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

Boggle

[green-amber.livejournal.com]

It's all down to feelings in the end

THis you talking???!!

Actually, historically rape was worse than assault because you were violating the property of whatever man the woman "belonged" to - husband or father. Property crimes have always been regarded as more heinous than crimes to the person in English law :-)

Re: Boggle

[andrewducker]

I've had the discussion where I said that either you end up with circular reasoning or assumptions you can't prove, yeah?

Well emotions are the assumptions we make in everyday life.

And yeah, it's property damage originally. But hopefully it's not that any more.