Serious {Debate} Abortion isn't our Battle; The Life Is

05-02-2018, 08:14 AM

DMT Wrote: My take has always been would you rather end an unborn child's life, or have it be born into a world where their parents dontwant them. Death, or the ruining of two/threelives. I find that to be a pretty easy question to answer.

This is an issue within it's own terrain, but I'll give my brief view of it.

When it comes to answering "What if the parents don't want it" question, three answers come to mind in defense of it:

- There are many people who do want to adopt a child badly
- Their desire for it should have no affect on whether it's born or not
- They should have been more careful in the first place

For the adoption situation, I'm all for adopting children. The issue is the system which forces parents to pay literally over $250k-$800k to gain ownership of the child and pay state and legal fees. So while yes, you could tell me "Why don't they adopt kids who are already born? Those are the ones who need life, not the unborn ones", I'd simply argue that we should meet midway and fix our system to help both sides.

For the second answer, it's a question on ownership. Do the parents ultimately decide the fate, or does the child have rights that extend beyond a parent's dis-wanting of them within this world? I believe that by giving dominion of one's life over another, you are essentially making that object their property, and because we can all agree that this is in fact a life we are talking about (the question is whether they deserve rights or not), is it wrong to allow ownership over it? It's essentially slavery in a smaller mindset.

The third answer is more of a redundant and ignorant answer I'll admit, but it's one most commonly used. Should the couple have to stick with their decision of not making completely sure their birth control or contraceptives were working properly? Accidents happen of course. Or is the creation of human life an accident? And even when we deal with accidents likes if I'm driving and I sneeze and crash into another car, I can't just walk it off, I have to assume responsibility.