The problems with both sides of the abortion debate

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The most important part of this would be to shift ALL pro-life energy towards preventing unplanned pregnancies instead of preventing abortions. This is a win-win-win.

I agree with you until here. In the words of Bob Ross, "We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents."

Although I believe in voluntary eugenics, such as selecting genetically compatible partners for offspring, I think we'd inadvertantly harm the process if we muck about with the timing and overly worry about social convention. Women make their healthiest babies young, unplanned pregnancies lend themselves to that.

No more random one night stands.

That sounds super unfun. What would people do at conventions?

Encouraging abstinence

Okay, now I need to go get the pitchfork. Lol

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I think I could have worded that better. Perhaps instead of encouraging abstinence, which is too loaded, we could just focus on teaching people about how their bodies work (especially the female reproductive cycle) and what the consequences of sex are. There's more to it than just "sex makes babies," and we could empower everyone by shifting towards awareness of that. I think more respect for our bodies would naturally result in less random sex, especially if abortion was no longer an easy backup option.

I don't want to come across as though I'm saying sex is bad. But there is a cost to promiscuity, and I think most people just aren't consciously aware of it. It's something I have trouble verbalizing, but I can feel it. I hope that makes sense? And, thank you for the response :-)