100% Pro-Life and 100% Pro-Choice

100% PRO-LIFE, 100% PRO-CHOICE

To clarify the emotional controversy surrounding abortion, I think we need to put the debate in context, and stop trusting Supreme Courts to resolve the issue. The following is a larger perspective of the whole debate, addressing three separate problems with the possible choices for solutions.

1.)  Unwanted Babies

a) After birth, every unwanted child can be raised in an institution. (A poor choice, as evidenced by the infamous neglect found in many of these organizations around the world).

b) In the first trimester, the fetus can be aborted without risk to the mother, killing the child before it takes its first breath. (A poor choice, causing endless debate over the exact moment that a fertilized egg becomes a human being. This question is becoming extremely murky in light of the ever increasing capabilities of scientists – if a fertilized egg can be incubated outside of the womb, how is that different from premature babies?)

c.)After the baby is born, couples who either can't or don't want to go through childbirth can adopt him or her as their child. (A good choice, providing that both prospective parents realize that God has a parental interest that supersedes theirs.)

2.) Unwanted pregnancies.

a.) Surgical procedures. (Often irreversible.)

b.) Medication , condoms. (Not always 100% effective.)

c.) Masturbation. (Addiction can cause “spiritual blindness”.)

d.) Abstinence (Takes discipline and self-control)

3.) Unwanted sexual advances.

a.) Stoning to death. (A barbaric method of an ancient society.)

b.) Progressive jail sentences for offenders. (ineffective and costly.)

c.) Warnings to viewers on pornographic movies. (ineffective but cheap.)

d.) Permanent banishment for all sexual predators and complete forfeiture of all profits from the sale of sexually explicit material.  (Sexual crimes wound the victim permanently so the punishment needs to be permanent.  Voyeurism provides no benefit for society and deserves no financial reward.)