Why I Am Pro-Life

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So... What about rape? Where are your bullshit "ethics" then?

I would hope that given that we live in an age where we are taught about birth control and the risks associated with sex, that we also be aware that every action we take has a consequence, and that pregnancy should be an accepted consequence of sex. That old chestnut, 'with rights come responsibilities'. People have a right to use their body as they wish and no one here is arguing to the contrary. But just as we take precautions when driving in a car, and are held liable for any lives we take with varying severity of sentences depending on the matter in which we take said life on the road, so should we start taking responsibility for the lives we take as a result of having unwanted pregnancies and aborting them. I disagree outright that this is squarely a women's rights issue, and feel that those who argue this are avoiding the crux altogether. This also isn't about demonizing women (though that is the popular argument it seems, and has become an accepted rhetoric unfortunately) and to vilify them because fuck women. As a woman, it is your duty to take precautions and practice safe sex. I'm not talking about rape here either, before someone decides to jump down my throat and call me a pawn of the patriarchy. I'm talking about statements such as these: "Oh yeah, it's the woman's fault that the guy she slept with didn't like to use condoms", ergo she was well within her right to abort the baby. It is the woman's fault if she falls pregnant, all cases of forced sex aside.

So people who don't want kids should just be celibate? That's fucking insane.

Are you dense? If people don't want kids, either use contraception + morning after pill, or if the former are unavailable, yes, abstain from sex.

You live in the UK. You can get prescribed all manner of birth control and have access to the morning after pill, too. If you fall pregnant but didn't desire pregnancy, what's your excuse?

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Ok, I can respect that. You think that they should keep it, but won't engorce it on anyone. We are all allowed to have out own opinion.

Out of interest though: would this make a difference in who you vote for? (In other words, would you vote for someone who stands against abortion and will make it illegal)

The option needs to be there for women who need it. I have only ever brought into question the ethics regarding the issue and why abortion is IMO a human rights issue.

I don't vote (or at least, I haven't yet). It would depend of course. I wouldn't vote for a member of the BNP party if they had a stance similar to mine on abortion, for example.