I agree with you, rc..... I do have a bone to pick with the "patriarchal religious zealot" part of your comment. It may not be what you meant, but I get annoyed by the idea that the reason I, a woman and mother, have the opinion I do about abortion is because of a slavish, meek, adherence to what a bunch of men administering my religion have told me to think. Again, I apologize if I am painting you with the broad brush of one of my pet peeves. I am an American, a woman, a feminist, and a person who tries my best to form my opinions based on using my God-given ability to reason and get all the information I can on an issue. And based on all that, I have my beliefs about abortion, and accept and respect the fact that others have their own beliefs.
I have to disagree politely. All of this information was out there, and I thought it was very clear. But as you know, a lie travels around the world before the truth has the chance to put its boots on. Planned Parenthood was always pointing out what happens when women can't get abortions, pointing to countries like Ireland and Poland. Medical associations were also proactive. But you just can't force people to absorb things they don't want to absorb. Some people really want to think that "after-birth abortions" is a thing. And some men just think women's issues aren't important. I don't get it either, but I don't think it's a messaging fail, more of an empathy fail.
They donтАЩt want to listen. And ask yourself -- if youтАЩd had an abortion, would you want to publicize it for any purpose, given how insane pro-life people can be? You want to be called a baby killer? Get doxxed by project Veritas types? Be stalked on social media or have people turn up at your home or work?
Pro-lifers have done their damndest to shut down discussion of who has abortions and why, all in favor of their religious and political ideologies. If people donтАЩt know that you canтАЩt implant an ectopic pregnancy in the uterus, thank pro-lifers.
I agree with you, rc..... I do have a bone to pick with the "patriarchal religious zealot" part of your comment. It may not be what you meant, but I get annoyed by the idea that the reason I, a woman and mother, have the opinion I do about abortion is because of a slavish, meek, adherence to what a bunch of men administering my religion have told me to think. Again, I apologize if I am painting you with the broad brush of one of my pet peeves. I am an American, a woman, a feminist, and a person who tries my best to form my opinions based on using my God-given ability to reason and get all the information I can on an issue. And based on all that, I have my beliefs about abortion, and accept and respect the fact that others have their own beliefs.
I have to disagree politely. All of this information was out there, and I thought it was very clear. But as you know, a lie travels around the world before the truth has the chance to put its boots on. Planned Parenthood was always pointing out what happens when women can't get abortions, pointing to countries like Ireland and Poland. Medical associations were also proactive. But you just can't force people to absorb things they don't want to absorb. Some people really want to think that "after-birth abortions" is a thing. And some men just think women's issues aren't important. I don't get it either, but I don't think it's a messaging fail, more of an empathy fail.
They donтАЩt want to listen. And ask yourself -- if youтАЩd had an abortion, would you want to publicize it for any purpose, given how insane pro-life people can be? You want to be called a baby killer? Get doxxed by project Veritas types? Be stalked on social media or have people turn up at your home or work?
Pro-lifers have done their damndest to shut down discussion of who has abortions and why, all in favor of their religious and political ideologies. If people donтАЩt know that you canтАЩt implant an ectopic pregnancy in the uterus, thank pro-lifers.