@ryandog Maybe not all pro-life people think like this but here are my 2 cents. I am pro-life.
I believe we should have federally paid maternity and paternity leave for a MINIMUM of 3 months. However, I truly believe it should be able to be 6-12 months. Pelvic floor therapy should be paid for by insurance after birth. Women should not have to pay these astronomical prices for giving birth. In fact, I believe we should have universal health care. I think childcare should be affordable instead of the ridiculous prices it costs. CPS has an issue of taking kids away from families that simply need help financially and we should offer these families that help instead of displacing children. I think adoption should not be so expensive so that more people have the option to adopt. I think birth control should be much more accessible and free, but again universal healthcare should be implemented. Regardless of the religious beliefs of many people in the US, including myself, I think same-sex couples should be able to adopt and foster children the same as heterosexual couples. There should be no limitations due to them being a same-sex couple. This is just a snapshot of my beliefs and how I consider myself pro-life.
ETA: I am against abortion not because of anything in the bible but because I truly as seeing it killing a human. The first trimester of pregnancy is 13 weeks. Most women find out they are pregnant between approximately 8-14 weeks if they were not intending to become pregnant and did not suspect a late period was pregnancy. A fetus becomes viable outside the womb at 22-24 weeks gestation. If there are complications to pregnancy for a woman she is able to have a c-section or induced vaginal birth once the fetus is viable. The baby can then be taken to the NICU to take care of them. Again, I believe healthcare should be free so disregard the costs of NICU and c-sections here. Most complications in pregnancy begin in the 2nd or 3rd trimester.
As far as ectopic pregnancies go, I do not consider the treatment to cure this as an abortion. The abortion's sole purpose is to kill an unborn child. The treatment to cure an ectopic pregnancy just happens to be unfortunately ending the pregnancy to save the mother's life. I wish everyone pro-life looked at it this way but I know many don't.
Also aborting a child because they may have a disability, that is incredibly ableist. I would never abort a child simply because they had down syndrome or something else. In fact my child has a disability and I love him just the same.
I believe we should have federally paid maternity and paternity leave for a MINIMUM of 3 months. However, I truly believe it should be able to be 6-12 months. Pelvic floor therapy should be paid for by insurance after birth. Women should not have to pay these astronomical prices for giving birth. In fact, I believe we should have universal health care. I think childcare should be affordable instead of the ridiculous prices it costs. CPS has an issue of taking kids away from families that simply need help financially and we should offer these families that help instead of displacing children. I think adoption should not be so expensive so that more people have the option to adopt. I think birth control should be much more accessible and free, but again universal healthcare should be implemented. Regardless of the religious beliefs of many people in the US, including myself, I think same-sex couples should be able to adopt and foster children the same as heterosexual couples. There should be no limitations due to them being a same-sex couple. This is just a snapshot of my beliefs and how I consider myself pro-life.
ETA: I am against abortion not because of anything in the bible but because I truly as seeing it killing a human. The first trimester of pregnancy is 13 weeks. Most women find out they are pregnant between approximately 8-14 weeks if they were not intending to become pregnant and did not suspect a late period was pregnancy. A fetus becomes viable outside the womb at 22-24 weeks gestation. If there are complications to pregnancy for a woman she is able to have a c-section or induced vaginal birth once the fetus is viable. The baby can then be taken to the NICU to take care of them. Again, I believe healthcare should be free so disregard the costs of NICU and c-sections here. Most complications in pregnancy begin in the 2nd or 3rd trimester.
As far as ectopic pregnancies go, I do not consider the treatment to cure this as an abortion. The abortion's sole purpose is to kill an unborn child. The treatment to cure an ectopic pregnancy just happens to be unfortunately ending the pregnancy to save the mother's life. I wish everyone pro-life looked at it this way but I know many don't.
Also aborting a child because they may have a disability, that is incredibly ableist. I would never abort a child simply because they had down syndrome or something else. In fact my child has a disability and I love him just the same.
