Why do most pro-life people care so much about the unborn and not really care about the born if they are poor?
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I think Desert Fox has kind of messed up your theory that it is pro-lifers who don't care about the poor.  He would rather have the child killed than have to pay their welfare bill.  I doubt you would find a pro-lifer who would say the same thing. \n\nYou are making an accusation here.  Show us some evidence that pro-lifer's don't care about the poor.  (hint) You can't prove a negative.  That means that you have to take the premise that "pro-lifers do care about the poor" and prove that the premise is ludicrous.  Good luck\n\nHere is my personal experience. I am pro-life and I care very much about the poor as do my pro-life friends and relatives. \nWelfare, flawed though it may be is the system we have. It's okay to be on welfare for a few months while you get back on your feet, but the longer you are on it the easier it becomes to stay on welfare.  The new parent needs to get a job if they are single.  There are programs that will help with or even pay for child care costs.  Once the mother is working WIC programs will pay for things like formula and some food until the child is five years old, and most states will allow the mother to continue to recieve food stamps as long as she still qualifies by income.\n\nDesert Fox\nmy best friend was abused by her biological parents.  She was taken away from them and adopted by a family that beat her up and treated her like a slave.  Her adoptive father molested her and her brothers were encouraged to beat her up.  Guess what.  She is not only pro-life, but she says she wouldn't change a thing.  No, she doesn't advocate child abuse, nor does she believe that what happend to her was right.  She feels that her past experiences have shaped her into the person she is today.  The person she is today is wonderful.  Her kindness has added years to the life of an elderly friend.  Her ability to sympathyze has helped her husband to get past his own abusive childhood.  She has also helped me to pull out of a depression.  \n\nI have actually known others like her before and guess what every last one of them had some tragedy or mistreatment in their past that has led to their strength.  That a child may not be happy growing up is not an excuse for killing that child before it is even born.  Those who have suffered are the ones who have the most potential to do good in the world.
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To help someone in a time of need is a lot different than the liberal point of view.\n The liberal plan does not encourage the recipient to stop taking "charity",but to keep on taking it. That is why we have generation after generation on welfare.\n Abortions are going to happen,either naturally or medically. I think both sides of the issue should sit down to work out some sort of compromise to allow medical abortions for legitimate reasons,not on demand.\n  A woman who needs an abortion should be able to get one that is safe and would allow her to have children later if circumstances allow it.
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I'm pro choice and freedom. Nobody has the right to force you to follow their beliefs. If you decide abortion is right for you, that is your choice to make and none of my business.\n\nI don't take the anti abortion crowd seriously because I have not seen one of them go out of their way to help some poor young mother or to care for the many starving and mistreated babies born to mothers incapable of caring for them.
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It goes both ways. Extremists on both sides are wrapping the issue up with other issues. For example, people who are pro life are often also in favor of women being subservient, staying home, being married, making less money and stuff like that.  And pro choicers often refer to abortion as a reproductive right without considering the life of the child a right.  This is just another example of how extremist views are flawed.  The truth is in the middle.  Address the reasons for abortion, increase womens rights, access, equality, etc. and then only make abortion illegal without attaching any other bills to it.  It might work.
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Because christian fundamentalists don't like the idea of innocent fetuses dying.  \n\nThey are cool with the fact of innocent adults dying in war called "collateral damage" or innocent adults on death row dying with the rationale that "God will sort them out."\n\nAs you can see it is complete BS rationalizations but that's life and politics.
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Seems to me that Christians should actively campaigning AGAINST the immorality that is the slaughter of the unborn. Privacy has nothing to do with this, and it bothers me that so many so-called "Christians" can support something that is both illegal and immoral (Contrary to popular belief, Abortion is not now nor has it ever been legal as it did not pass through either the people or the legislature), and to me, apathy makes one as guilty as campaigning FOR it.
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Exactly.  I ALWAYS say that to people who gripe on about overpopulation, defend abortion with that, etc.\nthen 1) why don't you be the first to volunteer and 2)  why are you trying to help Africa and why do you care about people dying in war,\nWar and Famine is the best way to control population.  So why do they care?
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I'd rather help the poor, because generally, the rich tend to be corrupted by their wealth(it's happens easily, even to the best of us.)The poor, by default, tend to know what REALLY matters in life.
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I think you're on the right track here in pointing out the hypocrisy of the "personal freedom" argument that baby killers use. How is killing an unborn child in support of the CHILD'S freedom? They always come back with "but it's not a child, it's a clump of cells". That's all they have, but I think they do know better in their hearts. They're just in denial, which is really sad.\n\nBTW, it is also not hypocrisy to be anti-abortion but pro-death penalty. Those folks who believe this are making the distinction between the taking of innocent life vs. taking the life of a person guilty of the heinous crime of murder. However, I personally do not support the death penalty either in ANY case. All people were put on earth for a reason and it should be left up to God to work his magic in their lives and help them come to see why their actions were wrong and change their hearts. They should be put in jail for life simply to protect the public from them in case they never change.\n\nEuthanasia is wrong as well. Those who are not inside a person's head to know for sure what they are thinking and what their wishes are should not make a decision to actively or passively take a person's life. Who are they to make the judgment that this person's life is no longer worth living?\n\nAnyway, I like that you are standing up for what you believe in. It's important that we all do that, no matter how persecuted we are by those who would silence us.
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I would assert that it unbelievably selfish to claim that abortion hurts persons that can only adopt. Abortion is about the parents and their ability to want or have a child. It certainly is not about some other third party. Although having  a child that someone else can adopt is good for those adopting. Having a person go through all the social, medical and legal issues just so SOMEONE ELSE can have the child is completely self-centered.
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Some people have crazy religious beliefs regarding the sacredness of life... all life... well human life. It's the same reason why people are against abortions.
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Haha, a fetus doesn't go to Heaven if it's aborted--fetuses lack souls!  That is why abortion isn't a bad thing.  Well, also the fact that abortion helps to conserve the environment, as too many people being born will eventually kill those of us already here as our resources are depleted......
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This is an interesting point because pro-abortion people always ingore the fact that a newborn can't survive on it's own either.\n\nIt's not about a woman's rights, it's about killing babies. That's it. Some people would rather rip a babies body apart with a suction tube than take a birth control pill.\n\n(now watch, some lib will post something about rape and insest as though more than just a few abortions are as a result of rape and insest)
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Because mostly, they are hipocrites.  It really bothers me that they feel so superior, that they will interfere with another person affairs without knowing anything about it.  I would love to hear how they would feel if their 12 year-old daughter was impregnated as a result of a rape.  Or how they would feel if the girl again, was just a child, and impregnated by her own father.\n\nI don't believe in abortion as a form of birth control, but there are circumstances where it should be an explorable option. If it is just "they don't want it" or "it was an accident"....NO, it should not be considered.\n\nThese people standing in front of a clinic with signs and screaming at people only make a bad situation worse.  It is not as if the women who do this are excited and having a good time.......it is difficult and emotionally exhausting to have to make that decision.  I can ony imagine!  If someone disagrees, that is o.k., but don't make a specticle and make the people involved out to be monsters.  They need to adhere to their proclaimed "Christian" way of life and show respect and love.....NOT HATE.\n\nYoure right, the "right to life" is just that.  To live and make choices....and live with them.  They don't need idiots screaming, throwing dead fetuses and killing to impose there way of thinking upon another person.\n\nMy God be with each one of them all.
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You are right, life does begin at conception, and killing innocent human beings is always wrong.  I'm glad to hear that you are actually doing something about the killing, unlike people who are only pro-life in word and not in deed.  Here's more food for thought:\n\nPhotos of Abortions, Including 1st Trimester Abortions:\nhttp://www.cbrinfo.org/Resources/pictures.html\n\nA Four-Minute, Must-See Video on Abortion:\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-4-video.html\n\nInformation on All Aspects of Abortion:\nhttp://Abort73.com\n\nPhotos and Facts About Prenatal Development:\nhttp://www.justthefacts.org/clar.asp\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-1-medical.html\nhttp://www.abort73.com/HTML/I-A-2-prenatal.html\nhttp://www.studentsforlife.uct.ac.za/foetal%20dev%20photos.html\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3847319.stm\nhttp://www.lifeissues.org/ultrasound/11weeks.htm\n\nPain Perception in the Unborn:\nhttp://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/fetalpain.html\n\nPro-Life Answers to “Pro-Choice” Arguments:\nhttp://www.deathroe.com/Pro-life_Answers/\nhttp://www.pregnantpause.org/abort/choicarg.htm\n\nRape and Abortion:\nhttp://www.deathroe.com/Pro-life_Answers/Answers.cfm?ID=31\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/Victims/index.htm\nhttp://www.focusonthefamily.com/focusmagazine/sohl/A000000103.cfm\nhttp://www.dakotavoice.com/200611/Guest/20061101_GR.html\nhttp://www.afterabortion.info/PAR/V2/n1/RAPESUM.htm\n\nIs Abortion Ever Necessary to Save the Life of the Mother?\nhttp://www.all.org/article.php?id=10682\nhttp://www.advocatesfortheinnocent.com/motherslife.html\n\nAnd, oh, by the way, the so-called partial birth abortion ban is a scam.  It's not truly a pro-life bill.  Read this:\n\nhttp://www.newswithviews.com/Brownlow/david1.htm
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right to life extremists are arguing on grounds that once you become pregnant you are responsible for another life. it does not matter to them if you want, can care for, or are responsible enough to handle another life. they assume that any life is better than no life. obviously these people have never realized true poverty and abuse. not only do they want to control your life and choices, but they generally not interested in adopting any of the children from the pregnant women standing outside the abortion clinics. these right to lifers only want these women to know that they of course will go to hell because they are murderers, and the ignorance goes on. now, if you really wanna know how i feel, send me an email.
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no one loves abortion, and the women who have them usually are making the right choice.lets talk republican shall we? your so focused on abortion, you are latting our country go broke. you dont want welfare? so let a bunch of people have kids they cant take care of. oh and while your out being conservitave your kids are out getting high on meth and getting impregnated by strangers.