I love the argument of adoption as an alternative. It makes me laugh. Sure, you can put your baby up for adoption. That's why there aren't any children in the world waiting to be adopted.
I would much rather have a child never be born than see it grow up in a harmful culture of foster homes or orphanages. In a world where there already isn't nearly enough homes for children to go into, the pro-lifers (that term cracks me up to) want to burden even more an over-burdened system.
Perhaps if the way we go about the adoption process were changed it wouldn't be such a bad alternative. If we could get race, sexual orientation, and religious faith removed from the adoption screening process, then perhaps I might go along with that idea. But when well-off black couples aren't allowed to adopt white children (Cincinnati) you're never going to reach a point where adoption is a viable alternative to abortion.
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