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DracIV · 04-17-2004, 10:26 PM

I have two intertwined arguments that seem to support abortion.

The right to pursue happiness. If having a baby screws over your entire life forever after (I've seen it happen), then it is part of your right to pursue preventing that baby when a mistake was made. Everyone makes mistakes, but should someone's life be totally ruined because they made the wrong mistake? This adds a situation to the list of times when abortion might be acceptable. If the child is born, it means that they will most likely grow up in poverty or fairly poor conditions with incompetent parents, or they will spend their youth being juggled in the adoption system.

A similar situation is if you are taking the SATs and you mess up a single question. Because you messed up that question, you are screwed over for life and no longer have a hope for a good college or well-paid job. Due to that one mistake, everything went down the drain. That's why people can take the SATs multiple times, to let them correct their mistakes and do better next time. Why can't this apply to this situation? Abortion gives the parents a second chance to not ruin their lives with a stupid mistake.

(note: my argument was discussing parents [far] under age 28)

04-17-2004, 10:26 PM	#56
DracIV FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 298	I have two intertwined arguments that seem to support abortion. The right to pursue happiness. If having a baby screws over your entire life forever after (I've seen it happen), then it is part of your right to pursue preventing that baby when a mistake was made. Everyone makes mistakes, but should someone's life be totally ruined because they made the wrong mistake? This adds a situation to the list of times when abortion might be acceptable. If the child is born, it means that they will most likely grow up in poverty or fairly poor conditions with incompetent parents, or they will spend their youth being juggled in the adoption system. A similar situation is if you are taking the SATs and you mess up a single question. Because you messed up that question, you are screwed over for life and no longer have a hope for a good college or well-paid job. Due to that one mistake, everything went down the drain. That's why people can take the SATs multiple times, to let them correct their mistakes and do better next time. Why can't this apply to this situation? Abortion gives the parents a second chance to not ruin their lives with a stupid mistake. (note: my argument was discussing parents [far] under age 28)