I would like to point out that I consider myself pro-life. It do not think women should be using abortion as a kind of birth control, if avoidable. I just realize that the best way to accomplish this is to make them legal and safe, ensure children are taught about sex in a non judgemental way, and young people have access to health care and a variety of birth control. Also, stop stigmatized sex and childbirth outside of marriage. If childbirth out of wedlock is already viewed as shameful and a mortal sin, then what has that woman got to lose by terminating her pregnancy? Dogmatic rules about sex and procreation drive abortion rates up. I'm not just saying this, I can back it up with studies and statistics if asked.
But I am also pro-choice. It is not my place, nor the government's, to say when it is ok. There are too many possible places to draw the line, and since we've seen the lowest rates are in Western Europe where they are the most accessible, excluding Ireland of course where it is illegal and also more common, then we should not draw the line, but leave it up to doctors and families.
Now don't give me any slippery slope about late term abortions turning into murdering newborns.
The few times late term does happen outside of medical emergency, it happens because the woman didn't have access to the Healthcare she needed earlier! There are only 4 docs in America that even perform them, they won't become common.
Anyway, anyone who is truly pro-life should also be pro-choice. Because the one leads to the other.
But I am also pro-choice. It is not my place, nor the government's, to say when it is ok. There are too many possible places to draw the line, and since we've seen the lowest rates are in Western Europe where they are the most accessible, excluding Ireland of course where it is illegal and also more common, then we should not draw the line, but leave it up to doctors and families.
Now don't give me any slippery slope about late term abortions turning into murdering newborns.
The few times late term does happen outside of medical emergency, it happens because the woman didn't have access to the Healthcare she needed earlier! There are only 4 docs in America that even perform them, they won't become common.
Anyway, anyone who is truly pro-life should also be pro-choice. Because the one leads to the other.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
