Alright, I don't have much time, and I apologize for not being on for a while (Army school in Utah for two weeks, plus Charter screwing up my internet service again), but I figured I'd come in and drop a few points.
First ... rape. A common argument for abortion is "in the case of rape". Of the millions upon millions of abortions done in America (I think it's around 75 million, but that's hazy), something like 1.5% are claimed to be because of rape. And that's those that have claimed to be from rape -- not requiring a police report or anything, just the claim of impregnation by rape.
Second, Sinister made a good point concerning the stopping of a life being formed as compared to the ending of a preexisting life. This is another common argument -- that it's just the same as an egg or sperm being otherwise "wasted". If an egg is flushed from a woman's system without being used, or a sperm is thrown away in a tissue, that's an egg or a sperm -- that's it. That's all they would ever be. Do all you want to a sperm, and it will forever be a sperm, and same with an egg. So comparing abortion to masturbation is simply a no-go.
I will concede that America's adoption program needs a serious re-vamping. It's difficult for parents to adopt today to the point that we adopt children from other countries while ignoring those from our own, because there are millions of parents on waiting lists to adopt a child here in America that will forever be tangled in red tape. But just because it's difficult to give children better lives doesn't mean we should slaughter them instead.
Anyway, gotta go, just had some time here at the lye-berry and noticed this thread. Hope y'all are doing well, and I'll be back on when I can.
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