intenze -> RE: Women's Rights! (3/20/2010 7:10:33 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Elisabella No worries :) It was actually only after a couple of my friends had abortions that I realized they're a necessity in the world we live in, 5 years ago I would have been all on the 'irresponsible and stupid' bandwagon but today I think it's actually kind of amazing we have the ability to safely end pregnancy without endangering the mother too much. I still don't *like* the idea, but it's not up to me to tell people who don't want to be parents "either care for this child you don't want or put them into a foster system where they are likely to get starved, abused, raped, or even killed." Nice clean adoptions generally only happen for young middle class white women, or women who have relatives in aposition to adopt the child. The rest of the children...well I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I agree. I do not love the idea of abortion, but I have seen way too many people who birthed and kept the baby who had no business doing it. I have seen unwanted babies increase the cycle of poverty and child abuse. Foster systems are not that great, at best a temporary shelter, at worst the situation Elisabella describes. Adoption, however, does seem to (for the most part) be a good thing. I also believe anti-abortion rights is another example of religious conservatives foisting their morality on people. In my opinion, personal freedom trumps whatever card the religious folks are playing. It is not an easy decision when one finds oneself with an unwanted pregnancy. I always hope the pregnant person tries to stay healthy and deliver safely and get the child to a loving home, but if not, I defend their right to end it. Nothing is ever simple.
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