abortion rights, womens rights?

[Vihaga]

@Annie-Xmas

Well, I’ve been told by several anti-abortionists that people having abortions ar selfishly robbing people who want to adopt.

I asked this question of the pro-life contingent in another thread:

@Vihaga

I don’t want to hijack too much, but I’ve always wondered about this: what do the pro-lifers want to do about all the babies that would result if people stopped getting abortions? The most recent data I can find indicated that in 2004, 839,226 legal abortions were performed in the US. (CDC link) The Republicans haven’t traditionally been the party that supports welfare for these kids, the mothers don’t want them, and the first adoption stats I could find (from the US dept of Health and Human Services) seem to indicate that a little more than 51,000 adoptions were recorded in the US in 2007 (and previous years were similar).

Not to be cold or pragmatic, but what the hell are we going to do with 788,000 unwanted children every year?

It was a hijack, so I didn’t really expect an answer, but looking at those numbers, I don’t think we’re going to come up with 788,000 adoptive parents per year.