Abortion

[andrewducker]

I say that I'm pro-choice, but the truth is that I'm actually anti-abortion. Rather, I'm pro-making sure that women have the resources and education available so that there's no need for abortions save those performed for medical reasons. The best way to stop abortions is to stop the need for abortions -- not with abstinence education that tells girls they're naughty for getting knocked up but doesn't tell them how to prevent it, but with realistic sex education and more resources for young women who find themselves pregnant and unable to afford prenatal care and postnatal expenses of raising a child

Which pretty much sums up how I feel.

Stolen from the ever-vigilant Lady Sysiphus.

Comments

[cx650.livejournal.com]

I don't think I have stated anywhere that I am anti-choice. I am just asking questions as to when the rights of the foetus/unborn child begin.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Why would a foetus need rights?

Forgive me for the confusion: due to some piece of Jungian humour, I have been arguing with anti-choicers who used that very equation several times: that forcing a woman to have a baby she doesn't want somehow equals the woman "accepting responsibility".