Ursula
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Sorry, this might be rambly. This is a subject I feel very strongly about.
I identify as pro-choice. I believe abortion should be safe and accessible to any woman who needs one up to the point of viability. Past the point of viability, abortion still needs to be safe and available for those with medical complications.
Don't get me wrong. I don't like the idea of abortion. I wish no woman ever had to make that choice, and I can understand where most pro-life people are coming from. I just have a different idea of how abortion should be prevented.
I'm a liberal living in a fairly conservative area. Many of the people I know are pro-life, but some of the things I have seen show up on my facebook feed in response to recent happenings in NY have shocked and horrified me. I can get if you believe life begins at conception and all life is valuable, and that this might be why you oppose elective abortions, even if I personally don't agree, but I have recently learned that many of my pro-life friends are opposed to termination, under any circumstance, even when the life of the mother is in imminent danger. They keep sharing stories of women who had dangerous pregnancy complications or found out they had a terminal illness that couldn't be treated without termination and choose not to terminate. They call it a miracle if the women survive against all odds, and praise them for choosing such a noble death if they don't. They seem all-in on legislation that would make abortion illegal, no matter what, even if the fetus is unlikely to, or definitely won't survive. They even seem opposed to early induced labor if it means a baby might be born prematurely, because of the health risks associated with being born early.
I just don't understand how you can can say all life is equally important, but then support legislation that would put fetal life above the life of the mother. I feel like I'm being told that my life is valued by my ability to reproduce successfully, and if I can't do that, then I deserve to die. How many people out there really think this? Is this a thing that's only pervasive in the religious conservative populations in areas like mine, or is this a widespread view?
I identify as pro-choice. I believe abortion should be safe and accessible to any woman who needs one up to the point of viability. Past the point of viability, abortion still needs to be safe and available for those with medical complications.
Don't get me wrong. I don't like the idea of abortion. I wish no woman ever had to make that choice, and I can understand where most pro-life people are coming from. I just have a different idea of how abortion should be prevented.
I'm a liberal living in a fairly conservative area. Many of the people I know are pro-life, but some of the things I have seen show up on my facebook feed in response to recent happenings in NY have shocked and horrified me. I can get if you believe life begins at conception and all life is valuable, and that this might be why you oppose elective abortions, even if I personally don't agree, but I have recently learned that many of my pro-life friends are opposed to termination, under any circumstance, even when the life of the mother is in imminent danger. They keep sharing stories of women who had dangerous pregnancy complications or found out they had a terminal illness that couldn't be treated without termination and choose not to terminate. They call it a miracle if the women survive against all odds, and praise them for choosing such a noble death if they don't. They seem all-in on legislation that would make abortion illegal, no matter what, even if the fetus is unlikely to, or definitely won't survive. They even seem opposed to early induced labor if it means a baby might be born prematurely, because of the health risks associated with being born early.
I just don't understand how you can can say all life is equally important, but then support legislation that would put fetal life above the life of the mother. I feel like I'm being told that my life is valued by my ability to reproduce successfully, and if I can't do that, then I deserve to die. How many people out there really think this? Is this a thing that's only pervasive in the religious conservative populations in areas like mine, or is this a widespread view?