is there anyone else who is pro-life AND pro-gay rights, or is it just me?

[bryantm3]

and beyond that, let's say these babies weren't so lucky. they could have easily been born with retinal malformation which can result in blindness. they could have been born with fluid on the brain which eats away at brain tissue, resulting in retardation. they could have been born with necrotizing enterocolitis, which means extended NICU stays and multiple surgeries.

who is adopting these babies?

if the mom is forced to carry her unwanted pregnancy to term and gives up her right of custody at birth, who cares for these babies in NICU? and where are the adoptive parents who want to sweep in and sit for hours on end at their babies' incubator, praying for a miracle to heal them? assuming they survive their health complications, who is waiting to adopt the poor baby with cerebral palsy resulting from birth complications? who's waiting to adopt the baby with down syndrome?

where are these legions of adoptive parents, willing to take on the children of complicated pregnancies and deliveries? have you signed up to be an adoptive parent yet?

you automatically assume that most women who have abortions do so because their pregnancy becomes a danger to their own personal health. as i have stated time and time again, the doctor should be able to perform an abortion if the situation is like the one above. in addition, abortion doesn't magically get rid of birth defects in newborn children, as most children aborted are not aborted because of complications in childbirth:
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3711005.pdf

That poll, conducted in 2002 by the Alan Guttmacher Institute among women who had abortions, finds that 93% of women primarily had them because of convenience issues instead of significant health issues or other problems such as rape or incest. these abortions are what should be eliminated by disincentives, ie: making it more inconvenient to have an abortion. not every aborted child has a birth defect.