"I'm Pregnant, Boo-hoo"

I've been reading, from a variety of sources, that people consider abortion "the most pressing issue facing our country." Really? So women having unprotected sex and getting pregnant, which by the way is what sex is for, and not wanting the baby is what's ruining America? I can think of so many other problems that are much bigger, like the price of gas, the cost of goods, empty store shelves and an impending recession. And then there's this:

Deaths by alcohol, drugs and suicide are on the increase. (186,763 people ended their lives in 2020.)

Deranged teenagers amassing weapons and then shooting at random crowds of people, in churches, theaters, grocery stores and schools. (There have been more than 300 mass shootings so far in 2022.)

The number of Americans relying on antidepressants to endure just being alive. (15.5 million have been taking them for five years or more.)

The number of homeless people sleeping outdoors in all sorts of weather, with no access to clean water or food, defecating on the streets of our major cities and adding nothing of value to our society. (In 2022, over 500,000 Americans are homeless.)

The rise in mental illness among our citizens. (Nearly 50 million in 2022.)

Youngsters deciding at an early age, before they know anything about anything, that the doctors "made a mistake." (300,000 teens in the U.S. currently identify as transgender.)

Aging people spending billions on plastic surgery to tighten their sagging skin and appear younger, despite the fact that their insides are getting older every day and they will still die. (More than 15 million cosmetic surgeries are performed annually in America.)

African American youth killing one another and an occasional passer-by on the streets of some of our biggest cities. (340 killed so far in Chicago this year.)

So hey, I'm sorry you got pregnant, honey. Go get an abortion somewhere -- it's legal in half the country. And be glad you have a roof over your head and food to eat and nobody's shooting at you.