Let's pretend for a moment that we all don't have any pre-conceived beliefs about abortion. Let's pretend it was never invented and doesn't exist. Let's pretend that the only way to end a pregnancy to to drink quinine or fall down the stairs or use knitting needles. That is how it was for hundreds of years and still is in most countries.
Now let's imagine that you have 12 children whom you can barely feed and whom you only have because birth control doesn't exist yet or is illegal. you know that your next child will most likely starve to death in a few years because there is no way for you to feed him.
is it better to let the child die later and slowly of starvation?
Or imagine that you have Diabetes. You have been instructed by
your doctor to not get pregant because your body cannot support it.
But, the birth control method you and your husband used failed and
now you are pregnant. You and the baby will most likely die.
Is it better that mom die with her baby?
Now imagine you are pregnant from being raped by an uncle and you
are 15. This pregnancy could be extrememly painful for your
young, undeveloped body, could harm you and the baby, not to
mention that you are too young and never planned to have an
incestual pregnancy resultant of rape.
Is it better to make a child live with this?
Now imagine that you live in a dictatorship where unwed mothers are put to death. Maybe you fell in love and because you've never had sex education in your country didn't know what sex was until it happened and was too late. You're pregant and will be killed. Wouldn't you try and find a dirty, blackmarket abortion, or throw yourself down the stairs, or use knitting needles, thus further risking your life?
Is it better to let both Mother and baby die in the pursuit of pro-life?
I am not advocating abortion. I believe that every child is a gift to love and cherish. I am simply asking us to open our hearts for five minutes and see the other sides of things. This issue is never as simple as legal or illegal.
Wouldn't we rather have safe, controlled, monitered abortions by legitimate doctors in hospitals over dirty, back-room, botched abortions risking the mother's life too? Or would we rather have starving, neglected children who are born and alive in miserable lives? Is that what we really want?
Women will seek abortions anyway. They have through time for a variety of legitimate reasons. They are usually desperate and scared and feel forced. I'd rather help women to be safe and children be fed and loved.
Think about it.
