Newsgroups: alt.activism.d
Subject: Re: Abortion
From: ivler@mdcbbs.com (J.M. Ivler    ivler@mdcbbs.com)
Date: 7 Oct 92 09:15:52 GMT
Organization: M&E (Division of EDS), Cypress CA
Nntp-Posting-User: griffin

In article <BvqF8B.3G2@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, 
ma3750@ehsn21.cen.uiuc.edu (Mark Thomas Arisman) writes:
[omitted first point it has been overdone to the extreem]
> * I have never understood why adoption is not seen as an alternative.
> 	If the mother does not want a child, adoption is a wonderful
> 	solution. There are many families in the world who are not able
> 	to have children or just would like more children and spend
> 	years on waiting lists - sometimes with no result. Why not turn
> 	turn a mistake or accident into another's joy or miracle?

Jane Doe is a systems analyst making 45K/year. She is involved in a serious 
relationship with Bruce Smith, and they have been seeing each other for 3 
years. They have discussed bringing a permanancy to their relationship, but 
Jane has been moving up in the company in leaps and bounds and is on a very 
prosperous carreer track.

Jane and Bruce enjoy a healthy and active sex life. Jane uses a diaphram and 
spermacide in her encounters (showing that she is trying to be
sexually/reproductivly responsible).

One day Jane and Bruce find out that Jane has missed her period. This comes as 
a surprise to both as they have been behaving in a responsible manner. Now, 
they have to face some tough questions.

1) Bruce wants to marry Jane and "do the right thing"
2) Jane is due to make the move to management in about six months
3) In the relationship Jane is the obvious breadwinner
4) Jane doesn't want to be a wife or a mother at this time

By elimination of the option/choice of abortion, Jane has no choice but to 
watch her career stop. Unfortunatly, things around her won't. The business will 
have no choice but to skip over her and place someone else in the management 
position.

Jane has been, overall, a responsible person. Elimination of this choice 
penalizes her in such a way as to distroy her opportunities for advancement in 
her field. It causes her to break her life for a period that will make it 
impossible for her to continue to be successful. This is a very high penalty 
for Jane to have to pay for the faulty placement of a contraceptive device. Why 
should Jane be forced to go through the entire process of pregnancy, and lose 
her career? Who benefits from this loss of a talented person?

Now, I know that not every abortion performed is a Jane Doe. I also know that 
this is an extreme example, but by outlawing the option, this example is a 
possible scenario.

Yes, for some adoption is a solution, but for many others it is not. Adoption 
is an alternative if the choice is made to continue with an unwanted pregnancy, 
but not if your desire is to avoid the pregnancy altogether.

I hope this clearly explains why choice is there. Now, being pro-choice doesn't 
mean that the person supports the act of abortion. It does mean that the 
person supports freedom of choice by the individual without limitations in 
relation to (minimally) reproduction.

jmi
ivler@mdcbbs.com
Candidate for Congress - '94
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