The abortion paradox

[TaraJo]

Why do the Christians place a ban on abortion while they simultanously encourage all the paths leading to unwanted pregnancy? I mean:

- lack of protection (both catholics and orthodox ban condoms and from what I have obserced the sheep really adhere to this)
- lack of masturbation (and hence poor awareness of one's own body and response control)
- repressive culture (and hence abnormal behaviour like sudden outbursts of suppressed feelings including murder or rape or both)

I do not perceive abortion as a matter of free personal choice - I am actually against it because it is just cruel to the little human being. BUT: I think we should not ban abortion before we ban all the stupidity leading to unwanted pregnancies. Condoms should always be used not only to protect oneself from pregnancy but also hepatitis, herpes etc. Masturbation should be regarded healthy and normal. And there should be less hatred and hypocrisy towards sex and sensuality in general. If that was the case, the amount of unwanted pregnancies would just plummet towards zero and there would be no need or will to abort. What do you think?

I never really understood this myself. When I found the answer out, it scared me. It still does scare me because the consequences can be disastrous to the world, fundamentalist and atheist alike.

My boyfriend is from a fundamentalist Mormon family. He is one of six children in his family and he told me the truth: his church believes over population is a myth and that good Christian families should have as many children as possible. The more fundamentalist people are, the more likely they are to adhere to those standards. They don't believe in pregnancy prevention because they want followers to have children, whether the child is wanted or not.