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Since the early 60's[SUP]1[/SUP], the phrase "pro life" has often been interpreted as being in violation of a woman's bodily autonomy, by the following definition:
pro-life (prō-līf′)
adj.
Advocating the legal protection of human embryos and fetuses, especially by favoring the outlawing of abortion on the ground that it is the taking of a human life.
Advocacy for legal protection of human embryos and fetuses is essential to treating "pro life" as a political doctrine, beyond what I might believe about biological life. Here are some things that I believe are important to the life of young children: adequate prenatal care, parental leave (including adoption leave), and early childhood education. Abortion is like a miscarriage which is preventable. We can make choices at any time before pregnancy that stop an abortion from happening.
I am nominally pro life, because I resent the misnomer that is "pro-choice." You will find that I agree with the pro choice agenda on the importance of the three things listed above that are important to life. Not all pro choice people agree, but some do, and I don't like to think of people who abort as people who kill babies. When a life is lost by miscarriage or abortion, it is unfortunate for anyone who wants to add a family member to their group.
I resent the misnomer of "pro choice" which is assigned to anyone who believes a woman has the right to decide what to do with her body, because it does not include people who believe that men have the right to decide what to do with their lives. Biological life has worked with social life to produce and improve prenatal care, parental leave and early childhood education. I don't think it's pro life to take away these things and it's certainly not pro choice. The choice between putting food on the table for one's family and buying a contraceptive for one's family is not a real choice.
In any political arena, we have to deal with the questions associated with the scarcity of resources. I'm not interested in discussing the availability of birth control as a resource in this thread. Naturalists and feminists would have you believe that the simplest answer is also the best answer. According to the heuristic of Occam's Razor, feminists don't know what they're talking about. Condoms add a synthetic element to sex, and birth control techniques like withdrawal and the rhythm method require a significant amount of coordination. It would be far simpler to just make the baby; when you decide to not make a baby, Occam's Razor still applies. The withdrawal method will not work for women and the rhythm method will not work for men, unless men and women are cooperative.
Because men and women are not cooperative, how can society continue to support people who want to reproduce, without punishing those who are not prepared to reproduce?
1. pro-life. (n.d.) Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary. (2010). Retrieved August 5 2016 from Pro-lifeww.thefreedictionary.com/pro-life - definition of pro-lifeww.thefreedictionary.com/pro-life by The Free Dictionary
pro-life (prō-līf′)
adj.
Advocating the legal protection of human embryos and fetuses, especially by favoring the outlawing of abortion on the ground that it is the taking of a human life.
Advocacy for legal protection of human embryos and fetuses is essential to treating "pro life" as a political doctrine, beyond what I might believe about biological life. Here are some things that I believe are important to the life of young children: adequate prenatal care, parental leave (including adoption leave), and early childhood education. Abortion is like a miscarriage which is preventable. We can make choices at any time before pregnancy that stop an abortion from happening.
I am nominally pro life, because I resent the misnomer that is "pro-choice." You will find that I agree with the pro choice agenda on the importance of the three things listed above that are important to life. Not all pro choice people agree, but some do, and I don't like to think of people who abort as people who kill babies. When a life is lost by miscarriage or abortion, it is unfortunate for anyone who wants to add a family member to their group.
I resent the misnomer of "pro choice" which is assigned to anyone who believes a woman has the right to decide what to do with her body, because it does not include people who believe that men have the right to decide what to do with their lives. Biological life has worked with social life to produce and improve prenatal care, parental leave and early childhood education. I don't think it's pro life to take away these things and it's certainly not pro choice. The choice between putting food on the table for one's family and buying a contraceptive for one's family is not a real choice.
In any political arena, we have to deal with the questions associated with the scarcity of resources. I'm not interested in discussing the availability of birth control as a resource in this thread. Naturalists and feminists would have you believe that the simplest answer is also the best answer. According to the heuristic of Occam's Razor, feminists don't know what they're talking about. Condoms add a synthetic element to sex, and birth control techniques like withdrawal and the rhythm method require a significant amount of coordination. It would be far simpler to just make the baby; when you decide to not make a baby, Occam's Razor still applies. The withdrawal method will not work for women and the rhythm method will not work for men, unless men and women are cooperative.
Because men and women are not cooperative, how can society continue to support people who want to reproduce, without punishing those who are not prepared to reproduce?
1. pro-life. (n.d.) Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary. (2010). Retrieved August 5 2016 from Pro-lifeww.thefreedictionary.com/pro-life - definition of pro-lifeww.thefreedictionary.com/pro-life by The Free Dictionary