Post About Abortion..

I feel like a lot of the people that are so passionate about the issue do not actually care about the topic as much as they make out. I think that a lot of times people attack others with opposing opinions because of their egos more than it is about believing abortion is okay or not okay.. they don't want to change minds they just want to pick teams and that is why they can't be civil.

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Diotrephes · 70-79, M

IMO, the abortion issue has no "right" answer. It is very complex and has countless views that affect everyone differently.

The fact is that over 63 million abortions have been performed in the US since Roe v. Wade. Around 19 million of them were Black babies. If you calculate how many additional children would have been born to those aborted children over the past 49 years you would get additional millions.

Look at from from a national security standpoint. Some of those kids would have been geniuses who could have help solve numerous problems that affect us all. Others would have been major liabilities as criminals. Most would have been productive citizens if given the opportunity.

There would have been the usual tradeoffs, requiring more resources for the infrastructure to support them, such as schools, hospitals, housing, food, etc.

Then there's the racial element. Since racists don't usually like Black people would they really want to eliminate abortion if it resulted in 19 million more Black people? But, looking at it nationally, it seems that the racist States are more against abortion than the liberal ones are. Therefore, even though the racists may say that they hate Blacks they seem to be willing to allow them to be born.

Over the long-term, what will be the consequences of a major reduction in native population over the coming years? There will be far fewer people who are actually Americans by birth and culture. The country is being invaded by millions of illegal aliens. How will that affect the future of the country? And then there's the basic self-interest question of who will take care of us as we get older if we have no younger family members because we aborted them?

From an individual pov, should women be able to have abortions? Of course they should. Otherwise, they will simply kill the child at some point in the future.

The bottom line is that there is no easy or right answer to the problem because it has many facets and each can give a reasonable answer. The solution may be to reframe the question and thereby get people to look at other parts of the problem.

missyann · 56-60

@Diotrephes Wow a very intelligent perspective. I mean WOW !!!! You covered both sides without showing favor. I only wish I had your ability to see issues without judgement. I will certainly try.

Thank you. I have definitely learned something. I will re-read your post. I am 100℅ pro life but no one has ever spoken in a way that has truly made me want to see the pro life side.

I'm so glad that I asked this question. Thank you again 😊