I guess I think human life is too precious to gamble on.
I'd rather protect the existing, confirmed person (the woman) than the potential, possible person (the fetus), because realistically speaking, in the vast majority of cases, if a woman gets pregnant and she's not ready to be a parent, forcing her to become a mother WILL fuck over both her own life and that of her child (and yes, there are inspiring Reader's Digest-worthy stories of moms and kids in such circumstances who bravely overcame the odds, but that's like saying that institutionalized economic inequity is okay because BOOTSTRAPS). Again, the reason I don't have kids is because any children I might father would literally be better off NEVER HAVING EXISTED than having me as a dad.
I'd rather see a cultural change than a political one, in this case.
I don't believe they're mutually exclusive. Tell kids that birth control and STD protection exist, at the same time that you provide abortion rights and morning-after pills for those who still get pregnant. In short, do preventive measures so that abortions themselves become less necessary, but don't rule out abortion itself. I commend you for your support of birth control, but I simply think you're a bit incomplete in your approach.
Yes, there are times when abortion is appropriate. I don't think "I don't feel like having a baby" is one of those times [...]
Why the hell not? That's why I'M not having kids RIGHT NOW! It's the same reason why, as a former military enlistee, I will NEVER support reinstating the draft, because I've seen enough of the problems that crop up even when people make a PREMEDITATED CHOICE to enter into a thing, so it can get a lot WORSE if they're doing something that they DIDN'T want to do to begin with. The fact that I don't WANT to have a kid is proof enough that I SHOULDN'T have a kid.
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I'd rather protect the existing, confirmed person (the woman) than the potential, possible person (the fetus), because realistically speaking, in the vast majority of cases, if a woman gets pregnant and she's not ready to be a parent, forcing her to become a mother WILL fuck over both her own life and that of her child (and yes, there are inspiring Reader's Digest-worthy stories of moms and kids in such circumstances who bravely overcame the odds, but that's like saying that institutionalized economic inequity is okay because BOOTSTRAPS). Again, the reason I don't have kids is because any children I might father would literally be better off NEVER HAVING EXISTED than having me as a dad.
I'd rather see a cultural change than a political one, in this case.
I don't believe they're mutually exclusive. Tell kids that birth control and STD protection exist, at the same time that you provide abortion rights and morning-after pills for those who still get pregnant. In short, do preventive measures so that abortions themselves become less necessary, but don't rule out abortion itself. I commend you for your support of birth control, but I simply think you're a bit incomplete in your approach.
Yes, there are times when abortion is appropriate. I don't think "I don't feel like having a baby" is one of those times [...]
Why the hell not? That's why I'M not having kids RIGHT NOW! It's the same reason why, as a former military enlistee, I will NEVER support reinstating the draft, because I've seen enough of the problems that crop up even when people make a PREMEDITATED CHOICE to enter into a thing, so it can get a lot WORSE if they're doing something that they DIDN'T want to do to begin with. The fact that I don't WANT to have a kid is proof enough that I SHOULDN'T have a kid.