Last entry on abortion for awhile, I swear
filed in Uncategorized on Mar.18, 2002
In the end, it doesn’t matter whether you think abortion is right or wrong. It has to be legal if we expect to move our nation forward.
- If we deny women reproductive freedom, we deny them a place in society. Women are not baby factories, and we must understand that and exploit the potential of our entire population to get an edge in the world.
- A woman that wants an abortion probably doesn’t want to be pregnant. A woman that doesn’t want to be pregnant probably won’t change her lifestyle to improve the chances of a child she hopes she never knows. Forcing women to have underdeveloped, premature children that they hate and never want to see is not a good idea.
- Women will have abortions. Changing the legality only changes the safety level. People will have sex before marriage. Removing sex education only raises the level of pregnancy and disease. Having blanket policies like an undeniable right to life, or that children are the punishment for pleasure sex is a narrowsighted and arrogant way of ignoring the harder problems. Pro-life is a zero-tolerance policy on women’s rights.
The pro-life ideology is really a desperate clinging to a time when a woman’s place was barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. If a woman chooses to live her life that way, I have no problem with it. I just don’t think we should force all women to live that way. At least, that’s my opinion.
Mar 18th, 2002 on 2:16 pm
I agree…
Outside of a religious viewpoint, moral viewpoint, etc…
Women are people, men are people. People deserve a choice about their bodies, what they believe, what they do in life and about their lives otherwise they are incomplete and less than people.
Inside of a religious viewpoint: People were given a free will for a reason. The right to choose, for good of ill the way they will live thier lives. No one else has the right to make moral decisions for anyone else. They can guide and advise, but never dictate.
Apr 19th, 2002 on 10:30 pm
I think its awesome that you should say this.
I have to agree with you. The other thing that bothers me is people saying that doctor assisted suicide is wrong. People should have that option available if they are in severe pain that won’t go away or are dying slowly.
Apr 20th, 2002 on 12:58 am
Re: I think its awesome that you should say this.
Agreed.