Conversely, if the pregnant woman does not have the right to decide if she remains pregnant or not (because only the govt can make those decisions), then she should not have the responsibility for caring for a child she never voluntarily chose to have. It's not a matter of personal responsibility if you do not also have the legal right to make the choice regarding the oucome.

No choice = no responsibility. Whoever makes the decision is the one responsibile for the outcome. So, if the govt (or you) wants to take choice away from the individual, then the govt (or you) should also take responsibility for the results.

As a final note, the "don't do the crime" is horribly offensive to the women who are pregnant as the result of incest or rape. It's blaming them for "doing the crime" of getting pregnant against their will. So, you're only offending 7% of the population. You think that makes it acceptable?

Answer 2

Pro-abortioners will never deny that they are killing babies because they know they are. Almost noone denies that the baby is alive and aware from conception. The pro-abortioners have to have something to ease the burden of their decision. I believe that it is a very difficult decision for most of the women that get abortions and they need our prayers. There are a few who probably feel no remorse and would do it anyway (sociopaths). Women need to be informed to the alternatives. There is without a doubt enough of a demand for adoptable infants to place everyone's precious baby in a home that would love them. THe reason that most women don't go this route is because it is more convenient to kill the baby for everyone who has already been born.
These are the arguments for:
...the baby would have been brought into a bad situation
...the baby had a defect...
,,,the mothers life was in jeopardy (the only reasonable argument when it is true)...
...the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest...
There are others but these are the most common and they are all based upon convenience to the already born.

Answer 3

I completely agree with coragryph!

I'm pro-choice but I am definitely NOT pro-abortion. I wouldn't and couldn't have an abortion myself but that's my personal decision and I don't think that I (or anyone else) should be able to force that decision on any other woman. That's what being pro-choice means!

Also, to the rape and incest numbers (and I would like the see the source for your statistics), you need to add the number of women whose lives are endangered by a pregnancy, either from pregnancy related complications or the inability to take life-sustaining medication whilst pregnant for fear of causing harm to the fetus.

Or, what about the cases where there are multiple babies (naturally, not through scientific means) and complications arise from that. I've heard of cases where it was necessary to selectively abort one or more babies in order to save the others. What then? Let all the babies die or take the chance to save as many as you can?

Those are very difficult questions and ones that, thank God, I haven't been forced to answer. However, I think that if I were forced to answer them, it would be my answer to give and no one else's.

Answer 4

The question, when posed in the abortion debate, reveals a very disturbing premise.

Rather than being an argument about a woman's right to personal autonomy - to "control her body" - the argument seems to posit, and assume, that the babies can be aborted simply because they are UNWANTED.

If that's the case, would that "logic" apply to clearing out the jails, mental institutions, retirement homes, AIDS hospices and homeless shelters as well? Many people would argue that these folks are unwanted too. And by saying "will you adopt this BABY," they are acknowledging that it is indeed a person.

The question you cite has as much moral force with me as if someone said "let me kill my Grandpa unless YOU will take care of him, because he's unwanted." Namely, none.

Comparisons to Hitler should not come easily, but this argument echoes the Nazi state's rhetoric and programs to a shocking degree.

PS In some Indian cultures (Asian Indian), the widow of a dead man was thrown onto his funeral pyre, to burn to death. The practice was called "suttee."

If I'm not willing to take care of any of these women personally, is my criticism of the practice hypocritical, and to be ignored?

Answer 5

because pro-life means you are for the child's rights over the woman's rights. As such, that child deserves to be raised in a good loving environment. A woman willing to abort her child will not give that so if you force her to have that child you have an obligation to that child. If you're willing to see that one gets to be born but care not for what happens after then your words are nothing but sonic vibrations pouring from your front head hole.
I just read your"additional comments" Abortion is an all or nothing proposition. Either you are for a woman's rights 100% or you are for the child's rights 100% anything less is hypocritical. How can a child that is the product of rape be any less valuable than any another child? were you in control of the terms and conditions of your conception? Do you believe you have more right to life because of the circumstances of your beginning?
I am pro-choice because a person should have the right to choose about their own future. If it is against the will of God then he will deal with them.

Answer 6

Why should you feel the need to meddle in something that is not any of your business. If you feel abortion is wrong that is your right. The rights of a pregnant woman are just that HER rights. Last I heard getting pregnant is not a crime nor something someone has to pay for. You assume the woman getting an abortion is just doing it to avoid responsibility. You are not informed on what in a womans life makes her choose abortion so dont judge til you know all the facts.

Answer 7

My, thats very critical of other people. Its now a crime to make love? Wow! That could make GWBs 30% rating look quite astronomically high. Dont tell your friends that you want to ban sex else you won't have any friends :-)

Someone gets pregnant and takes the responsibility of dealing with their own problem in their own way then YOU come along and tell them that the decision is YOURS to make.

If you make decisions, you must take responsibility for the consequences. The mother-to-be took a decision and accepted the consequences which is a trauma she will bear with her throughout life. Why you should think all abortions are related to irresponsible behavior beats the heck out of me - do you have any proof of that accusatorial comment?

Your pro-life opinion affects other people. Step up to the plate, take responsibility for your words.

Answer 8

In my opinion there are very many "battles" we fight to find answers to in this world, in which there are no right answers or best solutions.
Do away with abortion completely and you have taken the right of a women who has been raped (however small the percentage).
Hope beyond all hope that you never have a daughter put in the position to have to give birth to a baby whose father raped her.
Pro-Lifers have a good point, but just because it's a good choice for you in whatever position you are in, doesn't make it a good choice for someone else in another position.
Open mindedness and compassion for others is what the world needs.

Answer 9

There are provisions in the law for unwanted babies. Abortion is not the only one. The mother can always give the baby up for adoption.

I do agree with you, that the mother should not have government assistance at the expense of the taxpayers as a choice but our society is reluctant to deny benefits to the children of such mothers or to remove the children of any mother.



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Answer 10

What they are really trying to say, is that with a comprehensive anti-abortion stance, you should also have a comprehensive plan for how society will take care of children who can't be cared for. Let's face it, people are going to be irresponsible. And many of those who get abortions are not responsible enough to take care of kids. I would like it if they never got pregnant, but we can't control that. So there needs to be a system in place to take care of the kids that would be aborted. But no one ever seems to want to talk about that.

This of course, should be along with a plan on how to educate those in order to reduce the amount of unwanted pregnancies.

Also, in 2004, there were 118,000 children awaiting adoption in the US. So no one can say there are plenty of parents waiting to adopt.