The Atheist Obsession with Insulting Christians

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What about the rights of unborn women?

My two cents on abortion:

I am Pro-Choice.

However, I am not without reservations about it.

I found out someone close to me had an abortion.

I wasn't meant to find out, and I wish I hadn't.
The knowledge was thrust upon me.

I know this woman was mature and healthy, and had the means to raise a child;
and it is very probable that she used contraception, and it just didn't work.

I am disappointed in her, that she chose not to have and raise the baby,
since I know she could probably could have done so.

From where I stood,

it seemed to be a case
of her allowing her inconvenience to trump that child's chance at life.

However, I am not in her shoes,
and I don't know all the details.

If I did, my opinion might, or might not change.

The point is, I am not her, and I cannot make her decision for her.

If I, personally, was to become pregnant now, at this stage of my life,

- even if it was from a one-night-stand,
- even if I had been on the Pill and had used other means of contraception as well,
- even though I have never wanted to be a mother,
- even though it would not be easy,
- and even though I am Pro-Choice

....I would choose try to deliver a healthy baby and raise it to the best of my ability.

But here's the thing:

What I choose for myself might not be the right choice for someone else.

The factors are countless and varied.

Is abortion sometimes abused...wrongly employed as a means of birth control?  Yes.

Is abortion, in other cases, the only logical and humane solution?  Yes.

Are there females who regret having abortions?  Yes.

Are there females who regret NOT having abortions?  Yes.

THERE WILL NEVER BE A SOLUTION THAT IS 100% IDEAL.

Therefore,

the bottom line, for me, is this:

I can't make choices for other people,
and I don't think a judge or a committee or a politician or a religious leader
should be entitled to make this choice for people, either.  Even for a minor.

you can and should educate,
you can and should counsel,

...but she has to make the decision for herself,
and it's not a decision she wants to make.

We have the technology to successfully perform abortions in a clinical environment.

Making this technology unavailable to women is not going to remove the problem,
and it will increase other problems.

It is unnatural, yes...but so what?  That is no argument.
Everything mankind does, is unnatural.

For me, because of these factors,
despite that it will never be 100% satisfactory,
it is a decision that must be left to the mother.

The technology, education, counseling, support, and privacy
must be made available to ALL women,
because all their cases are different,
and it is not something any of us are qualified to pass judgment upon.

and the rest of the world is just going to have to accept
that abortion falls into its own category of human rights,
and it is the mother's decision, alone,
and it is she who must live with that decision.


I, myself, am not 100% happy with this reality.

but I see that it is the lesser of all the evils,

and no solution is going to be ideal.

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There is literally nothing in this I disagree with.

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