I couldn't resist making at statement after I read an article in the paper today. It was titled "Texas Legislation Adds Conditions on Abortion". Conditions? They are requiring that women seeking an abortion (under normal conditions) must have a sonogram to learn a description of the fetus they are carrying. They act like the decision to have an abortion comes at the snap of a finger. No women going through that experience is not affected by the gravity of the situation. They don't need to know that the baby inside them has fingers and toes to be affected by it. I return again to the fact that we are animals. We have certain functions built into our bodies that promote survival and reproduction. When a women finds out she is pregnant her brain is already calculating what it is going to take to keep this baby safe. Some women know that there is no way this can happen under their current situations. I'm talking about the poor women who can't afford a child. Or the women who don't have a supportive family for a child to be born into. We need to think I a little bit more about the lifestyle an unwanted child will lead. There is evidence to support the claim that in areas where abortion is illegal, crime and poverty rates go up. There is no miracle in life when that life is shelter-less, hungry, and abused. So how about we leave the baby birthing decisions to the women responsible for taking care of it. Or, here's a radical idea: issue a license to granting women the privilege of having children.
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