bound to obey and serve (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} elfundeb) wrote, |
Hey, I like a good abortion debate just as well as a good death penalty debate!
Amy saw a billboard for it with a photo of a young girl being led somewhere by a seedy-looking character. IOW, depicting legal abortion as equivalent to allowing bad men to lead your little baby girl astray.
Yeah, I'm sure the seedy guy was leading her down the back street to his illegal operation. Isn't that what happens when you restrict abortion?
While I very much support any woman's right to choose what to do with her body, I can see why so many people are so opposed to abortion -- I agree that it is pretty horrible, and I would never counsel someone to have one without considering the alternatives.
Making abortion illegal would be a fine thing to do in an ideal world . . . but in an ideal world people wouldn't have unwanted pregnancies, abusive parents or spouses, broken relationships, rape (including date rape) or any of the things that cause people to seek abortions.
Amy saw a billboard for it with a photo of a young girl being led somewhere by a seedy-looking character. IOW, depicting legal abortion as equivalent to allowing bad men to lead your little baby girl astray.
Yeah, I'm sure the seedy guy was leading her down the back street to his illegal operation. Isn't that what happens when you restrict abortion?
While I very much support any woman's right to choose what to do with her body, I can see why so many people are so opposed to abortion -- I agree that it is pretty horrible, and I would never counsel someone to have one without considering the alternatives.
Making abortion illegal would be a fine thing to do in an ideal world . . . but in an ideal world people wouldn't have unwanted pregnancies, abusive parents or spouses, broken relationships, rape (including date rape) or any of the things that cause people to seek abortions.
