As much as I agree for the most part, this sentence bothers me. The problem with this argument is that it emphasizes that children are a "consequence". Much of the demand for abortion, abandonment, and genocide is based on just that mentality.
I believe adoption should be made easier and more available, ALL states should have laws that allow for mothers to abandon a child with minimal hassle and maximum anonymity if they leave the child in a designated place (hospital, fire station, etc.) and agree to necessary testing. And I believe that policy should be made known. Also I think sex ed should be very comprehensive.
Only with all that do I expect illegalizing abortions to make any difference.

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"It's never over... BOY!"
The Tall Man, Phantasm III
what your pet really thinks of you...

(*)(*)(*)(*) why are brats so expensive? And the way they eat it's like buying a car!

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"Duty is the most sublime word in our language. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." - Robert E. Lee

My point is you don't have the money to take care of one child. Neither do most people. BUT they still need to be taking care of!!! WHO WILL DO IT FOR THOUSANDS OF KIDS?????????
Unprotected Sex has nothing to do with Abortion. There is plenty of Birth Control out there if People want it.
I know plenty of people who have Alcohol problems or drug problems, who didn't have a abortion. Your friends problem could be for a number of reasons.
ALL a WOMEN NEEDS to do to keep from having a Abortion is take a little responsibility and a Little Pill !!!!! To say the rest of society can't enjoy Sex because some people are not Responsibile is wrong. SEX is part of HUMAN NATURE.. IT"S not a SIN or a CURSE FROM GOD... IT is just part of being a HUMAN..........

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Russ....

First of all, though I am 100% pro-life, I am not a conservative (I'm also against the war and the death penalty). As for your complaints about welfare cuts, I suggest that you learn the basics of economics before you imagine that major wealth redistribution is actually beneficial to anyone- even the poor. Your main argument is on even weaker ground. By your argument, everyone opposed to murder and rape should become a police officer. If they do not, then, they are (by your logic) hypocrites. There are many pro-life people adopting, which is a very good thing, but no, they are under no inherent obligation to do so. The obligation to take care of a child is, by default, solely that of those who conceived him or her, and the only people responsible for the killing involved in abortion are those who commit it. I have an obligation not to commit evil actions, but I am under no inherent obligation to prevent all other people from doing so (that is, as far as is possible, the job of the legal system when victimization is involved). Since abortion is far from victimless, moreover, it should not be legal.
Having stated that, striking at the root of this evil is best accomplished by ending all legal restrictions on adoption. All such restrictions, in my opinion, are assertions that children are property of the state. I strongly favor gay adoption as well. The government should never get in the way of such solutions, but blaming society's bystanders with a "why didn't you stop me?" attitude is an attempt to escape personal responsibility.

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"Some people complain about the system. The system is not good, so they can't do anything. It's an excuse. Freedom is in your heart." (Jin Xing)

Thats just the start of it. The last estimates I looked at pegged the cost of raising a child (from birth through college) at $1million dollars.

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"When I'm in command, every mission is a suicide mission!" -Capt. Zapp Branigan

You give all your time, money, heart and soul to a kid for 18+ years and what do you get in return? Right about the time you should be home free, you get grandkids. Oh well. I'm holding out for a Jaguar.

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. - Theodore Roosevelt

Well said.

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"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." -V

HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DIE GIVING BIRTH- I 'M ONE THAT JUST CANT SPIT THEM OUT LIKE PUPS- UNTIL YOU CAN CARRY AND DELIVER THAT BABY FOR ME , AS WELL AS ADOPT IT - ILL STICK WITH ABORTION! TOO MANY CHILDREN WITH PROBLEMS AS IT IS! THEY ARE ALL RUNNING AROUND WITHOUT PARENTS NOWADAYS ANYWAY!

Have you considered the possibility of a C-section or sterilization?

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. - Theodore Roosevelt

$1 million cradle through college? How long ago was it that the price-tag was a "mere" $250,000 cradle through college?

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Theodore Lamar Heiks
BA, History/Political Science, Western State College, 1984
MBA, Entrepreneurship/Marketing, City University, 1993