Hmmm… It seems that this may be difficult, as most pro-life literature will probably simply report all the good things about adoption, without necessarily directly saying “there are no possible problems, ever, with adoption”. It’s more about what they’re not saying, if you see what I mean.
An alternative solution to this would be to find a cite from a pro-life group that says, in effect, that adoption may in some cases not be an ideal solution. This would certainly prove your point that these groups don’t think that adoption is all rainbows and wonderfulness.
ETA: In any case, cites would probably be hard to google, given the subject matter!
Why the roll eyes? I asked you a question based on your own words.
It’s exactly the kind of thing I see fairly often. People say they believe something but later reveal it’s not a deep conviction. An embryo is not a baby, that’s just a fact. People can indeed choose to deny scientific reality with their feelings called beliefs, but it doesn’t tend to be helpful.
Harassing you? That’s ridiculous. You’re on a public message board and in the pit to boot. Your language indicates you like seeing yourself as the victim. You’re not one. You’re a volunteer.
Hey, thanks, by the way. For not ignoring my question, for answering thoughtfully, and for keeping a couple of facts around during this discussion. Also I want to go on record as saying that your pro-life cause, if they operate as you describe (and I have no reason to doubt you), is about the most admirable pro-life charity I’ve heard described.
aired your grievance in this thread without bringing up a third party’s private business in public.
3)got into it with dropzone via PM
4)ignored the PM and got on with your day
All of those would have been better options.
As it is you just look needlessly cruel and vindictive.
Oh, and not at all classy.
I’m sure that was not your intention, bless your heart.
The classy thing would be to apologise to dropzone and ask the mods to delete any posts revealing things which should have stayed private.
There’s no reason to say any bad words about adoption. Adoption doesn’t cause the death of children. That would be like a gay parent causing the death of a child, and blaming the fact that it was a gay parent. “SEE? SOMETIMES ALLOWING GAYS TO BE PARENTS DOESN’T WORK OUT SO WELL. HOW CAN WE ACCEPT THIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO STRAIGHT PARENTS???” Sometimes parents kill children, biological children, adopted children, all kinds of children. Go blame child killers, and stop blaming adoption, for fucks sake.
I don’t see how anyone one can establish that adoption is consistently the better option concerning this issue. It’s simply and opinion, and you seem to be backing it up with others, with real life practical action. Bravo.
That still doesn’t make it anything like a fact. It’s great to have that as an option, especially for woman who are dealing with a difficult and potentially traumatic decision. But for others, abortion may still be the better choice for them.
Turns out that’s their job. It is inevitable and necessary that we as a society interpret the constitution.
I guess we have the ability to rather arbitrarily decide that conception = baby with rights, but that’s also not in the constitution, or reflected in the standards of human history.
It seems perfectly reasonable to me that some women are going to regret an adoption, and some women are going to regret an abortion. Their probably a hell of a lot more likely to regret either if they feel forced into them. The more free choice you have, the more likely that you feel in control of the situation and don’t regret your decisions.
But really “some people have regrets” is a piss-poor reason to try to make anything illegal or even make it seem immoral. People regret all kinds of things - bad marriages, divorces, poor financial decisions, etc. Let’s make those all illegal because we wouldn’t want anyone to ever feel bad about anything, would we!
As a fr’instance, it’s definitely a better option for anyone who doesn’t want to be pregnant.
There’s certainly nothing inherently wrong with adoption, but it’s clearly not a “better choice” unless you don’t mind bearing a child, which is not exactly a minor undertaking.
It’s a stealth (and extremely classy) Down syndrome joke.
At least it was until I had to explain it. And now it’s ruined. WHY THANKS A LOT, *ASSHOLE *!
ETA: also, random thought I just had upon browsing this abortion of a thread, if I get what she’s about embryos should be kept alive because they have the potential to become babies.
Bur babies have the potential to become serial killers. Think about it.
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.. unless you don’t mind bearing a child, which is not exactly a minor undertaking.
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… or might be killed by bearing a child, or can’t afford to feed another mouth, or are carrying a fetus that will promptly die after birth or be stillborn, or the fetus is a product of rape, or incest, or both, or …
Ah, yes. Point taken. Down with the picketers!! shakes fist at sky
