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the-beta-reader:

miss-nielle:

If your argument for abortion is


-I can’t afford a baby


-I shouldn’t be forced to have it


-it will ruin my life/body


-I don’t want to be a parent


-putting up for adoption isn’t free


-I made/have no money


-my body my choice


-I really don’t want to have a baby

-I don’t want to be pregnant


-stop taking my rights

Then that’s okay and we completely support you because those are all 100% very valid.

1. I can’t afford the baby. Then let someone who can afford it raise the child.
2. I shouldn’t be forced to have it. No, but you weren’t forced to have consensual sex either. You entered into a sexual relationship with a man, knowing fully the consequences of sex. Now, if you’re pregnant, you are being held responsible for your actions. This is called being an adult, it’s what separates you from the nonconsenting children. Besides, no one is forcing you to have a child.
3. It will ruin my body and life. This is both the most shallow and hypocritical statement I’ve ever heard in my entire life. How do you think that abortion is treating your child’s body and life?
4. I don’t want to be a parent. Don’t be a parent; put your child up for adoption. Or, skip all the unnecessary pain and wait to have sex with your husband (or with any other man with which you would want to raise a child).
5. Putting a child up for adoption isn’t free. Really? It’s free with Adoption Arc. It’s free with American Adoptions. It’s free with Lifetime Adoption. That was just after a rudimentary search online. But let’s say you are too lazy to go through the adoption process. Well, guess what? There are something called Safe Haven Laws, wherein a mother can leave her newborn child at a hospital (or even a police department, fire station, church or synagogue, adoption agency, or child welfare agency) without any questions or consequences. In fact, as I volunteer at a hospital, those working in these locations are unable to ask the mother or father any questions if they decide to leave their child. We are only permitted to ask about a medical history of the child, and if the parent refuses to answer, then we aren’t even allowed to ask a second time.
6. I have no money. Well, you have options. Ask the man who impregnated you to be a mensch and get married. Start working multiple jobs. Apply for government assistance. Seek out financial aid from charities and religious organizations. Move in with your parents or any other responsible relatives. Put your child up for adoption, many couples will even pay expectant mothers every month to ensure her wellbeing. Leave your child at a safe location as per the Safe Haven Laws in your state. There, I just listed seven options for poor pregnant women.
7. It’s my body, so it’s my choice. Yes, it’s your body that is helping your child grow. However, your child is a separate living entity. Pregnant women do not have four arms, four legs, and twenty fingers and twenty toes. Pregnant women are not suddenly intersex when they are having baby boys. Just because your body is helping with the growth of a human, doesn’t mean you get to destroy that human. You wouldn’t have wanted your mother to have aborted you, what makes you think these defenseless children want their mothers to abort them?
8. I don’t want to have a baby, and I don’t want to be pregnant. Sorry, but you had sex. What did you think was going to happen? Even if you practiced responsible sex, pregnancy is still a possibility. You may not like the outcome, but you agreed to the risk when you engaged in consensual sex.
9. Stop taking my rights. Stop ignoring the rights of unborn children.

These are not valid reasons, these are disgusting reasons. These are convenience abortions. Nothing is worse than killing millions of defenseless people because it’s convenient. Nothing is worse than encouraging and normalizing the killings of millions of people because it’s the ‘right’ of a certain class of people.