Dr. Larch's View On Abortion

Abortion has been one of the most controversial topics in American history since the 1840’s and there have been many different views that have been presented to the public by the media. For example, in the movie The Cider House Rules, it portrays an orphanage that is run by Dr. Larch, who is an obstetrician and abortionist, who mentors one of his orphans that he grows fond of named Homer Wells. Even though he grew up around abortion, Homer does not share the same views on abortion as Dr. Larch at first and he would rather take in more orphans. However, by the end of the movie Homer sees how childbirth can affect different people and the circumstances that should allow such abortion. According to the article “Pro-life Millennials: The Polls
Many women that get unexpectedly pregnant and cannot care for a child want to find a home for their unborn where they will be taken care of. However, in some cases this can mean the child goes into foster care, orphanages, or up for adoption. This can be very beneficial for some children as they have someone that can take care of them, but on average each year “almost 270,000 youth ‘age out’ of foster care without the emotional and financial support necessary to succeed” and some children are in the system for three years or longer living in up to three different households (Carter). This puts thousands of children out into the adult world with little to no guidance and complete independence which many are not ready for. Places like orphanages or foster homes only keep children until they are adopted, reunited with their old family, or turn eighteen and are put into the real world to be an “adult”. Also, many women that do not have the means to tend to a child and wanted to put their child up for adoption were either “too late for an abortion, didn’t know where to get one, or didn’t have the money to cover the cost” (Bencanann). If women that were unable to care for their child decided to get an abortion, then they child would not have the opportunity to get lost in foster care, be put in an abusive or dismissive home, and be forced to live their life on their own. Women that seek out an abortion do not want their children to grow up in unacceptable homes and with the alternative homes today, there is never a guarntee of what kind of family that orphan or foster child will receive. Abortion would reduce the number of children in orphanages and foster care systems and limit these children joining the real world without the right