8/21/2004: Tiniest baby grows up well

[garnet]

Originally Posted by mickja1

Griff, you make an excellent point. I also heard an interesting comment on the economic impact that abortion has had on our country (as well as Japan, where abortion has been legal since 1957 I think)--fewer workers! We have about 20 million fewer working Americans because of abortion (4,000 abortions per day in U.S. X 365 days/yr X 31 years = 45 million, 20 million of which would be old enough to work now). Staggering!

Humans aren't exactly an endangered species. More people isn't the answer to our problems--we need to take care of the ones that are already here first. Somehow I doubt having 20 million more people in our already over-taxed infrastructure would be a good thing.

[mickja1]

Or 20 million fewer people paying into social security!

[xoxoxoBruce]

They don't pay if they can't find a job.

[glatt]

MickJa,
Just who do you think is getting the abortions? It's not financially stable, married couples who are in their prime child rearing point in life, hoping to have kids they can love and take care of. For the most part, it's the exact opposite of that. Of course the aborted babies would have been more likely to draw welfare than pay into it, had they been born.

These babies were unwanted. And that speaks volumes about what they would have been like had they been born.

[garnet]

Originally Posted by mickja1

Or 20 million fewer people paying into social security!

Never heard that argument from a pro-lifer before. That's just plain hilarious.

And since we're "short" all these workers, maybe we should open up our borders to anybody who wants to come to this country. I bet it wouldn't take long to fill that gap so we'll have all those immigrants "paying into social security."

[wolf]

You really don't want to get me started.

Trust me.