Monday, September 20, 2004
Reader Response of Abortion post
In response to some feedback:
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Hi Josh. I think your statement "if there was no premarital sex then most abortions would not be needed" is a perhaps a bit sweeping. You seem to be making
the assumption that couples who are married will automatically choose to go through with an unplanned pregnancy?
I agree with what you say about aiming for a society where each child is wanted though. That means available, effective contraception for everyone who needs
it. Just my twopennorth.
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First, thanks for writing. I appreciate knowing that people are reading this blog.
Second, my statement is pretty sweeping, and I haven't looked at any statistics to find out what pregnancy situations end in abortion. I am guessing that most abortions are result of pre-marital (or perhaps "out of wedlock" would be better) sex. I don't want to presume that married couples would go through with an unplanned pregnancy. All I can say is that from our experience (my wife and I) is that had my wife gotten pregnant in the past three years since we were married we would run with it. We want to have children and over the past three years we have been unable to afford a child. It would have been very difficult financially for us to have children, but we would have done it.
Contraception for all is, in my opinion, not the best solution. Why would even married couples choose not to have a child or another child? The expence? The difficulty of raising children? I think that there are bigger issues to tackle.
Thanks again ¶ 8:25 AM
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Hi Josh. I think your statement "if there was no premarital sex then most abortions would not be needed" is a perhaps a bit sweeping. You seem to be making
the assumption that couples who are married will automatically choose to go through with an unplanned pregnancy?
I agree with what you say about aiming for a society where each child is wanted though. That means available, effective contraception for everyone who needs
it. Just my twopennorth.
>>>
First, thanks for writing. I appreciate knowing that people are reading this blog.
Second, my statement is pretty sweeping, and I haven't looked at any statistics to find out what pregnancy situations end in abortion. I am guessing that most abortions are result of pre-marital (or perhaps "out of wedlock" would be better) sex. I don't want to presume that married couples would go through with an unplanned pregnancy. All I can say is that from our experience (my wife and I) is that had my wife gotten pregnant in the past three years since we were married we would run with it. We want to have children and over the past three years we have been unable to afford a child. It would have been very difficult financially for us to have children, but we would have done it.
Contraception for all is, in my opinion, not the best solution. Why would even married couples choose not to have a child or another child? The expence? The difficulty of raising children? I think that there are bigger issues to tackle.
Thanks again ¶ 8:25 AM
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> Why would even married couples choose not to have a child or another child? The expence? The difficulty of raising children? I think that there are bigger issues to tackle.
raising a child is a big responsibility. you are absolutely right, there are bigger issues to tackle. if the parents have quality time (and resources) to take care of the baby, as it grows up. back here people make babies irresponsibly that nobody takes care of them and then they grow up to be .. criminals ..
raising a child is a big responsibility. you are absolutely right, there are bigger issues to tackle. if the parents have quality time (and resources) to take care of the baby, as it grows up. back here people make babies irresponsibly that nobody takes care of them and then they grow up to be .. criminals ..
It's true that raising a child is complicated, time consuming, and expensive. We need a society that helps families with their children. Look at what Howard Dean established in Vermont while he was governor. He started a very effective head start program that I think should be expanded to every school district in America.
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