The State can punish you for using corporal punishment to discipline your child, but it doesn’t care whether or not your kill the child if it’s done before he or she becomes a citizen?

That’s jacked up.

“Note that no matter what is done, there will always be abortions. It does seem that the numbers could be considerably less.

Abstinence only education is not effective. That does not mean that abstinence shouldn’t be taught. But proper use of birth control should also be taught (most people are going to end up using (or trying to use) birth control at some point in their life.

Giving up a baby for adoption needs to get a more positive spin in the culture. A woman facing the situation needs to see adoption as a positive, good thing to do.

Men (and women) need to better understand that sex is a two way street. It should not take place unless both parties are fully consenting.”

I pretty much agree with that whole statement. I think it is fairly clear that I am pro-life. But, even if I was (for some odd reason) pro-choice, I would still be appalled with how flippantly people are making this choice. And I think the emphasis should be placed on the many choices that one (a couple?) must make before the choice of whether or not to abort a child.

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I am not against birth control, either by medication or surgery. I also understand that “accidents” happen to married couples. However, the Center for Disease Control reports that 82% of all abortions are performed on unmarried women. Sounds like a moral problem to me. And of the “accidents,” I’m pretty sure there are lots of couples that would LOVE to adopt a baby, regardless of how it was conceived.

Other stats from the CDC:
– 47% of women who have abortions had at least one previous abortion
– On average, women give at least 3 reasons for choosing abortion: 3/4 say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or other responsibilities; about 3/4 say they cannot afford a child; and 1/2 say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner (AGI).

I still say it can be done…obviously lots of people don’t want to try. It’s easier just to “elminate the problem.” In the words of Barack Obama: “We don’t want them punished with a baby.” (Emphasis mine).

For the record, I believe life begins at conception.

Unless I misunderstand something, your solution is that people refrain from sex unless…married? want children?…well, I’m not clear about what the “what” would be there…

Still, you are asking for a lot of sex to be refrained from (I wonder how many married women have abortions? Married couples should refrain also?). So, yes. It CAN’T be done.

It can be cut back on, and I stated above that abstinence should be taught. It would help, but it isn’t a solution.

There is plenty of sex happening in which one party (usually the woman) does not really want to have sex, but is subtly (or not so subtly) coerced into it. Not really rape, but…

We also need to figure out how to raise our children with enough self esteem that they don’t turn to sex (among other things) in an attempt to feel good.