For some reason, the blogs I read have been talking about abortion more often than usual.
I'm not totally sure what I think about the issue, but one thing really sticks out for me. I don't get this "rape and incest" exemption people talk about. I really don't get it. If you think abortion is murder, why would it be OK if the woman was raped?
I think it's because the people who talk about "rape and incest" exemptions secretly believe that women who chose to have sex deserve to be forced to carry pregnancies to term. There is no other possible reason for this sort of exemption. If abortion's OK, it's OK no matter how the woman got pregnant. And if it's wrong, it's still wrong if the person was raped.
This offends me so much. I never want to hear anyone say it again.
2 comments:
I never thought of it that way, but it makes sense. The next time I hear someone use that excuse I'll make sure to speak up.
I am pro-choice, but I got frustrated when living in our last community in the arctic. Abortion was used more as birth control and to get a free trip the Yellowknife to go shopping. I knew women who had had five abortions and fully admitted they didn't mind because it was a trip out. More education needed.
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