Diminishing birthrate

"From the perspective of the plan of salvation, one of the most serious abuses of children is to deny them birth. This is a worldwide trend. The national birthrate in the United States is the lowest in 25 years,² and the birthrates in most European and Asian countries have been below replacement levels for many years. This is not just a religious issue. As rising generations diminish in numbers, cultures and even nations are hollowed out and eventually disappear.

One cause of the diminishing birthrate is the practice of abortion. Worldwide, there are estimated to be more than 40 million abortions per year.³ Many laws permit or even promote abortion, but to us this is a great evil. Other abuses of children that occur during pregnancy are the fetal impairments that result from the mother’s inadequate nutrition or drug use."   -ELDER DALLIN H. OAKS

Marriage is a covenant between you, your spouse and the Lord. pregnancy within that marriage is ordained of God. having that baby boy or girl will bless you throughout the eternities, so long as you follow the commandments. When an adult makes a choice to have relations with a member of the opposite sex, and with that, resulting in a pregnancy... that unborn child has no say in whether they live or die. what ever happened to agency? shouldn't the child be able to make that decision for themselves? for someone to decide to abort their baby, is very selfish, and taking the agency away from their child. I feel that abortion is murder. the baby is STILL a human being, and should be treated like one. for laws to promote abortion, disgusts me. if the roles were reversed, wouldn't you want to live? Some mothers are even smoking, drinking, and using illegal drugs while pregnant. Babies are being born with birth defects and having to live with those defects for the rest of their lives. Don't the mothers care, about the well-being of the child?