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Can gay marriage end abortion?
Filed under: Adoption, Gay Parenting
In a provocative post at Democracy Forum: Americana, Paramendra Bhagat feels that anti-abortion activists should -- by the very definition of their cause -- be for gay marriage. Bhagat feels that by allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, we will create a higher number of stable households that -- in lieu of biological children -- are likely to adopt, therefore leading to fewer abortions.
He also advocates a change in terminology -- calling for the re-labeling of anti-gay marriage activists as being "anti-adoption."
More power to ya Paramendra! The more kids that spend their childhoods with caring parents instead of in orphanages, the better. And while, admittedly, I'm pro-choice, and I'm not quite sure the abortion rate would drop just because there were more families willing to adopt, this certainly seems like a step in the right direction.
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11-11-2006 @ 8:55AM
Kimberly said...I'm pro-gay marriage (and proud to live in a country that accords this right to *all* its citizens), but I'm also pro-choice.
While I agree that more families may very well lead to more adoptions (although modern day fertility treatments by no means guarantee this as the method gays will choose to grow their families), I don't see the logical link to a reduction in abortions. I think the logic there is a bit flawed, frankly. Abortion doesn't tend to be about a lack of stable households to provide adoptive families, it's about a woman's choice to not play the role of incubator for 9 months.
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11-11-2006 @ 2:39PM
Marylena said...The logic is flawed.
If I'm a scared young lady wanting to continue my schooling or to hide evidence of my premarital activities from my family or to avoid the result of a rape, I'm not going to be thinking about the fact that even more families are now available to adopt when I make my choices. I would be thinking about how it affects MY life.
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11-11-2006 @ 9:35AM
LS said...Gay Marriage will not help eradicate abortions. Gays will have just as much trouble adopting as straight people do now. The problem isn't with the number of couples who want to adopt, it's with the amount of red tape that must be dealt with, the legal nonsense (and not-so-nonsense), and the fear that in six months or a year (or longer, in some cases), the mother can change her mind and snatch that baby back. This is why there are so many foreign adoptions occurring in this country today.
I strongly feel that the way to reduce abortions is to have common-sense laws regarding it (none of this all or nothing crap), make abstinence acceptable and expected, and make adoption easier, permanent, and as accessible as abortion.
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11-11-2006 @ 4:08PM
trisha said...ok, I think the logic is flawed as well EXCEPT that gay relationships don't produce pregnancies, so there are potentially less abortions because of that. But it still seems like a weird argument.
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11-12-2006 @ 3:16PM
VL said...Are they suggesting that women have abortions because they are worried that they won't be able to find a suitable home for their child? I hear the waiting list for healthy babies is pretty long these days so that's hardly the issue. I also don't think that promoting the rights of gays to marry or adopt, which I support, should come at the expense of a woman's right to choose.
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11-12-2006 @ 3:16PM
Jan Rayl said...Isn't it worth a try? We have a terrific success rate!
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11-12-2006 @ 3:16PM
ann adams said...I'm not sure that it will reduce the number of abortions either but I'm for anything that makes more good homes available and that allows people who want children and would be good parents to have children; whether it's foster care or adoption.
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