Well first off, it is a government issue. The point of government is to promote justice. Since the taking of innocent human life is unjust, the government must make it a "government issue" as you call it.
Government issues are always what we make them. There's no real predetermined government issues. If we didn't exist neither would they.
I don't know if you have had the opportunity to talk to a woman who has had an abortion or read their stories. Abortion profoundly casts a deep despair on many men and women. The willing act of killing one's own child does not come without immense guilt and grief that simply does not go away over the years. It sows depression, anger, mistrust, sorrow, and many other problems. The American Psychological Association denies that abortion causes any emotional problems. People carrying these burdens are told "It's no big deal", or "just forget about it". But they can't forget. These problems manifest themselves in suicide, divorce, workaholism, alcoholism, drug abuse, sex abuse, and pretty much every other possible coping and escape mechanism. Many women say they just "want the pain to stop" and don't care how. Go look up abortion recovery if you don't believe me; there are many resources out there.
I don't need to read stories. I personally know of people who have gotten abortions. I certainly wasn't close enough to have a talk with these girls on the emotional responses they had or may be having. But I knew them well as people. The problems you listed could happen for a multitude of reasons. You'd have a hard time proving to me how making abortion illegal would correct any of the problems you listed.
Heck making abortion illegal may make a girl jump off a bridge, stab herself, commint suicide, become homicidal, drink alcohol, abuse drugs.
There may be resources out there but they are not the only ones. Situations aren't inherently good or bad. They are what we make of them. In all honesty I see more bad than good when compared to the otherside of the argument.
This is really a case of calling out for vengeance rather than criminally indicting a threat to humanity.
The pro-life tactic is a failed stance. You may not believe me, but hey whatever. Keep going with it let me know how it works out. In the meantime if you come up with any ideas that aren't about vengeance and divine retribution let me know. I may be willing to support such a stance.
People who can justify abortion as okay can then say "well if killing children is okay" then why not lying, cheating, stealing, etc. Men who shirk their roles as protectors of women and their own children then turn to view them as objects to be used and abused.
People can do a lot of things. While doing one thing can certainly lead to another, those combinations are so intertwined it's not even funny.
“I can prove anything by statistics except the truth” - George Canning
Now imagine this times 50 million. That is the problem we face in our country today. The social and economic costs are extraordinarily high. I should note that minorities, especially blacks are targets for the abortion industry. I can't say abortion has been a benefit to them.
You sure about that. About 300,000 abortions happen a year that do not include rape, incest, or a threat to the mothers life. That's about .1% of the population. If that small of a percent is reponsible for all that you just said yo're going to have to show me the money trail.
