Yeah, I should have been more clear. I was absolutely talking about infants. Not children.

Not meaning to skew the topic further off course, but I am also a total fan of closed adoptions. I rather think that the idea that a child or birth-parent popping up out of the blue 18 years later is a bit of a turn-off for a lot of prospective people putting their babies up for adoption. My adoption is a closed one. The only way for me to meet my birth-parents is to write a letter and send it to the adoption agency. They have to do the same. In other words, we both have to decide that we want to meet each other. If either one of us wishes to remain unknown to the other, we never meet. I can't imagine how weird it must be for those kids who grow up seeing their birth parents a few times a year on special occasions. I wouldn't mind dropping them a note to let them know how much I appreciate the decision they made, but I have no interest in actually meeting them. I am quite pleased with my "real" mom and dad.

At any rate, that's only one facet of my rational for being pro-life. Another reason is religious in nature, and that's a dead horse we don't need to kick again. Neither side is changing it's mind.

I DO find it fascinating how polar opposite the views on abortion are. It's one of those questions I am glad I am not in charge of solving. It's just one of those things where there is no compromise on either side possible.