One of the things you're not supposed to talk about
...in polite conversation is abortion. Unless of course one wants to hail the topic.
One cannot be pro-life and progressive, I'm told. True pro-lifers value a woman's life above that of a foetus. True pro-lifers are pro-choice. Those who oppose abortion on demand are anti-choice, anti-woman, etc.
I call bullshit on those lies. I could make my call based on my somewhat different take on the concept of rights, of which abortion is supposedly one. I could make my call by claiming hypocrisy on the abortion front, same as they (rightly) do with alleged pro-lifers who support the death penalty or pre-emptive wars. But I'm going to call bullshit on abortion because it is simply an act of violence. The victims are defenseless, but even that is explaining it too much. It is wrong simply because it is a violent act. Period. There is no way to excuse the act of crushing an unborn child and it's removal via vacuum or forceps from the place where he or she is supposed to be preserved inviolate until birth. I will never understand how a mother can open up her legs and allow her child to be sucked from her womb.
I don't doubt pregnancy - especially from an act of violence itself - can be a terrifying reality. I faced the dilemma myself not but six years ago. Those several days when I didn't know were some of the worst of my life - because I knew I couldn't be a mother and I hadn't chosen to be drugged and raped, but I also was not on birth control when I was drugged and raped. And when my mind came out of its blackout, he was having sex with me without a condom. I was shit-scared my doctor would tell me that there was a little something implanted in my womb. My heart breaks for those who feel even half as alone as I felt those days -
But person A's transgression against me does not give me licence against person B.
And pregnancy is a naturally occuring result of sexual intercourse between male and female, whether it's planned copulation or a drunken roll in the sack.
And a life is a life. No, I don't support the death penalty. Yes, I oppose the current wars. I'm vegetarian. I don't believe in spanking children. At a future date, I hope to be a foster and adoptive parent to a child or children who need a home. Etc etc etc, blah blah blah. And I'm against the abortion of children in their mother's womb. How horrible I am, eh? To hear the shrieking of the uber-left, I'm nothing more than a traitor to my gender. How progressive a view they hold.
the women are equal and they may be ahead of the men
One cannot be pro-life and progressive, I'm told. True pro-lifers value a woman's life above that of a foetus. True pro-lifers are pro-choice. Those who oppose abortion on demand are anti-choice, anti-woman, etc.
I call bullshit on those lies. I could make my call based on my somewhat different take on the concept of rights, of which abortion is supposedly one. I could make my call by claiming hypocrisy on the abortion front, same as they (rightly) do with alleged pro-lifers who support the death penalty or pre-emptive wars. But I'm going to call bullshit on abortion because it is simply an act of violence. The victims are defenseless, but even that is explaining it too much. It is wrong simply because it is a violent act. Period. There is no way to excuse the act of crushing an unborn child and it's removal via vacuum or forceps from the place where he or she is supposed to be preserved inviolate until birth. I will never understand how a mother can open up her legs and allow her child to be sucked from her womb.
I don't doubt pregnancy - especially from an act of violence itself - can be a terrifying reality. I faced the dilemma myself not but six years ago. Those several days when I didn't know were some of the worst of my life - because I knew I couldn't be a mother and I hadn't chosen to be drugged and raped, but I also was not on birth control when I was drugged and raped. And when my mind came out of its blackout, he was having sex with me without a condom. I was shit-scared my doctor would tell me that there was a little something implanted in my womb. My heart breaks for those who feel even half as alone as I felt those days -
But person A's transgression against me does not give me licence against person B.
And pregnancy is a naturally occuring result of sexual intercourse between male and female, whether it's planned copulation or a drunken roll in the sack.
And a life is a life. No, I don't support the death penalty. Yes, I oppose the current wars. I'm vegetarian. I don't believe in spanking children. At a future date, I hope to be a foster and adoptive parent to a child or children who need a home. Etc etc etc, blah blah blah. And I'm against the abortion of children in their mother's womb. How horrible I am, eh? To hear the shrieking of the uber-left, I'm nothing more than a traitor to my gender. How progressive a view they hold.
the women are equal and they may be ahead of the men
posted by chickie at 9:56 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home