First of all, the book that a SlaterRaider recommended on the air this morning is "A Child Called 'It'" by David Pelzer.
This morning I read the best worded argument for abortions, and no matter what side of the debate you're on with this issue, it's important to take in and try to understand both sides. One of two things can happen: either you change your mind, or you strengthen your opinion. Both are good things. Here is Ayn Rand:
"The question of abortion involves much more than the termination of a pregnancy: it is a question of the entire life of the parents. As I have said before, parenthood is an enormous responsibility; it is an impossible responsibility for young people who are ambitious and struggling, but poor; particularly if they are intelligent and conscientious enough not to abandon their child on a doorstep nor to surrender it to adoption. For such young people, pregnancy is a death sentence: parenthood would force them to give up their future, and condemn them to a life of hopeless drudgery, of slavery to a child’s physical and financial needs. The situation of an unwed mother, abandoned by her lover, is even worse. I cannot quite imagine the state of mind of a person who would wish to condemn a fellow human being to such a horror."
Just throwing it out there. I've never heard this argument before. Use it to either change your opinion or strengthen it. That's why we're all here.
