@KNOWITALL Regarding the drug OD’s some families and communities experience drug and alcohol deaths so much that it is like a type of holocaust. It’s very sad. Within the last year I lost a best friend and a friend’s sister died as well related to alcoholism. It’s very traumatic.
Late term abortions, I just don’t know how many are done when the baby would not survive anyway. Almost everyone I know personally who had a mid to late term abortion the baby would not survive when born. Everyone I know who aborted late term wanted their baby. I do know a few people who aborted late because of genetic defects, like down’s syndrome, and as far as I know their babies would have survived, possibly they would have needed some sort of surgery, like many babies with down’s syndrome do. I generally am against abortions after 5.5 months, and the law basically is in line with that. I am not sure what month you are using to mean late? We usually know if something is wrong with the baby by 5 months, thankfully, advances are getting better and better for early diagnosis. I know we don’t agree on abortion, but I didn’t want to ignore you comment.
I also realize that for people who are pro-life each abortion is like a death, like a genocide, so I respect that point of view, even though I don’t fully agree with it. I do understand why people feel that was though.
Suicide also, it is very sad. When someone is terminal or in chronic horrible pain I understand it, but suicide due to loneliness, despair, trauma, and life just being so difficult it is too much for someone to bear is a terrible tragedy that we must work to change. It is heartbreaking, and quite honestly terrifying to imagine it for myself. I know many people where I live with no children who at least in part moved here because of the social interaction and support systems encouraging friendships in later life. Also, sending out military into combat changes that entire group of men and women and their families. Not all are affected the same way, but so many have negative psychological effects. Very sad.