Thank you for contributing. I am always 100% in favour of better education, and you make a good point about men needing to be fully aware, and of course careful.
Interesting thought about a child who feels unwanted. I have difficulty with the argument that goes: I don't want this child, so I would be horrible to them if they were born, so it's better for them not to be born in the first place. Surely a parent has a choice in whether to be horrible to the child or not! Also, in this case it really seems like either not getting pregnant in the first place, or carrying the pregnancy and putting the baby up for adoption, would be a better solution than abortion. The problem is that both these options can be difficult in a society where women don't have as much freedom as they should.
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Date: 2006-10-24 10:50 am (UTC)Interesting thought about a child who feels unwanted. I have difficulty with the argument that goes: I don't want this child, so I would be horrible to them if they were born, so it's better for them not to be born in the first place. Surely a parent has a choice in whether to be horrible to the child or not! Also, in this case it really seems like either not getting pregnant in the first place, or carrying the pregnancy and putting the baby up for adoption, would be a better solution than abortion. The problem is that both these options can be difficult in a society where women don't have as much freedom as they should.