I feel a bit trepid about bringing up abortion. It will always be a very controversial issue.
I am pro-Life, as I think most people are. Many in the pro-Life movement spend huge amounts of resources on efforts to make abortion illegal. Some spend hours a daying praying for the day when Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
The pro-Life movement does not make as much progress as it should because many people fail to look beyond overturning Roe v. Wade. Rather than pray for the day when the Supreme Court decision is overturned, we should pray for the day when nobody is in the position where they feel that abortion is the best option. Not only should we pray for that day, we should do something about it. Kudos to the many pro-Life groups that work to encourage people to recognize the value of human life and spend time and dollars supporting homes and programs for unwed mothers that provide continued support well after the birth of a child.
A generation ago, we had the "Just Say No" campaign against drugs. In the words of Dr. Phil McGraw, "How'd that work out for ya?" We still have a huge drug problem because not enough resources have gone into finding out why people take drugs and to develop alternatives to drugs. Outlawing abortion will NOT make abortion go away. There is value to a society taking a public stand against abortion by outlawing it. However, if we want to see they day when abortions are truly few and far between, we need to work on ways to ensure that nobody feels that an abortion is the best option for their situation.
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