# Okay, Fine, Abortion Again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 11, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635 "2016-03-11T07:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Sampsiceramos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Sampsiceramos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampsiceramos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635/201 "2016-03-17T04:21:24Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ve never seen statistics, and would enjoy knowing: would the typical conservative prefer a baby be adopted by gay parents, or thrown onto public dependency and the state/county child protective services? Which is, to their mind, the lesser of two evils: gay parents, or state support of unwanted children at taxpayer expense? > > I’m going to take it for granted that they would prefer adoption, even by gay parents, to abortion, if it came about that those were the only two choices. The answer to the question can only depend on how you choose to define the “typical conservative” in terms of the militancy of their objection to homosexuality. Unless you can somehow come up with a relatively unassailable definition of what a “typical conservative” is, your question cannot reasonably be provided with an answer that is qualified beyond baseless speculation. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635/202 "2016-03-17T04:30:32Z")
I have no issues with gay couples adopting either, although single gay men should be treated with the same suspicion straight single men are when desiring to adopt a daughter. There’s no law against it, but in practice it’s very, very difficult. ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635/203 "2016-03-17T04:31:26Z")
close this thread please. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635/204 "2016-03-17T10:05:25Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > close this thread please. Abort a perfectly fine discussion? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635/205 "2016-03-17T14:54:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Abort a perfectly fine discussion? I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that. Is the thread independently viable? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635/206 "2016-03-17T15:16:09Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I’m not sure I’m comfortable with that. Is the thread independently viable? By the fourth page, yes, and we are on page 5 now. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635/207 "2016-03-17T21:22:41Z")
> [@Sampsiceramos](#): > > The answer to the question can only depend on how you choose to define the “typical conservative” in terms of the militancy of their objection to homosexuality. Unless you can somehow come up with a relatively unassailable definition of what a “typical conservative” is, your question cannot reasonably be provided with an answer that is qualified beyond baseless speculation. The standard polling practices are already perfectly capable of handling the question. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-fine-abortion-again/748635.md?page=10)