As a woman that has carried three kids to term and mothered each one of them, I'll tell you why adoption isn't usually an option.
Nature provides mechanisms to bond mothers to their infants even before they are born. I am as pro-life as they come, but after investing that much time and energy into growing an infant, and then birthing the infant and then...gosh. They are awfully cute! It's not natural to want to give up a baby.
I wonder if the sort of women who would make the rational choice to give up a child would be less likely to get knocked up in the first place.
Before Roe v. Wade a lot of women were compelled to give their babies away. If people say that abortion is traumatic, what about giving up a full term infant?
Another thing. Just because a woman can care for an infant, doesn't mean she will be an effective in the long term. I think there are a lot of toddlers in foster care. It's like the animal shelters being full of 1 1/2 year old dogs. Everyone loves a cute wriggly little puppy, but when the reality of actually training them sets in and then doesn't happen, they aren't wanted.
My first ethical standard is to minimize suffering. Abortion minimizes suffering.
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Nature provides mechanisms to bond mothers to their infants even before they are born. I am as pro-life as they come, but after investing that much time and energy into growing an infant, and then birthing the infant and then...gosh. They are awfully cute! It's not natural to want to give up a baby.
I wonder if the sort of women who would make the rational choice to give up a child would be less likely to get knocked up in the first place.
Before Roe v. Wade a lot of women were compelled to give their babies away. If people say that abortion is traumatic, what about giving up a full term infant?
Another thing. Just because a woman can care for an infant, doesn't mean she will be an effective in the long term. I think there are a lot of toddlers in foster care. It's like the animal shelters being full of 1 1/2 year old dogs. Everyone loves a cute wriggly little puppy, but when the reality of actually training them sets in and then doesn't happen, they aren't wanted.
My first ethical standard is to minimize suffering. Abortion minimizes suffering.