I don't know if you're being serious but this argument seems really mean spirited to me. It's basically denying someone a way to remedy a mistake just to teach them a lesson. This is like not letting someone who got into a car accident get their car fixed in order to make them take personal responsibility for driving recklessly. Except instead of a totaled car they are left with an unwanted child, which is not fair to either the parent or the potential child.
You misunderstand me if you think that I think it's all about punishing people, or ensuring that they learn a lesson.
I am being serious, because in my view, you don't murder to fix your mistakes. Now don't balk at what I am saying. You already know that there are a lot of people who hold the view that "life" and "humanness" start way before a fetus exits the womb. That debate will not be solved here, so just assume that we agree to disagree on that, and take into account that that is the actual belief of some people. Not a "party line" or some slogan. We believe it is the truth. With this in mind, I am sure you can see that your car accident analogy is insufficient.
There are so many statements made by abortion proponents about the unwanted child, but how many of us were surprises? I was. How many of us caused fear and dread in our parents when they found out? I am pretty sure I did. My mom was 18 and my dad was 19. They were not married. They took responsibility and made it through. I am glad they did (though some of you may not be...
). I think a lot of the people who should probably not have children probably just keep having children. The people who would most likely be able to handle it and bring up an at least somewhat well-adjusted kid are having abortions. I don't know percentages, but you know these statements are true. I don't accept the "unwanted child" argument as a justification for something I feel is the taking of an innocent human life.
Imo this is the best argument for abortion. The right to control one's own body seems very basic and very wrong to infringe upon. Even if you think the fetus is a person, it's hard to argue that the mother is not more of person and deserving of the right to control their own body.
With what I said above in mind, about the views of life, this gets more complicated. Yes, maybe we can start doing life-value calculation when we are talking about both lives being at stake, but in most cases, it is possible to not get pregnant in the first place. People seem to forget this (by choice or otherwise). Pregnancy happens in only one way (sperm/egg). There are many ways to avoid that.
Therefore (this refers to everything I said), I don't want to pay for abortions.