Dear Pro-Choicer,
I understand our views are different and that the likelihood that this letter changes your mindset is slim to none, but I think it's time I explain my side of the story. You see, the reason we disagree about abortion is that to us, the pro-lifers, we don't see abortion as a choice about a woman's body, we see it as a choice about the unborn's life. We don't want to take away your choices of what you do with your body, we just don't want the choices of the baby to be taken away either. We see the right to life as one of the most important liberties in the world. By aborting your child—and yes, I do it see as a child—you're taking that right away.
While I disagree with your choices, I will never put you down for your beliefs. I understand where you are coming from. I get your thought process and why you are so heavily pro-choice over pro-life. But just as you are strong in your opinion, I am also strong in mine.
So sure, continue to parade around your "Abortion is not murder" signs, talk as much crap about me and my beliefs as you want. I can take it all. However, what I cannot take is the thought that so many women of the younger generation are okay with the killing of the innocent.
Rape is a terrible, terrible thing. I feel for the woman and men that have gone through such a tragedy and my heart breaks for them. However, is abortion really the answer? Is it the unborn's fault for being conceived? Are they to blame? No. Why punish the innocent when they've done nothing to harm you? Instead, let's work on the punishment of those who have raped. Let's channel our energy into the punishment of rapists, rather than the unborn.
Did you know if a pregnant woman is murdered that it is considered a double homicide? Why would that be if the unborn wasn't considered a person? The way I see it unless the woman miscarried or another terrible event happened, that living being would have become a baby, then a toddler, child, teenager, etc.
Then there's the argument of foster care. Another disagreement between pro-choice and pro-life is that the pro-choicers believe that a child being born just to go to foster care would end up having a terrible life and therefore it is better to just abort, rather than have them born into that type of world. I'm here to say that that is not the case. Unless you have given a survey to all of the children in foster care and asked whether they wish they were aborted instead of being in foster care, and 100% of them answered, "yes, they would rather never been born," then you cannot justify your claims. What exactly qualifies as a terrible life? The truth is, there is no exact definition for that. Your explanation may very well be different than mine. What seems horrible for you, may seem wonderful to another. Let's focus our efforts on improving the foster care system, rather than paying attention to how abortion is a "better" option.
Foster care is not the end of the world, but abortion is. Abortion takes away any chance the unborn has of becoming somebody. It takes away the chance for he/she to become a doctor, a lawyer, maybe even the next President of the United States. The world is full of so many possibilities. How could you take all of those opportunities away?
Sincerely,
A Proud Pro-Lifer