80sU2isBest said:
Since sex can lead to children, if a person isn't responsible enough to care for a child, he/she isn't responsible enough to have sex.
i generally agree with you.
however, how much compassion do you have for those who slip up? who give in to temptation? who simply make mistakes? who try to be responsible about birth control but things happen?
i'm not saying that, by definition, these are reasons to have an abortion. what i am saying is that good people with good intentions make mistakes, and sometimes bad things happen to good people.
i think sex is a very slippery subject. it is an instinct, and it takes effort to control it. no, no one has to have sex, but living a life of celibacy is not a terribly healthy thing to do. i have sympathy for people when they make mistakes, i really do. as a correlatory, i don't think that anyone "deserves" an STD, or god forbid HIV, simply because they screw up and have unprotected sex. yes, those are the consequences and they should know that, but humans are fallable, people screw up, and people make mistakes for millions of reasons.
i suppose that i'm still hung up on what i see is a punishment ethos. that deeds have consequences, and you must live with the consequences -- you know, eat too many happy meals and you'll get fat; start smoking cigarettes and you'll get addicted.
i just don't think a pregnancy, and a birth, should be viewed as a "price" to pay.