First off, you agree it's okay for a women to be told what to do with HER body. Yes, I said it, her body. Because that's exactly what it is. And for anyone who says "She lost that right when she opened her legs", stop. Not only is that the epitome of slut shame, let's agree that if men could get pregnant, there would be an abortion clinic every 50 miles. A women should have the choice to have a child, or to not. We think this is so bizarre. But, tell me, would you rather have a kid when you goofed up at 16 and have no money, no degree, no plan? And even with support from your family (which isn't always there), you will be struggling for the rest of your life, giving up your dream career, and dream life? Or would you rather have a child when you have graduated high school/college, have steady income, and could financially support a child? If you wouldn't mind a child coming early in your life, that's perfectly fine! But, some would. A child is not cheap, a child is not easy, and having a child is LIFE. ALTERING. I know I have plans, and they would be struck down if I had a child. "Don't have sex then!", you say? Well, great point! Only, we are human. And as humans we are genetically engineered to desire sexual intercourse, and while I absolutely agree to always use protection when doing so, things happen. Again, were human. We goof. Telling a women that she has to struggle for the rest of her life because she (AND a man) goofed up once, is extremely unfair and belittling in every way possible. Imagine, for me, that you fail one exam at school. Since you failed that exam, you now have to quit school and pick a low-desired career, and be financially unstable for the rest of your life. Doesn't seem fair does it? Because it's not.
Yes, there is adoption, but have you even began to look at how difficult that is? And it's not always successful, a child could easily end up in a group/foster home. Which, even with the rare chance of having a great and supportive foster parent, it's not healthy for a child mentally to be thrown from home to home.
Okay, also, "goof-ups" are ABSOLUTELY not the only way to get pregnant at a young age. Rape. Rapists don't usually use protection. It's very easy to get pregnant from an assault. Again, if you think you could see the child being a blessing out of a curse, then that's fine! Have the baby, and love it whole heartedly, please. But some people are 1, not really wanting to alter their lives completely and change every plan they had and crush every dream they were so close to. 2, Cannot mentally accept it. Rape is an assault, and the worst kind. Some people have to go through therapy their whole lives after it. Having a constant reminder of that horrible time isn't fair for anyone to have. And if you say that it's only okay for women to get an abortion when she was raped, that means you think women shouldn't have the rights to their own bodies until they are assaulted.
Okay, finally, the main point I want to get at here. You are not "Pro-Life." Argue with me all you want, you are more "Pro-BIRTH". What I mean is, you want the child to be born, fair. (Disregarding the fact that women shouldn't have rights to their bodies). But after the child is born, do you care what happens to the child? There could be a very young, poor girl, with a poor family with almost no money, and if she got pregnant one day, you would want her to have it. Disregarding that her, her family, AND the child when now be even deeper in poverty for, probably forever. The child would have little food, and God forbid they get sick, doctors appointments are undeniably expensive. A bill a lot of people can't begin to pay. And, like I stated earlier, if the child were put up for adoption and ended up in a group home, that group/foster home could easily be terribly run. (Which is very common. Abuse, and neglect happens often in group/foster homes). It's not your problem anymore, is it? My point is that all you want is for the child to be born. After that, who cares? It could be left on the streets, and you wouldn't have as much passion as you did in saying the statement "She should've kept her legs closed."
So, please, think. Are you really "Pro-Life"? What about the kids in Syria? Or the thousands of starving kids globally? Or children that suffer from abuse? Yes, it's all sad, but are you petitioning for them as much as you are petitioning for a women to have a child she didn't, at the time, want to have?
