Friday, August 12, 2011

Pro Choice

So, I've noticed that a lot of people believe that abortion should be a choice for the mother. I've heard supporters of abortion refer to themselves as "Pro Choice". Now personally, I think that abortion is wrong. But here me out, okay? Whenever they say "Pro Choice", my mind is always drawn to the fact that the fetus WILL grow into a thinking, functioning human being. And I always think, why can't the baby have a choice? Now this sounds silly, because how can a fetus tell us "hey! I want to live, give me a chance to choose!". But, I do think we should all consider what the baby would want. Obviously, the child would want a chance to live, so why can't we consider that before we abort? I fully understand that in a lot of circumstances, the baby would be a huge inconvenience. The mother would have to make a lot of sacrifices in order to give birth. Money, doctor appointments, pre-natal vitamins. Yes, I get all this, and I understand not wanting to change your lifestyle in order to raise a child. But I feel like people never really consider being birth to a child and giving it away to adoptive parents. I'm sure that a lot of couples unable to have children would be ecstatic to provide compensation for all expenses. For all your doctors appointments, and vitamins, and ultrasounds. So why won't woman give up just 9 months of their life in order to let an innocent child live. humans are naturally selfish people, when we were first developing, we had to be. But now, we should be able to make personal sacrifices in order to promote life. We can show the better side of human nature, just my stopping to consider other people, and evaluate exactly how significant a sacrifice it would take to improve another persons life. When you really think about it, I think you'll find that sacrificing just 9 months in order to give a couple the child that couldn’t have themselves, allow another human being to continue living, and affect hundreds and thousands of people in the future. All this just by giving your unwanted child up for adoption, rather than scraping them out.

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