(September 12, 2012 at 9:14 am)A Theist Wrote: [quote='festive1' pid='335605' dateline='1347455171']
I understand what you're saying but that still doesn't justify abortion, especially when there's loving couples waiting on a long list to adopt a child into a loving home.
Adoption isn't cheap, and a lot of people on those waiting lists are waiting because they want a newborn, often a white newborn. Plus, women who carry to term and plan on giving up the child, sometimes experience a change of heart upon birth. Why? In part, oxytocin, the hormone that contributes to mother/infant bonding and feelings of love, and contractions during labor. In fact, the single largest dose of oxytocin that males ever receive happens during their birth, females experience this at their birth as well as the birth of their children. Not to mention the mother/child bonding that occurs during pregnancy. If a woman doesn't want to go through that emotional turmoil and would rather abort the fetus, far be it for me to judge her.
