Usually agree (critical). Abortion should be available to women who have been raped or cannot survive the pregnancy. Yet, how can I be pro-life and condemn an infant to a life of poverty or misery when they leave the womb. Until a social welfare system that is workable and cost affective is installed to help those who truly need the help, I cannot condemn a woman for having an abortion unless it is for trivial reasons (gender selective, etc).
Exactly the same here.
But that logic implies the child is better dead than poor. That and the point of laws isn't to condemn people, it's to get them to do or not do things, in this case to get them not to have abortions. How any of us feel about the woman as a person is beside the point of whether or not she should have the right to an abortion.
Right, that is the major issue with this logic. I feel this point is where adoption needs to be discussed as a significant option. Just because the woman who is pregnant lacks the resources to care for her child doesn't mean that there isn't someone else out there who would love to raise that child.
For me, usually agree (critical) makes sense. There needs to be some leeway for the mother's health as well, which is why I didn't choose "agree."
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