Frencheneesz:
"I say stop the process before it starts." We have to see that people just WON'T stop it before it starts, so we have to focus on making less people stop it before it starts, and also how to help the people who already got it started
Ok, I am not saying we should force women to (A) get pregnant, (B) keep the baby, AND (C) go through it alone, and be forced to raise a child she didn't want in the first place.
What I am trying to say is:
If a woman gets pregnant unintentionally, it is because she had sex. Now there are only two ways that this would happen to a woman. One way is consenting to sex. The other is rape. I have pointed this out earlier. I don't think anyone can argue that. I want to stress the word unintentionally. Otherwise I know people will bring up artificial insemination, which obviously is an example of intended pregnancy.
Ok, sex is the means in which women unintentionally get pregnant.
What now? People are assuming that by not providing abortions, I think we should not assist those women. That isn't the case. I think there are still decisions that need to be made.
I think that once a woman knows she is pregnant, her first thoughts shouldn't be 'when can I get rid of this burden and move on with my life'. I understand why some women would think like that...especially if they're 16 and want to continue their education.
I want to go ahead and state the obvious now. Consentual sex is done knowing that men have sperm and women have eggs, and that if the two were to come in contact, the process I referred to earlier (in the other thread) begins.
That being said, it shouldn't come as a surprise to those young women when they become pregnant.
Ok, I will continue.
My opinion is that if a woman becomes pregnant, her 'choices' should be whether or not she wants the child once it is born. Those, I believe, are the only choices a woman should have.
This could really go in depth, but I think the alternative to abortion would be programs set up by the government (state or federal) to help women through the pregnancy process. It really doesn't have to be the government's choice. The citizen's can decide the best process (this is a little relevant to the previous thread, since I mentioned 'government'!). For example, setting up programs that would enable pregnant teenagers to complete high school with their fellow classmates. There would have to be some changes to the rules, but in a society where it has become socially acceptable to have sex at a young age, we must be willing to adapt.
There would also be programs to assist women after pregnancy. The most important one would be for women that don't want to keep their children. That's what this is all about, after all. Women that either don't want to have the burden of raising and caring for a child, or women who don't feel they are ready to be mothers yet. This program would take the child from the mother after birth, and therefore lift the burden.
I agree that having to carry a child you don't intend to keep for 9-months would be very inconvenient. It all goes back to the process. Everyone knows that when a woman becomes pregnant, that means a process has begun that will ultimately result in another human being. Eggs=nothing. Sperm=nothing. Eggs+sperm=a new life is being created. Once that process is started, I don't think the woman has the right to stop it. I think she shouldn't be forced to keep the child and be a mother either. There is an in between in where, ultimately, both will get what they want. The child will have a chance at life, and the mother will go on with hers after the pregnancy. Wouldn't this be a better deterrent than providing abortions? And better than stopping the process which creates life?
Ok, I've rambled for too long. I could continue, but I want some input (Pollux
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