The headline on theweaselking's post was "So there's a Japanese Catholic hospital." That Catholic part means they don't want people using condoms, they believe they are morally wrong. The truth of such claims is a trifle irrelevant: while people believe in such truths, it is better to address the problems. The alternative is to decry their religion, tell them to just 'get with it,' and not do anything to prevent folk abandoning children.
It's not abandoning the child! It's giving the child to a service which will take care of it. The entire intention is to prevent abandonment. People've had sex, accidentally fallen pregnant. The difference between lack or failure of birth control is frankly irrelevant at this point. The issue is abortion, and plenty of people refuse to get abortions for moral/health/whocares reasons. At this juncture, leaving the child for adoption is not only the rational thing to do, it's the right thing to do if one cannot care for the child.
You are fine with abortion, and that's great. But not everyone is. This service offers an alternative.
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Date: 2007-05-17 04:02 am (UTC)It's not abandoning the child! It's giving the child to a service which will take care of it. The entire intention is to prevent abandonment. People've had sex, accidentally fallen pregnant. The difference between lack or failure of birth control is frankly irrelevant at this point. The issue is abortion, and plenty of people refuse to get abortions for moral/health/whocares reasons. At this juncture, leaving the child for adoption is not only the rational thing to do, it's the right thing to do if one cannot care for the child.
You are fine with abortion, and that's great. But not everyone is. This service offers an alternative.