Soooo... I've been trying to get myself properly angry in order to rant, but that doesn't seem to be happening. I've decided to just give it a go as is. I have decided recently (after reading a few anti-abortion websites and  letters), that the current term "pro-life" is inaccurate and needs to be changed. From now on, anyone who wishes to be considered "pro-life", by me, will have to prove that they are doing/have done the following things:
 

    1. Forgo procreating and having children of your own. Until such time as all orphaned/unwanted children in the world are adopted - you, as a pro-lifer, have no right to go around creating more.

    2. Adopt one or more children or babies from an orphanage. Raise them, feed them every day, provide them with all the things they need to grow up healthy and happy, and put them through college. After you have raised one child, adopt another. Repeat.

    3. Willingly and happily accept any unwed, pregnant teenager into your home if she has been kicked out by her own parents. Make sure she has clothing, is properly fed, and visits a doctor regularly. Pay for all of her needs out of your own pocket and do not expect or accept repayment of any kind. After her child is born, continue to provide for both the mother and the child until they are able to take care of themselves.

    4. Volunteer all of your free time to homeless shelters, retirement homes, and shelters for abused children. As a pro-lifer, you should also be concerned with the quality of life - not just the quantity.

    5. Restrict yourself to one meal or less a day - do not waste a single crumb of it. Breathe as little as you can. Cease using natural fuels. Reduce, reuse,  recycle - everything. You should realise that as the population of the world increases, natural resources will eventually run out. All these fetuses you are 'saving' will grow up and may likely be faced with the problem of having to figure out how to deal with decreased 'supply' and increased 'demand'.

    6. Donate blood and bone marrow as often as possible. Donate one of your kidneys as soon as possible. Become an organ donor so that, after you die, all of your organs will be used to prolong somebody else's life.
 

    This is my short list. When you have done all these things, you just may earn the right to bear the title pro-lifer. Until then, I will consider the term "pro-life" obsolete, and will instead use the term "anti-choice", since that's really what most "pro-lifers" are (but that's another rant).

    You may have noticed that in my list, I didn't mention anything about killing other life forms (such as swatting flies, or eating meat). I considered adding something about this, but in the end I decided that it would be rather absurd. Most living creatures kill other living creatures in order to survive. This is just a fact of nature. I could've gone the vegetarian route, but plants are also alive. So basically, in order for a human to continue living, they must cause the death of some other living thing. A fully detailed explanation of this would be a 'rant' in itself, and so I chose to omit it.
 
 

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