Monday, February 27, 2006

Abortion versus Morality

Well, my state made the news again!
We are trying to put a law into affect that would allow women regardless of age to get the morning after pill to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The bill has been defeated once, but the lawmakers are working on it to address the objections and we'll go from there.......

The major issue? "Advocates of the bill say emergency contraception blocks conception and avoids abortions, while critics say it is a form of abortion."

My view on this? How can it be abortion when it is not viable and is not anymore than 2 cells that are merged? In addition, they have put preventative measures in there to prevent people from stocking up by going to different counties, to prevent men from getting the pill and forcing the woman to take it and allowing only 1 pill at a time. Yes, it would be nice if everyone would go to the doc and get meds to prevent pregnancy.....yes it would be best if men would take responsibility also and use protection even if the woman says she is taking meds (prevention x2 and protecting against SIDS is a beautiful thing). But I do not care WHAT age you are....if you are stupid enough to have unprotected sex, then go get the pill and face the pharmacy and store to keep a child from being created.

How many unwed teen mothers do we need? How many children need to be created to unfit parents or to be placed in the welfare system? People say "hey, someone will want to adopt the child!"...not necessarily.....not if the child is of a certain nationality, not if the child is potentially "damaged" (read....AIDS, down syndrome, etc). Then add to that, the mother that has to go through 40 weeks of pregnancy, will not take care of herself because she doesn't want the child and the child feels no love from the parent they reside in.

My attitude is this should be allowed. Each person has to figure out their morality and upbringing for themselves. I'd rather see people get the pill and prevent a child from being mistreated right from VIABLE conception (read 6 months of pregnancy) right from the start.

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