Thanks are owed to the lovely Cairo (who I miss muchly!) for the link to this interesting and well written article:

The Burden Of Proof Lies On You, The Pro-Lifer. I can't even state in words how much I agree with this article. I so often hear pro-lifers argue that women should "just give it up for adoption if you don't want the baby", as if it's that easy. As if there pregnancy doesn't cause a drastic change in one's lifestyle. It makes absolutely no sense to insist that going through nine months of pregnancy, which at the very least would require the woman to miss work for some period of time and could involve severe complications, is not a big deal.

From the article:

"What I'm tired of is arguing with people who claim that it's "only" pregnancy as if it's a cakewalk for every woman; yet these same people haven't taken the time to thoroughly research the facts and implications of what they are supporting. You want all women to endure the short- and long-term side effects and risks of pregnancy, but you don't want to know what those side effects and risks are? You want women to "just" give up their babies for adoption, yet you haven't done the research on the state of adoption in this country? You think it's fair to demand the lives and bodies of these women, but it's too much trouble to try to understand the scope of what you are demanding?"