question for pro-lifers. Would you still support pro-life if you had to support all the children not aborted?

Question

Please don't launch into an angry tirade. l'm asking you to seriously consider the consequences of a child being born to incapable or uncaring parents, and if you would still arive at the same conclusion. Would you still be pro-life if you had to take in all the un-aborted children? Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

I have always been pro-choice but when it came to my own body I am pro-life. My world was shock after I found out I was pregnant with my 2nd child. I had just given birth to my perfect baby. My first was only one month old when my 2nd was conceived. I had a hard time after my first was born. I had gone through the depression and was just barely making it emotionally even with my boyfriends support. When I found out I was pregnant again I freaked. I went into this downward spiral of gilt and anxiety. How could I do this to my first child? How are we going to afford daycare? Will I ever get any sleep?!?
I actually found myself looking on line about abortion. ME...the one who said to other unwed underage girls who were pregnant, "you did the deed pay the price" , was looking into the option of abortion. I cried every time I though about it. I cried when I thought about being pregnant again and I cried when I thought about lying on some table and having "my child" taken from me.
I finally made my decision. I am now 5 months pregnant and I will be finding out if my son with be having a little sister or brother in two weeks. I know that I can make it work. If it means my boyfriend (we will be getting married next June) has to stop smoking or I can't go get my hair and nails done. Even if it means we will be eating hamburger helper for the rest of our lives It would be worth it.
But, I guess to answer your question, I would rather send a "child" to heaven than to make it suffer here. I don't think that the decision I made is right for everybody.

Answer 2

I do take in un aborted kids that were born to incapable and uncaring parents. I do foster care and I am VERY PRO LIFE. I believe that God creates us all in his image and knows all your days before you were ever concieved. I believe it is murder. I do not condone abortion in any situation, even rape or if there is something wrong with the baby. We are all put on this earth for a reason. Also, I do feel for the victims of rape. It is a sick detestable offense that no woman should have to go through. However, I feel if you become pregnant from rape, it doesnt justify killing someone else. There has to be a point where you rise above the cruelty that was done to you and choose not to harm an innocent life. Bad things happen to people all the time and sometimes it affects them for the rest of their lives but that doesnt make it okay to harm someone else. I do not believe it is a womans right to choose (or a mans). I dont think it is EVER okay for one human to take the life of another, no matter how they were concieved or how hurt you may be. I am not saying you should keep the baby but I KNOW there are many many families who want a child more than anything you could imagine. There is always the option of Adoption. There are people who can work with you and the families are very intensly screened and you can even pick the adoptive family for your child so you know it is going to a good home and being raised the way you would want it to. Then of course there are people who use abortion as a form of birth control. One of my good friends actually has had a couple. (I still love her in spite of what she has done) I am not a mean or hateful person but that is just rediculous. I dont believe there are any "accidental pregnancies" (even with rape) They are all planned one way or another. Either by the rapist not caring or by people not taking procautions or simply by having sex. If you are having sex, you could get pregnant. Any person of moderate intelligance would know this so there is no excuse. You dont want a kid, dont have sex. And, I explained rape earlier so I wont go there again. I hope I am helping you or someone with this. I believe that EVERY child is a miracle created my God no matter how it gets here or how many disabilities it has. God created us all in love and there is a family out there to love your child if you cant. And I would never condemn a woman for giving her child up for adoption. I believe that is one of the bravest, unselfish things can do and I would commend anyone for it. That is the only way my husband and I have kids. We have kids who werent taken care of and werent loved and now they live with us and I am blessed every day by having them. They are my whole world. There is always another option. If someone would come to me and tell me that they want an abortion unless they could find someone to take in the unwanted child, I would find them a family to take the child. There is ALWAYS someone to take the child. (sorry, cant stress that enough) Even if a person abandons a child at the hospital, firestation, police station (all legal now) then they will call Foster Care and a loving family will graciously take that child in and they will find the perfect placement for the child. Abortion is NEVER the only way out. Well, sorry it is so long. I am very passionate about this and I thank God every day for my kids bio families because without them, I wouldnt have a kid. I am very passionate about Foster Care and Unborn Childrens rights. So, there are plenty of families that do "take in" un aborted children and most are sooo grateful they were given the chance in life. That is about all. I hope I have helped in some way. Best Wishes and God Bless :)

Answer 3

I'm not agreeing or denying your claim. Although, my answer to those that say adoption is that most mothers would not give up their children. Not b/c they care about them, but b/c they are just stupid. Secondly, not all children that are born and given up for adoption find homes. A lot of them go to foster homes and are shuffled around the system. Therefore, mothers that keep the children and can't support them, suck the system dry. More children in foster care, the more money the states have to pay out. If these kids aren't ever adopted, they are released at 18 w/ little education, no money, no family, no skills. The cycle starts again.

I think it's a really thought provoking question.

Answer 4

First of all, people that shouldn't or don't want to have kids need to better protect themselves (that does involve surgery) to make sure an accidental pregnancy does not happen. You also have to look at the adoption process in the United States, it is hard to adopt a child. It is a long, very expensive process and they make it so hard for children to be adopted if you don't fall into the right income bracket. Not everyone could adopt a child the way the system is right now. I would love to have one of my own and adopt like three but I do not fall in the income bracket to do so. I do believe that women should have a choice in the matter but that is not something I could do but yes I would help support all the unaborted children, they have a right to grow up like every other child.

Answer 5

It's kind of difficult not to want to launch into an angry tirade, as the abortion controversy questions are way out of hand. People are trying to get a rise out of pro-lifers, it's quite pathetic.

Yes, I'm pro-life.

I of course can't take in all children that weren't killed off. There is something called adoption. Give the little life that deserves a chance to live the chance to grow up and make something out of themselves.

Abortion is not a way to protect children from abuse. That's just a sick way of thinking. So many people out there want children, they can't have them. Put the baby up for adoption.

Answer 6

Carrying a child to term and going through the labor and delivery of that child is an incredible responsibility. The consequences of doing so without a committment to the health of the baby, to proper prenatal care, and without a level of maturity that is required to understand the ramifications of your actions would result in an incredible number of children born with special needs and health issues. Combine that with the lack of affordable health care, a welfare system that is extremely flawed, and communities that are not set up to support working parents and you'd have a recipe for disaster if all unwanted pregancies were forced to come to term. Unfortunately, the debate between pro-lifers and pro-choice is filled with complications that really can only be dealt with on a case by case basis. That is why the best choice is to leave the choice up to the individual. Only they can know what resources are available to them and to their future offspring.

Answer 7

A better question would be - why have unprotected sex in the first place if you can't afford to support the child you might have?

Actually most prolifers are very generous. I know many people who have adopted crack babies, children with disabilities, etc. In our community, we also donate loads of baby items, clothing and other supplies to homes that help teach girls parenting skills and provide them with a place to live.

By the way, people are going out of this country to adopt because of the long waiting lists for babies. Some of our friends have waited 5-10 years for a child.

Answer 8

it's funny to me that people spout off about there always being adoption. Why don;t every single one of you go ask the kids who have been languishing in the system for years with no one willing to adopt them how they feel about that. Would they have wanted to be aborted, probably not, but I am sure most of them will tell you that there are ALREADY way more kids in the system awaiting an adopted family that will never come then there should be.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Great question.

Along this line, I always wonder why it is that conservative politicians are pro-life (possible to the point of trying to overturn Roe-v-Wade), yet they are also the ones who do not allow sex-ed in schools and they do not all have households full of adopted children.