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Old 04-06-2008, 09:57 AM
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I'm currently working in a country where abortion is illegal and it doesn't stop people from getting abortions, they either pay "friendly" doctors large sums of money to do it on the sneak, take the DIY approach, give birth then dump the baby, or often just give birth and subject the child to the kind of life you would expect them to receive from parents incapable and unwilling to raise them.
I'm not a big fan of abortion, not for any religious reasons but I think it is something that plays into the what I call the "disposable lifestyle" people have these days. If you don't like it, get rid of it, same with relationships, and I don't think it's proving a healthy attitude in terms of society.
But making abortion illegal is not the answer. Creating a society were it is not frowned upon to give birth and put the child up for adoption would be a good start (plenty of people looking to adopt), making the point to people who aren't very religious that abortion might not be the best thing for them or for society rather than trying to force religious doctrine on people who do not share the same religious beliefs, and of course the usual sex education etc.

It's one of these subjects where understandably people have strong beliefs and get very emotional, unfortunately often resulting in the erosion of logic. As is usually the case with this kind of subject, both sides have valid points and it just requires a deep breath and a bit of give an take to reach a solution of peace and relative satisfaction for all sides.

In my humble opinion

Additionally, I have a 2 year old son and myself and my wife had him after we had been together for 11 months, yes we were that stupid, it was an accident, we really didn't want a child and we were scared. But we both decided we had to try anyway, and now I can promise you I'm very glad we did, he's perfect in every way (I know everyone says that about their children lol).
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