Getting ready for my tongue to be ripped out. "When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say."
The irony of a title like "Democracy's Last Chance to Shine" under Biden's "presidency" would be amazing, seeing as even 31% of us independents and 17% of Democrats believe the election may have been rigged, not to mention the many Republicans (I forgot the figure for them but it's substantially higher, as you'd expect). Not really a shining Democracy when so many people aren't sure of the results. While there's limited evidence of significant voter fraud, as Clarence Thomas, "an election free from strong evidence of systemic fraud is not alone sufficient for election confidence."
That's probably partly why many people are reluctant to return to work in a lot cases, that's not a lot of money for any kind of job, really.
You're saying that like it's a guarantee that those children will be abused. Where's your data to support that it's such a bad foster care system? Regardless, I'm sure if you asked them if they're grateful to be alive or if they'd rather have been killed, then most would answer they're glad they weren't killed. The "better off dead than in foster care" argument is an especially callous one, even by pro-abortion standards.
Do you think about your stance? The right to life is the one thing everyone should have, from conception until natural death--at no stage in our existence should have our right to be decided by people playing God. The end result is preventing an innocent human life from being killed just because it's inconvenient or doesn't meet your arbitrary criteria for the right to not be destroyed. What more goal does one need than to protect a young life?
Kayne West said it best; "You have never met someone who said, 'I had this child and it was the worst thing.'" I'd also add, there's a lot of people who regret having abortions. In fact, look at Kanye himself, the world would have been robbed of this genius musical artist and strong black leader (and hopefully president one day). He said "My mom saved my life. My dad wanted to abort me. My mom saved my life. There would've been no Kanye West because my dad was too busy."
Not to go on a tangent, but I don't think we pro-lifers don't hold men accountable enough, nor does society as a whole. A lot of (rightful) attention goes to the lack of reproduction rights men have over their own offspring, but the other side of that coin is the men who refuse responsibility and encourage or even coerce women into unwanted abortions. That's ignored by the pro-abortion side and doesn't get enough attention by the pro-life side.
First off, no one is pro-abortion. It's called "pro-choice" for a reason.
Second, I do not agree with abortion. I do believe it is murder, and the idea of it bothers me. HOWEVER, I also know since I cannot get pregnant, my opinion on it shouldn't be a deciding factor.
Third,
I have spoken to those children. I went to school with foster kids. There were foster kids in my family. I grew up watching them suffer. I grew up watching them die, and as a mere adolescent I could do nothing about it. It is why I advocate for them now. It is clear you have yet to actually speak to these unwanted children. It is clear you haven't checked to see where they end up.
Fourth, with that said, feel free to look up the current and ongoing issues with Texas' foster care system. Then feel free to look up the current issues of foster care within your own state.
Fifth, the Pro-Life party is filled with people who'll never have to deal with consequences of pregnancy and abortion, in particular, men who cannot have children. This is the biggest irony to the movement. You want to make decisions on something that doesn't even affect you. It's no different from straight people trying to ban same-sex marriage. It's easy to ban something when you don't have to bare the consequences of that ban. Is there ever a question as to why men who are Pro-Life have yet to ban vasectomies? That prevents the creation of life entirely.
Sixth, and finally, if you truly do care for these children, help them
after they're born:
- Improve the foster care system
- Improve the education system
- Promote better access to child healthcare
- Make it easier same-sex couples to adopt
- Combat child sex trafficking
- Combat school bullying
- Promote access to mental health services for children
There are millions of children already here that need your help. If you truly are Pro-Life, actually support their lives.
Rep. Frederica Wilson said it best: "You only care about a fetus until the moment it is born."