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today was gonna be grand, until i saw this. i find it hard to say what i want to about it, because if abortion were that cut & dry, i'd probably agree. it's not, though. i've lived through the whole unwanted pregnancy situation, and it's not that easy to just say "okay well i think it's wrong so i won't do it." nobody said that an unborn child isn't a living being. anyone who doesn't needs to actually learn about pregnancy. however, a woman has the right to choose whether or not she's going to end the life inside of her. until that entity can survive outside of me, it's a part of me and no one should be able to tell me what to do with my body. no one can stop me from having an elective surgery of any kind. abortion is an elective surgery in most instances. to me, the argument that a woman should go on birth control so as to avoid an unwanted pregnancy is only valid when the woman in question: a) has access to proper healthcare and can afford contraception b) is not a victim of rape or incest. so if i'm 27 years old, struggling to keep myself alive with two shitty part time jobs, can't afford fucking nyquil let alone depo-provera, and i'm ignorant to my contraceptive options, what happens when i find myself pregnant by someone i only had a one night stand with ... i'm an opressor for choosing not to ruin that child's life? i don't know, man, i can't support the "prevent pregnancy" argument when a large number of women who become pregnant & have abortions don't KNOW HOW to prevent pregnancies. honestly. they think a condom is it. they don't know about learning their ovulation cycles, using spermicides or diaphragms. they just don't fucking know. in a court of law, ignorance is not a defense. so, in the moral court of your mind, is ignorance a defense? i appreciate men who want to be supportive of the women in their lives. i understand that these brothers, husbands, fathers, boyfriends, sons, uncles and friends want to "be there." however, if i'm married to you and we simply cannot afford to have a baby, do you not trust me enough to decide for myself what to do? i'm not saying a man can't have any say in the situation. i'm saying the exact opposite. this is, of course, provided that he's an upstanding supporter of the woman in his life. actually, i don't know wtf i'm saying. fuck it. let's not even discuss how WRONG it is to compare abortion to slavery. that connection is as flawed as flawed can be. what a load of horse shit. i guess that because if i were all alone, he never did anything to help me, and i had the presence of mind not to depend on a newborn baby to heal us, i'd be wrong. guilty as fucking charged.
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