Death Should not be Our Form of Mercy for Unloved

Why allow a person to be born into a world where it is going to be neglected, abused, or abandoned? ask some of those who favor abortion.

While I don't like the idea of killing the unborn to save them from the world, I do side with the thought that we should encourage such parents to put the children up for adoption.

I think something like 20 percent of all pregnancies end in abortion. That's amazing. With that many lives being done away with, it does seem we should give more attention to adoption. If we could bring them into a good environment, instead of killing them, wouldn't we, as a society, do all in our power to do so?

If we are aborting them to save them from the world they are entering, let's deal with the problem: the world they are entering. Not that we can give them a perfect world to come to, but we can do a better job at seeing most of them into good, loving homes that have the financial means to take care of them.

Maybe us pro-lifers should, as some suggest, be working harder to improve the world the unwanted child is entering into. I don't think death is the answer we should give them, though. It is as if saying, "Life is not going to treat you fair, so we are going to take it from you." Death should not be the answer we give to someone facing a bad life. No, death should not be our form of mercy for the unloved.