As someone who has not had to face pregnancy just yet and who is not religious, it may be difficult to hear me out and take my stance seriously. I may seem a bit biased. There are some things that I have noticed throughout my mere 20 years of life, and one of those things is that the extremists of religion like to be angry. They get angry about anything that threatens them, or even things that don’t threaten them - gay marriage and abortion - yet they choose to be angry about it simply because they don’t like it.

Being angry about things that really don't involve you makes absolutely no sense, which is why I feel that something as personal as abortion should be kept out of religion all together. I understand the stance of wanting all children to be born because children are a beautiful thing and every one should have the right to life. But what if that life consisted of addiction, poverty, abuse and/or having a broken family? What if the person having the child knew that there was no way she could provide for the baby? What if it was predetermined that the infant would have several medical complications that would result in a short life or a very painful life? If you ask me, I don’t think that it is very fair to have the child even after you knew their life would not be the best life it could be.

Now if you are against abortion and you are having one child after the other, I hope that for the sake of not just the child, but society, that you are able to provide for every single child that comes out of your household. Every child should have the right to be raised in an environment that will make them amazing individuals and great members of society. If you are having children and you can’t support all of their dreams and goals, financially or morally, simply because you have too many kids, then that’s not fair either. Every child that is born has the right to an incredible life.

Whatever your stance is on the matter, there is no reason to involve something like religion. As far as I know, all God wants is for everyone to be happy and live the best life. Having the best life is the responsibility of each person. Do whatever it takes to have the best life for yourself and your family. Do not bring others down for what having the best life means for them. Be kind to one another, and respect everyone around you. Never forget that you do not know everyone’s story, so do not be so quick to judge, and that is something that everyone, not just the extremists of religion, can work on.