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Blog For Choice Day
Jan. 22nd, 2007 12:50 pm( The Long Version )There were baby steps to becoming pro-choice. First there was the most basic concession – rape, incest, health of mother. Those women weren't "asking for it," as it were. Then there was the personal – it'd be okay if I had an abortion. After all, mine would be okay because I wasn't just running around having them all willy-nilly, like birth control. I'd probably only have one, if it came down to that.
Then, the realization that, well, isn't it birth control? By stopping a birth, one is controlling their life and family, thus, birth control. And why should anyone be condemned for getting pregnant? You wouldn't deny medical treatment to a car crash victim, but weren't they "asking for it" by getting behind the wheel? Don’t they know the risks? Even if they wear a seatbelt, that isn't 100% protection! Also, given that they're not cheap, often involve needing a chaperone to get one past protestors, and involves an operation, I don't imagine too many women that are using "revolving door abortion" instead of say, the Pill. And really, if we want to prevent abortion, we should educate people better on how to not get pregnant in the first place. Instead, we have abstinence-only "education", which lies about science, lies about contraception, and teaches the precious children to believe in outdated gender role stereotypes.
I am pro-choice because I believe everyone should have choices and education in life. That's the American dream, right? If you want to be Quiverfull and go have 15 children, that's your right. Your choice. If I want to have 0 children, that is my right, my choice. And just as I would never force sterilization onto anyone who wants to have 15 children, I would ask that no one take away my right to choose condoms or Pills or diaphragms or fertility awareness or tubal ligations or abortion.
People have abortions for many reasons, some good and some bad. The same can be said about childbirth. No one's calling to outlaw pregnancy because one time a couple had a kid because they thought it would save their failing marriage. Women should not have to be put on trial for their medical decisions.
Then, the realization that, well, isn't it birth control? By stopping a birth, one is controlling their life and family, thus, birth control. And why should anyone be condemned for getting pregnant? You wouldn't deny medical treatment to a car crash victim, but weren't they "asking for it" by getting behind the wheel? Don’t they know the risks? Even if they wear a seatbelt, that isn't 100% protection! Also, given that they're not cheap, often involve needing a chaperone to get one past protestors, and involves an operation, I don't imagine too many women that are using "revolving door abortion" instead of say, the Pill. And really, if we want to prevent abortion, we should educate people better on how to not get pregnant in the first place. Instead, we have abstinence-only "education", which lies about science, lies about contraception, and teaches the precious children to believe in outdated gender role stereotypes.
I am pro-choice because I believe everyone should have choices and education in life. That's the American dream, right? If you want to be Quiverfull and go have 15 children, that's your right. Your choice. If I want to have 0 children, that is my right, my choice. And just as I would never force sterilization onto anyone who wants to have 15 children, I would ask that no one take away my right to choose condoms or Pills or diaphragms or fertility awareness or tubal ligations or abortion.
People have abortions for many reasons, some good and some bad. The same can be said about childbirth. No one's calling to outlaw pregnancy because one time a couple had a kid because they thought it would save their failing marriage. Women should not have to be put on trial for their medical decisions.
