20 couples for ever baby put up for adoption.
And that is your belief not mine. It’s a life from conception. And how is “destroying a life” better than “killing it”?
You are cherry picking your own statistics. It's 20 couples for every healthy, white child in PRIVATE adoption. It is not 20 couples for every baby available for adoption within social services.
Social services has a hard time placing these children. Even as babies. Statistics are it's mostly white couples who choose to adopt. Most of them do not want black, Hispanic, or mixed race children. Most do not want children who have special needs. Most do not want children who have been born addicted or exposed to drugs or alcohol in utero.
There are very few infants available for adoption through social services because it takes years to terminate the biological parents parental rights. It's not as easy as saying, "we are taking your baby and giving it to this lovely couple. Have a nice day!"
The biological parents are given multiple chances, years worth of chances, to get themselves together. Meanwhile, the child bounces around in multiple placements. Research "reactive attachment disorder." These kids have a life of psychological issues because of this early, chaotic environment.
How many at risk, special needs, or unwanted children have you taken into your home? Why not?
How many mothers with unwanted pregnancies have you helped? And then helped them bear the burden of raising a child they are ill equipped to raise? How many of these mothers were drug addicts? How many of these babies have you walked the floor with all night while they screamed in withdrawal? Do you have any idea how much these addicted babies cost to treat? Not just the immediate 1-2 months they spend in the NICU. The lifetime of psychiatric, medical, and educational support they need?
It's hypocritical to say you will make exceptions in certain cases to allow abortion. Either you believe life starts at conception or you don't. Who are you to decide who's life is more worthy? According to you life is life? Why should it matter how that life is conceived? A child conceived in rape could grow up to be a great philanthropist. A child conc5in incest could, too. You can't accuse people of playing God and then do it yourself.
Also, it's hypocritical to call yourself pro-life and support the death penalty. Life is life. Again, you are playing God. Who are you to decide who's life has value. Even Ted Bundy's life had value to his mother.
You gave a long personal anecdote about your friend who had the miracle baby who was told the baby would never survive and the mother wouldn't either and they both were peachy.
There have been many, actual, documented cases of people convicted of murder, rape, pedophilia who were, in fact, not guilty. How many do you think have actually gone to their deaths?