Response to Abortion has been made illegal, what happens now?

[cascherman]

I wanted to make a thread so that I would not be drowned out in the other responses already posted. I feel this topic can be solved very simply.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=4287901#post4287901

Here is the comment:

We have fought, campaigned, and argued for many years and finally we have won. All forms of abortion have been banned in the USA and the United Kingdom!

Women can no longer murder their own children because children would be inconvenient for them. Promiscuous teens now have to deal with the consequences of a sexual relationship. Prostitutes can no longer kill the unwanted babies; pregnancies are no longer classed as an occupational hazard. A lot of innocent lives are saved, and a lot of infertile couples can now adopt the child that they have always wanted. The ban on abortion is hailed as being a great achievement! Most people agree that it should have been done decades ago.

Sarah thought the ban was great; that is, until she was raped and realised that she was pregnant. She didn’t want the baby because she knew the child would be a constant reminder of what happened. Sarah is also worried that the child would resemble it’s father and didn’t want to have to see him on a daily basis. What should she do?

Jane has six children already and finds out that she is pregnant. She has recently been made redundant and can hardly support the children she already has. She knows that she would be unable to care for the new baby, and that the baby would suffer as a result. What should she do?

Mary is the proud mother of a two year old girl. She decided to try for another baby and was extremely happy when she discovered that she was pregnant! However, after the first trimester her doctor told her that the baby only had a ten percent chance of survival. He also told her that there was a strong possibility that she could die during labour. The doctor would prefer to abort the baby but he no longer has the option. What should happen now?

We all know the evils of abortion, but the issue is not as black and white as we would like it to be. If abortion was criminalised, how would we solve problems like the ones listed above?

This is a discussion of the practical consequences of a complete ban on abortion. I am interested in hearing your solutions to some of the problems this would present.

I would hope this person is being a devil’s advocate and they don’t actually believe these problems would justify having abortion legal in certain cases.

The simple answer to this comes down to a couple points:
#1- A baby in-utero is not less valuable or human than a birthed human
#2- As long as people are alive there will be social issues. All you have done in those situations is present a few hypothetical situations that no more warrant murder than problems involving birthed humans.

There are countless issues that we humans have to go through in this world that could be made better by another human being just not existing anymore. This CANNOT be a justification for murder.

As for the rape case. That child is 100% innocent and to murder it would be a distrust for God and his will. As for the child being a reminder of the rape, what is that woman going to do with the memory in her own mind? Remove her brain so that she cannot remember? God has given us a memory for a reason, not so that we can forget but so that we can remember and learn. Since when do we murder for the sake of someones emotional state, no mattery how terrible it is?

As for the mother not being able to support a child that she is pregnant with. Again, what part of this is the child’s fault? If anyone is guilty it is the mother for being reproductively irresponsible. But again, this problem is not solved by murder.

And lastly, for the mother who’s child may not live and it may cause her to die in the process, AGAIN, why is this justification for murder? We know when we make choices (and in this case that choice is sex) that some things are dangerous and could potentially cause complications. This includes pregnancy. A mother is required to carry that burden of danger when she chooses to get pregnant. If one does not feel called to actually fulfill God’s will in pregnancy then one should be celibate.

People talk about getting pregnant like it rides on chance. NO, one thing and one thing only creates a child. And that is the sexual act. If you do it you should be prepared. Why is it so out of the question to expect people to finish what they started, live with the consequences of their choices, and take responsibility for what they have done.

Why would we allow someone to murder another person because that person is a burden?

If these situations lead you to believe that abortion can be okay in some cases you have a flawed view on life. To you, life must only be life if it comes with no burden.

 

[cascherman]

Oh, and as for a solution.

For starters, while we push for the abolition of abortion we should be pushing to strengthen the adoption system. How many couples out there want to adopt but cannot because the system is too hard to work through? We should work with this system at the same time as working with fighting abortion.

Oh and also, there should be commercials on TV, ads on the highway, and notifications EVERYWHERE that let people know that sex can produce life. I know… I know… this may be obvious, but sometimes I think people forget that their actions have consequences.