Date: 2008-02-14 02:47 pm (UTC)
I am completely, adamantly, 100% pro-choice for many reasons, not the least of which is that--okay, I don't have any children, I have never been pregnant, and I don't know what it's like to be in that situation. But I also don't think that you understand what it's like to be a person who doesn't want children--not just not now, but not at all, ever. Those people have a right to not have children, and they also have a right to healthy, satisfactory sex lives. They shouldn't be forced to have a baby, and they shouldn't be forced to be pregnant fo rnine months, to have their bodies radically altered never to return to "normal" again--just because the condom breaks, or the birth control fails, or they made a mistake. I think those people, who don't want children and would probably be resentful, awful parents anyway, or resentful, awful hosts to a fetus, are being considered in your opinions. I do think that you have a point when you say that we should change the world to make it a kinder place to have a child in, but that won't make everyone want children.

Also, I have a problem with the fact that most of the people, the vast vast majority of people, who oppose abortion do so because of religious beliefs. And in this country, we're not supposed to have other people's religions imposed upon us. If I don't think a fetus is a life, if I don't think fetuses gain sentience or self-awareness until some point after birth, ...well, someone else's religion shouldn't be able to dictate what I do about my pregnancy.

Also, I have serious issues with illegalizing abortion because this is an issue that really, truly, only affects women. A man can walk away from a pregnancy without it affecting his life. No one ever has to know that he was pregnant and unmarried, he doesn't have to carry it around with him, he doens't have to give birth. Sure, the law says that he might have to write a check once a month and put it in the mail, but his life doesn't have to change. To illegalize abortion is to apply the law unequally. Forcing a woman to stay pregnant, when no man will ever be forced to do that, is. Well, I don't know, it's wrong.

And I'm really not trying to argue with you, because I totally respect your viewpoint, the fact that you're questioning, the fact that you can believe something is wrong and not judge the people who do it--I think that's beautiful, I think that's something we need more of in the world. But these are just some things I wanted to say, and goodness knows I cannot keep my mouth shut.
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