Originally posted by RJHinds
One of the reasons for state sanctioned murder [executions] is to allow more people to live their lives in safety. It is best to eliminate the few rotten apples from the barrel rather than let the whole barrel be spoiled.
The Instructor
again, this is very similar thinking as to why some women have abortions.
getting rid of a cluster of cells allows a women to live her life in safety (in some situations). a women who falls pregnant to a violent partner can feel they have become trapped and tied to the man. her life can then be permanently in danger and so will be her child when its born.
statistics show that children born into violent families are much, much more likely to continue the cycle of violence. something like 95% of all death row inmates came from a violent childhood.
so it could be argued that the women who aborts in this situation is 'stopping the barrel from being spoiled'. of course you can say she shouldnt have gotten pregnant in the first place, but life is not that simple, we dont know what pressure or mental state these women are under.
there a lots of different sad, tragic scenarios in which its sensible to have an abortion. you just choose to ignore them and ignore the reality of the situations. if it was banned what would happen to all the extra children? social services cant handle things as they are. the kids would go into care and we all know what the tragic consequences are for kids who go through the care system.
so before you bleat on about abortion, you need to start thinking logically about the reality of it. what would you do? pay more tax, have a gigantic social service and care system? letting gay people adopt would help.