believer258 said:
While I don't really agree with "but the child will have a horrible life!", I do agree with your last statement. Although I find the adjective you used to be quite ironic.
You know I didn't see that till you pointed it out, thanks for the chuckle.
Though, I didn't say the child
would have a horrible life I said it
could and many of them do, a lot more childeren would suffer if not for abortion, though I'm not saying Adoption is bad, just that there are arguements against it.
eg. my example of someone learning they were adopted later in life, it could well shatter their perception of self, it may distance them from those they thought of as family, it may lead them to having major trust issues, depression or at worst lead them to harming themselves and others.
Or they could just shrug it off, I've seen folks react to life changing events with a casual joke, and react to minor incoveniances as though they just been shot, I'll never understand the human animal.
Another thing, many pro lifers(not saying you) tend to not care about childeren after they're born, onmly that they are.
personal eg. feel free to ignore.
My mother got pregnant wih me via a drunken one nighter, she considered having an abortion, she couldn't really suuport a child and she was coping with depression, a low self esteem and she was dealing with issues that she still hasn't resolved some twenty years later.
Your average pro-lifer would say "You have to have the baby!" well she did (obviously) and as a result our lives have been vitually unbearable, I'm not going to go in to detail but:
She ha to deal with an unwell child, an abusive husband that she only met because of the child, a child that was rapidly losing his mental stability due to constant abuse and bullying, all of her freind broke contact with her due to the husband, a very mentally broken teenager, constant family rows over said teenager, more personal problems than you can shake a stick at and now a young adult that will likely never get over his mental issues that leave him not only incapable of work, but also of leaving the house unescorted.
Personal bit over.
Now if you were toi ask me "should she have had that abortion?" I'd say yes.
Her life would have been far better, and I wouldn't have lived mine.
Sorry about the long pointless rant.