Dealing with Abortion

Abortion is a very touchy subject in American society. On both sides of the argument, for and against, people are very staunch in their positions. I'll do my best to present some ideas without insulting anyone. Hopefully, there will be enough people that agree so we can all move on together in peace.

The basis of the argument for the "right" to have an abortion is that the mother should be able to choose what to do with her body. The basis for the argument against abortion is that it is murder. I regret to say that I have been both pro-choice and pro-life at times in my life. Surely, this has happened to other people as well, and it is not easy with this subject.

When I was a young adult, I was pro-choice. This was easy for me because I did not think very deeply about this. The unborn child was a fetus and not an unborn child. My thinking was also swayed by my first serious girlfriend. As I grew older and wiser, I learned more about the whole situation. While watching a show about how the Star Wars movies were made more palatable to young people is that most of the people that died were purposely made to not appear "human". The Stormtroopers were "dehumanized" so it did not appear that real people were dying. A more shocking revelation came when watching a show about the master minds of the Holocaust. They made the Jewish people and other "undesirables" to be sub-human, and therefore they were easier to kill. The Nazis felt like they were killing animals instead of human beings. Sadly, proponents of abortion have done the same thing. They refuse to say they are killing an unborn human child. They would rather call it a fetus or a zygote. It's also always aborting the fetus or terminating the pregnancy. Never terminating the baby. The concept of dehumanization has worked well here.

When I came back to God, I truly knew in my heart that there were much better alternatives than abortion. With personally going through the adoption process, this also made me realize that there are a lot of other couples in the world who desperately want a child, but can't. We also have the opposite problem of people who want to get rid of a child. This situation can be handled simultaneously.

Here is what I propose the government should do:

• Promote sexual responsibility so people who do not want to have babies are smarter about the consequences. Abortion is being used to clean up "mistakes", when prevention is a much better answer. Of course, accidents will still happen, and nothing can be done about pregnancy caused by rape.
• Increase programs that allow mothers to give up their children during the first week after the child is born. These programs need to be promoted more heavily as well. This will also help save the lives of many children.
• Create a federally funded program that pairs up people who truly do not want a child with people who definitely want children. Cut out a lot of the red-tape and the cost of adoption. Speed up background checks as well.

It is very sad that people do not want their children, but it is even worse when people would rather have the child killed. If you are considering abortion, please consider putting your child up for adoption instead. The guilt of giving up a child versus ending your child's life is a world of difference. A chance at life is better than no chance at life at all.