Whether the Pro-Life movement is about babies dead or alive, it does not respect a woman's abilities & right to choose.

You can't legislate morals and you can't judge a woman by the choice she decides to make. It's a personal matter and no one but the highest Universal Power can determine whether she is fit for Heaven or Hell. Which is the lesser evil--bringing a child into hopeless circumstances or stopping the madness before it has a chance to take root? Such is the dilemma of a pregnant mother whose only obligation is to make the right choice for herself and her child based on her circumstances.

No one can know the future of a child born into unfavorable or detrimental circumstances. A woman must decide what's best and she should be provided weeks of counseling and emotional support, not just ten or fifteen minutes. Once she has had the counseling she needs, she must be trusted to make the decision that's best for herself and her unborn child. But choosing to terminate a pregnancy has karmic consequences. The universe will be the judge, not the people.

What happens to babies once the mother decides to have an unwanted child depends on many things that I suspect to be true. Is it about babies or about the market to provide fresh babies to adoptive parents? If such is the case, what happens to babies that are not adopted? You see, I don't think the Pro-Life movement is about all dead babies. It's also not about caring for unwanted babies after they are born. Once the baby is born, you can't return it to be womb, and there is no expiration date for a newborn child. We seem to care more about babies in the womb than about children in the livingroom (if they are lucky enough to have one).

Regarding a woman's right to choose, all we can do is provide knowledge, compassion, and emotional support with the understanding that the choice she makes is not up to us. Each woman must do the right thing--for herself based on her reality. I've known of abortions since childhood. There were fancy names for it but the results were the same--termination of pregnancy. I've heard of women dying by clothes hanger injected into the body to cause miscarriage. I've heard of unwanted babies being shaken to death, starved and neglected, beaten to death, or stuck into foster homes only to be abused and thrown away like yesterday's trash. Once they age-out of the social services system, the horror continues. The horror stories are endless. What mother would want to bring a child into a world like this? What mother would want to watch her child grow up on the streets as a victim of poverty living in a state of hopelessness, destined for failure? What mother would want to feed the prison system or the predators on the street, knowing her child didn't stand a chance?

Who are we to decide how a mother chooses to save the life of her child? If we lived our lives with a sense of compassion for mothers who face dilemmas regarding the future of their unborn children, if we stopped the trafficking of newborn children, if we stopped persecuting mothers who make the best choice under the circumstances, if we stopped prejudging and ostracizing would-be mothers, I think this world would be a better place in which to raise a child. Society would be filled with children who are loved and who have a chance at living happy and prosperous lives.

If you're planning to relocate to a new city, here are a few findings you might appreciate.

Are you happy where you live? America is the land of opportunity but whether we succeed or fail to achieve happiness in a particular city or state can depend on more than a job or circle of friends. 

Achieving success and happiness in a place often depends on whether we understand the politics of the majority population and especially, the religious preferences of that majority. Knowing how people view their religious preferences will determine how to interact with them, and interacting with members of a community is a requirement if we plan to live there for very long.  

No matter which state you choose to live in, whether relocating or staying put, it usually requires some type of mental adjustment or compromise. The question is, are you prepared to compromise, especially where religious practices are concerned? If you're planning to relocate to a new city or state, here are a few findings you might appreciate:

Source: "How Religious is your State?" Pew Research FactTank (2016/02/29).

1. Alabama	77%
1. Mississippi	77%
3. Tennessee	73%
4. Louisiana	71%
5. Arkansas	70%
5. South Carolina	70%
7. West Virginia	69%
8. Oklahoma	66%
8. Georgia	66%
10. North Carolina	65%
11. Texas	64%
11. Utah	64%
13. Kentucky	63%
14. Virginia	61%
15. Missouri	60%
16. South Dakota	59%
17. Ohio	58%
18. New Mexico	57%
19. Iowa	55%
19. Kansas	55%
19. New Jersey	55%
22. Indiana	54%
22. Wyoming	54%
22. Florida	54%
22. Maryland	54%
22. Nebraska	54%
27. Michigan	53%
27. Pennsylvania	53%
27. Arizona	53%
27. District of Columbia	53%
27. North Dakota	53%
32. Delaware	52%
33. Illinois	51%
33. Idaho	51%
35. California	49%
35. Nevada	49%
35. Minnesota	49%
35. Rhode Island	49%
39. Montana	48%
39. Oregon	48%
41. Hawaii	47%
41. Colorado	47%
43. New York	46%
44. Washington	45%
44. Alaska	45%
44. Wisconsin	45%
47. Connecticut	43%
48. Maine	34%
48. Vermont	34%
50. New Hampshire	33%
50. Massachusetts	33%