emotionally charged diversions
“It’s a little baby!”
Here’s a topic that drives me mad. I’ll endeavour to show restraint and be succinct.
I’ll probably never have an abortion. After all, I have an easy life – I’ve never had to struggle for control, education, money or direction. I don’t need look far to see that life is not like this for everyone in my country, my continent or, indeed, the rest of world.
What I’m saying is, if I get pregnant, I won’t want an abortion. I’m likely to have some degree of choice in the conception and also have the ability to deal with the consequences. If someone else leading a very different life to me gets pregnant and is desperate for an abortion, I would prefer they had the option to terminate the pregnancy with the aid of medically trained staff in a sterile environment rather than, for example, using a coat-hanger and some chemicals in whatever space they can find.
And that’s all there is to the argument. Don’t be dragged down the endless emotionally charged diversions debating consciousness, fear-mongering issues like gender selection, and judging necessity. These should be left to medical professionals in conjunction with lawmakers and, finally, the ethical considerations of each individual in their own circumstances.
I agree with you so much! It really is an issue of choice, and while other factors do play a part, it’s not as complicated as many people make it out to be. I still find it strange that middle-aged, religious white men are the ones in charge of whether women should have a choice when it comes to their own bodies…
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I don’t think that the religious leaders debate that women should have a choice (although they would argue that it should be earlier than that!). They are simply debating the fact that the lives the women choose to end should also have one.
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That’s an interesting point. But I think you’ll find it’s impossible to give a fetus a choice. I certainly don’t recall my parents asking me if I wanted to be born. Life is thrust upon us without consultation.
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What? Using logic and reason on a topic as emotionally charged as this? You should be ashamed of yourself! 🙂
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Haha, indeed! I’m glad it seems logical to someone outside my head. Thanks for commenting!
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This is a topic that has supporters and opponents on both sides… for very logical reasons to each of them.
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Abortion is and always should be a very personal choice. To me I could never do it because I see life as having value. The little life didn’t choose to become, didn’t choose the mommy, and didn’t choose it’s method of conception. But those are “MY” personal thoughts. I agree the personal choice should be available. Though I would like to see (if it was consensual sex) that the father have some say, maybe not final and maybe not even equal, but he should have an opinion in the choice as well.
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Yes, the father would certainly have input under ideal circumstances. But I don’t think many pregnancies where abortion is considered are that straight forward. Better sex education and free condoms – that’s what the world needs.
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Indeed and with it we’ve seen teen pregnancy dropping.. way better than the unrealistic just don’t have sex approach.
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