How can anybody look into the eyes of a stranger who poses no threat to them, see the pleading and the thirst for life, and then shoot them dead? How can anybody take the life of a child who has not been given the opportunity to decide for himself what is good and evil? People who can do this have no conscience. People who can do this have no regard for their fellow humans' right to live, and thus do not quite deserve to live.
With these strong opinions, how can I be anti-life, and what does the "pro-life" movement suggest? Do they consider me to have the conscience of a sociopath? But, I declare, an unborn fetus is not a person; it is not a person, at least, until it is sentient and can possibly survive outside the womb, which occurs at the beginning of the third trimester (1.4% of abortions occur at or after this point). Until then, it cannot feel basic emotions, physical pain, nor can it understand mortality.
I insist that I am pro-life, then. I have a conscience and I do not think anybody should be killed for no purpose. I am not evil. I can look into a stranger's eyes and feel the life they live for in my heart. I want everyone to feel wanted and loved and to enjoy their only opportunity to exist. They are people. They want existence.
There is too much unnecessary suffering. There are too many children being born into a world that treats them wickedly. They are their own people now and should be given a chance. But no more unhappy children should be brought here unwanted. Before they know what misery is, make it so they'll never have to feel such a way. Children should be loved by parents and family. They deserve nothing less.
I am pro-choice because I can step into the shoes of an average woman - a woman with no more good or evil in her than the rest of us - and understand her pain. I can imagine myself as one of the millions of children who were born homeless. What can these "pro-lifers" do except condemn everybody, stamp their heels for every fetus yet ignore the plights of those already born, and make assertions solely based on their personal feelings rather than stopping to take a look at the condition their world is in?
I am indeed pro-life. But at the same time, I am pro-choice. My mind is big enough to hold both concepts.
Every year, 14,050,000 children still grow up as orphans and age out of the system.
Every 2.2 seconds, another orphan child ages out with no family to belong to and no place to call home.
In Ukraine and Russia, 10-15% of children who age out of an orphanage commit suicide before age 18. 60% of the girls are lured into prostitution. 70% of the boys become hardened criminals.*
Be pro-life: find homes for the children that are already born, and don't bring any more misery into the world. Many families can't have children and want some, but there are already millions to choose from.
*http://www.hfgf.org/statistics.pdf
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The Chinese have an old saying: "he who sits between two chairs often falls down."
The public school system beats the idea of "considering someone else's view" into every kid's head to the point where they are afraid to take a stand on anything.
"Well, I believe this, but I see where the other person is coming from..." You remember John Kerry in the 2004 debate? "I personally don't agree with abortion but my opinion shouldn't influence anything else...."
If there's one thing wrong with the world today is that there's too much of that crap going around. If you have an opinion about something, stand up for it and defend it. If someone can convince you to change your opinion, then change it. But don't sit on the fence.
It's better to be wrong then to not have chosen.
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