Quite simply, adoption. As far as that goes, in the 21st Century, with all the Sex Ed. and birth control available (if people simply have to instead of exercising a little self-control), there simply is no excuse for an unwanted/unplanned pregnancy. And don't bother with the rape/incest/life-of-the-mother scenarios, because even the most left-winged statistics have to admit that those account for like 1 or 2 percent of murdered babies. Let's just be honest: out of the millions of babies slaughtered, virtually all of them have been for the sake of convenience. Someone didn't take a pill; someone didn't wear a condom. For those who argue over a "woman's right to choose," then I say if she hasn't got sense enough to choose to keep from getting pregnant (or the man to have the sense to choose not to impregnate her), then she certainly doesn't have the God-given sense to decide what should be done to the baby once she's pregnant. And I might point out that none of it is the baby's fault. At that point, we're talking about TWO people's rights, not just the foolish couple's. All those babies slaughtered for convenience. We should be ashamed of ourselves arguing over careless people's "rights."

Am I being self-righteous? I've never been there? Wrong! I am ashamed to say that when I was eighteen or so, I was an idiot, too, and got my girlfriend at the time pregnant. Being someone who couldn't care less back then, I financed an abortion. And whether anyone believes me or not, there's not a day that goes by that I don't regret it (or think of the misery she might still feel, wherever she may be now). In fact, I'm weeping now as I wonder what my child might have been today, and what joy he/she would've brought me (or some childless couple). And who's to say that he/she might've grown up and benefited all of mankind, not just me.

I know this is an emotional issue that stirs strong passions. If someone is offended, there's no need for me to apologize, because there's no way to discuss this matter without offending someone. I just wish to God now that I hadn't been a fool then. An alternative to murder? There are plenty. God help us when we rationalize taking a life and put it on the level of a woman's "rights." And let's please not further trivialize/rationalize by arguing about "when life begins." That's easily answered with a question: When a woman becomes pregnant, what are the odds that in nine months she will give birth to what "the law" defines as an actual person? Try killing the baby then and see what happens. And law or not, we all know there are and have always been unjust laws. No matter how you cut it, there is no justification for a murdered baby.