The Real Solution to Abortion
7 07 2007Last week, I was at my job, which involves a significant amount of interaction with the general public. As you can imagine, this leads to interesting situation… but more often entertaining or embarrassing ones. On this particular occasion, a young child was screaming. And what’s more, the child’s mother wanted to know if she could leave her seven-year old at the place while she ran and did some things. We are not a daycare service. So one of my co-workers told her no. Later on several of us were discussing what had happened, and she blurted, “talk about a reason for birth control.” I don’t consider my job to be a political forum, so I said nothing. (Well, that and the fact that there are only about two other conservatives there besides me.) However, this presented an opportunity for me to think about the difference between the ways certain people would approach this problem.
The thing that the woman who said that totally missed was that “birth control” would have completely eliminated the life of the two kids of that woman. It has pretty much been proven that life begins at conception, or very close to. Therefore, we have to say that this woman was insisting that murder was the solution to this woman’s incompetence and irresponsibility. Therein lies the liberal solution to the problem. Simply wave a magic wand and make it go away. (Yes, I know abortion is more painful and complicated than that.)
The conservative solution, on the other hand, is for this woman to be responsible. The fact is, these screaming children didn’t deserve to be punished for the fact that their mother was not responsible, either in having them, and/or in raising them. Children are naturally going to turn out rotten if they are not raised with a certain amount of training and discipline. It is the responsibility of the parents to give their children a chance by raising them up correctly. Liberals are always talking about things being fair… well, one generation’s ill-advised, illicit relationship may end up destroying the lives of generations to come. Is that fair?
Hi t,
Sorry to be blunt, but I agree with the abortion/birth control side. Really, we have pretty much obeyed the “go forth and be fruitful” commandment. At this point, I, regretfully, must encourage anyone who feels the slightest need to kill their unborn children to have a go at it. My only stipulation is that they acknowledge the murder. If they can live with it, so can I.
Good job, by the way, in having the will power to keep your opinions to yourself in the workplace. At times, that can be extremely difficult!
the Grit
Well, I’ve actually said that something close to line as recently as last week. I told my daughter and son-in-law that they should watch their 1yr old nephew closely, that it would encourage birth control.
Now, I meant it as a joke and it was taken that way. When they are ready, I hope they have children (I figure 2 more years). And I did not encourage my younger daughter (who wasn’t and still isn’t ready) to have an abortion. We love her son, even though we realize she wasn’t ready.
So is it possible you mis-interpreted the comment? Sure it’s tacky, to suggest that the woman had two children when she wasn’t ready. But it’s a good time to make a comment about parenting requirements and how we need to realize that even with birth control, children can be conceived. I believe in attacking from the positive side.
LD,
I agree fully with what you said. I am fully against abortion. I believe if someone is not ready to have children, they should not have them. But that doesn’t mean I want them to use birth control or have an abortion, because they are murder, as you said. I am fully for adoption opposed to abortion.
And for the people out there who think I am closed minded, as Mike Warnke said, “I have the right to be closed minded. I’m right.