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omimouseSo, turns out yesterday was Blog For Choice Day.
I've mentioned it a few times, and I know I've talked about it, so it really shouldn't surprise anyone here that I'm pro-choice. Why?
Because I've been afraid that I was pregnant when I had no room, no money, no resources whatsoever. I've been there, staring at a little stick, terrified. Because I am currently the only adult female of my acquaintance that has not been sexually abused. Because I believe that all children should be wanted; all children should be loved.
Because no matter what crap gets spouted, abortion is not casually treated as 'just another form of birth control'. Because if someone really does not want a child badly enough to go through everything involved with an abortion, then maybe, just maybe, they're really not kidding. Because birth control really does fail every now and then, even when used properly.
Because when pregnancy is treated as the 'punishment' for sex, how the hell do you think those kids are going to be treated? Because I believe it is better to return that little soul to the waiting line, as it were, than to cling to a pregnancy that cannot be supported, to a child that you have no room for, no resources for. Because there are women out there that have a damned good chance of dying if they ever try to carry to term, and they are still fighting to convince their doctors to tie their tubes.
Because this is your choice, each and every one of you. Your choice, and yours alone. Leave your Deity out of it, your parents, everything else. In this, we all stand alone, just a little bit. Is it easier to just say, "It's murder, so I have to carry?" Yes, yes it is. It means you don't have to make one of the most heart-wrenching choices you ever will. You've let someone else make it for you, and you never have to take that walk inside your own soul.
Because this is about the ability to have some kind of say in what happens to our bodies.
As I type this, I feel it worth mentioning that of course I would involve my guys in this choice. I'm one of the lucky ones, and I know it. Most of us will stand completely alone as we stare at that little stick, and most of us will stand completely alone in that clean white room.
I've mentioned it a few times, and I know I've talked about it, so it really shouldn't surprise anyone here that I'm pro-choice. Why?
Because I've been afraid that I was pregnant when I had no room, no money, no resources whatsoever. I've been there, staring at a little stick, terrified. Because I am currently the only adult female of my acquaintance that has not been sexually abused. Because I believe that all children should be wanted; all children should be loved.
Because no matter what crap gets spouted, abortion is not casually treated as 'just another form of birth control'. Because if someone really does not want a child badly enough to go through everything involved with an abortion, then maybe, just maybe, they're really not kidding. Because birth control really does fail every now and then, even when used properly.
Because when pregnancy is treated as the 'punishment' for sex, how the hell do you think those kids are going to be treated? Because I believe it is better to return that little soul to the waiting line, as it were, than to cling to a pregnancy that cannot be supported, to a child that you have no room for, no resources for. Because there are women out there that have a damned good chance of dying if they ever try to carry to term, and they are still fighting to convince their doctors to tie their tubes.
Because this is your choice, each and every one of you. Your choice, and yours alone. Leave your Deity out of it, your parents, everything else. In this, we all stand alone, just a little bit. Is it easier to just say, "It's murder, so I have to carry?" Yes, yes it is. It means you don't have to make one of the most heart-wrenching choices you ever will. You've let someone else make it for you, and you never have to take that walk inside your own soul.
Because this is about the ability to have some kind of say in what happens to our bodies.
As I type this, I feel it worth mentioning that of course I would involve my guys in this choice. I'm one of the lucky ones, and I know it. Most of us will stand completely alone as we stare at that little stick, and most of us will stand completely alone in that clean white room.
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Date: 2007-01-23 07:35 pm (UTC)