I definately agree that it's shit that people will basically become baby factories, just to get more welfare. Fortunately, in my state, at least, there's a cutoff on it. You can have as many kids as you want; however, when they reach a certain age, you've got to go to work.
And Clay, since you don't have breasts or a vagina, then you wouldn't know how much people just suddenly expect a woman to have a baby. Do you have kids? I don't either, but I can readily say that it's a huge responsibility, and should be something planned for. What happens when a woman gets raped, and gets pregnant from it? "Oh, well Bobby, you'll never meet your daddy, because he's in jail for raping me. What's rape? Well, that's when someone forces themselves on you sexually. So you weren't made from love, you were made when I was assaulted."
Personally, if that ever happened, I'd definately get an abortion. It may be other women's bag to keep their kids concieved of rape. But y'know, that's them. They're not me.
And you're damn right about the drug thing. First off, taking drugs is illegal. Even if the fetus is going to be aborted, it's reckless endangerment. If someone really wanted to push it, they could have the mother convicted. Again, it goes back to responsibility.
And I don't by this "Well, if a woman has a right to chose what she does wiht her body, then everyone else does too." There are always exceptions to the rule. Because a condom breaks, I don't want to pay for that mistake. Because my pill doesn't work, I don't want to pay for that. Because I was raped, I don't want to pay for that. It wasn't my fault, I was being responsible. But neither am I going to cut an 18 year long chunk out of what I planned to do with my life because of an accident, or a crime committed against me. I'll put it up for adoption, or, if worst comes to worst, I'll abort.
Women shouldn't be expected to be brood mares, just because they have the plumbing to do it. Put a womb in a guy and make him go through a pregnancy or two, and then I'll see how many guys protest abortion or contraceptives.
-edit- I didn't mean to sound nasty or rude to you, Clay, I'm just trying to prove a point. Don't take it the wrong way ^_^
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