How to Reduce Abortions
One of the arguments that I’ve frequently come upon when discussing abortions is that “if we made it illegal it wouldn’t stop.” It is followed up by a list of things that we could do to help limit abortion.
And these are all good things:
- Care for the mothers
- Supply the mothers with food, aid, clothing, support
- Do a better job with sex education
- Educate about adoption
And we could go off on a tangent here talking about what each of these means and whose responsibility it is to do each of these things. That’ll have to wait for another time.
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Why the Term "Baby Killer" is So Repulsive
It’s always interesting to me when I get into debates about abortion. For one thing, the majority of the time nowadays seems to be spent actually trying to define the terms. You see, science is tending to leave those that are pro-abortion without much ground to stand on. And that’s not counting the fact that more of the next generation considers itself pro-life.
Nevertheless, it seems that every one of these discussions hinges on what is in the womb and what you think about what that is. And it takes a long time for pro-abortionists to admit that the entity in the womb is alive, that it is human, and that abortion kills it.
You see, regardless of whether it is what they truly believe, people do not like to think of themselves as baby killers.
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