What If the Coin Were Flipped

I am going to use this as an example of being a devil's advocate. I am not endorsing the following subject matter, nor do I believe that what I am saying is the way things should be, but reading another post in the abortion debate forum made me think of it, and I just wanted to throw it out there.

Let's pretend we live in a very overpopulated world where abortion is commonplace and accepted. However, pregnancy is not. Due to the scarcity of resources, most women are required to abort unless they can meet the following guidelines:

-They have to have at the very least 1,000,000 in the bank set aside to pay for all costs of raising a child, including their college education
-They have to have been married for 10 years or more and undergo counseling regarding the impacts a child can make on a marriage.
-They have to be at least 30 years old
-They have to have finished college themselves and have at least 5 years of experience in a job
-They have to have a house with enough bedrooms to accomodate their one child
-Families are only allowed to have one child per household
-The conception of the child has to be intentional
-Both parents have to undergo health and genetic screening to ensure their current and future health status
-Both parent shave to undergo drug screening and personality tests


The above listed things are some of the reasons women choose to abort: not being married, being too young, not having finished college, not being financially stable, not being healthy enough to cntinue a pregnancy, not being able to stay off drugs long enough to ensure a healthy pregnancy, etc etc.

So, let's say you were pregnant under the circumstances described above and you failed to meet the guidelines and they told you that you HAD to abort because the state looks down on teen parents/unwed mothers/impoverished parents/drug addicts, etc. The state tells you that you must abort because it is the law. "But wait!" You say, "I want to be pregnant! I want to have a baby! I don't care about all those things, I want control over my own body! My own destiny! I don't care if you think it is morally wrong! I don't care if it's the law! I just want to have my baby!"

Think really hard about that situation.

Now realize that this is what it is like to contemplate abortion with people condemning you for your choices. Imagine having to prove yourself before a panel of judges in order to have an abortion/keep you baby.