Now as promised the supporting of adoption over abortion. The Republican's who I see speaking publicly, on tv, in the news, oppose abortion. Let us analyze the wording of this core belief: support for policies that encourage "adoption over abortion". Contrary to what I have heard from some of the Republican members, the Republican Party does not want to ban abortion.
Abortion is legal. That is a fact of life. It is not going to become illegal anytime soon. Science says in a mixed way the child is a child in five months or so (give or take a month) or at birth. Religiously it is believed to be at conception.
As a political party proposing candidates to office in a government that rules a land of law, the law says abortion is legal. The Supreme Court has decided that it is against the Consitution to ban abortion. With the Constitution being the highest law of the land, Republicans must follow this basic principle.
There is a moral debate on abortion that is legitimate though. Republicans personally believe abortion to be murder. As Americans, they are entitled to their personal belief. However, as Republicans, we also have to clarify when we are speaking from Republican values and personal beliefs.
As for my personal opinion on abortion, I support it for the situations of: rape, incest, and risk of the mother's health. The other two major reasons are birth control, avoidance of a challenged (mentally) child. I am opposed to more than one abortion for birth control because it shows recklessness for the act of love, the joy of being a mother, and disrespect for life. I am completely opposed to a person having an abortion because the child will have so called "defects" mentally or physically.
The reason I oppose it is because doing so is robbing a person of a life. Being someone with autism, I am immensely grateful that I was not aborted and I would hope that my maternal source would not abort me based on that. I do have the struggles of someone with autism but it does not make me incapable of having a skill or talent. For some it does, but they have other great qualities. Those with autism are some of the most caring people on this earth. They do not know of greed, or hate. With their 'disability' comes the gift of purely positive emotion. Those they are near can be the most inspiring of all, even more than the best athlete in the world, because they overcome adversity just to be considered accepted.
That is what I did. Those who have known me for most of my life would tell you that me explaining this, even speaking to people in any form of conversation is a huge accomplishment for me overcoming my challenges. However, had I been the victim of an abortion I would not have had the chance to overcome and succeed in life as I am. That would have been taken away from me without even being given a chance.
To those who try to defend themselves with not being able to raise a child, for whatever reason, I urge them to place their child up for adoption. This is not cold hearted. What would be cold would be taking that child's life before it could be lived. If you say I do not know how complicated it is then you are wrong. I am also adopted. It was the second miracle of my young life. I was adopted when I was eight, but arrived to my family when I was three. I am told my birth-mother struggled greatly in admitting her inability to raise me safely and in proper care. It is not easy but it is what is right.
I was adopted. I know that much of the process personally. I was exposed to religion and given the choice to believe in my own way. I was taught morals, manners, and respect. I am going to also inform you I was not raised by a man and a woman. However, the same values Republican's know to make a strong family: the respect, manners, and morality were taught to me. It did not fill the mother, father, two and a half kids profile.
Abortion is selfish while adoption, for the mother, requires an act of selflessness. It is a virtue for families in America that shows awareness of ability and it is an act of caring, not of hatred or dislike. That is why Republicans believe adoption is a better choice for women than abortion.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
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