Moderation is key

Recently, there's been a huge spate of news about abortion rights and "pro-life" and all that jazz. Today, I read that the Catholic Church wants to oppose abortion rights and says that those who are pro-abortion should not receive Holy Communion until they change their stance. So I guess until I change my mind, I should not go to church or receive Communion.

Is that really any way to encourage people to be pro-life?

I think its silly that people get so obsessed about keeping the baby that they dont stop to consider the other factors involved.

In some medical cases, an abortion is necessary. What then does a mother do? Does she uphold the moral code set by the Church and keep the baby to endanger her life or in some cases, the child's life itself, or does she terminate the pregnancy? What about those who become pregnant through rape? Are those women expected to keep those babies? Yes, she can give the kid up for adoption, but for those long nine months, the child has to live inside her. What is she to do for nine months? Children, even more so with babies, need care and feeding. Its not as simple as giving birth to a child and then leaving it be. Kids are time-consuming and expensive. An expensive, risky and at times, ungrateful investment, as I see it. Adoption might be an option, but if no one wants to adopt the child, it will remain in the system until a kind soul takes it in.

What if the child has Down's Syndrome or something along those lines? Will the Church step in to help those parents who chose to keep the child? I may not be a parent, but it doesnt take a scientist to tell you that raising a child with a disability is challenging. It requires an extraordinary amount of patience and love; something that not everyone has.

While I agree that unnecessary killing of an unborn child shouldnt be encouraged, room should be given to consider the situation. There really is no need to be entirely pig-headed about the issue. Its the 21st century. Women have rights and a choice now.

Lets not all be neanderthals about the subject. Grow up and learn to be rational everyone.