AFAIC, the question answers itself: Since the woman bears the pregnancy, it ought to be her choice, and I doubt a referendum of women (only) on that question would ever be defeated.
As for the male role in all of this, I make a point of asking before engaging, and if the answer isn't to my liking I move on. A woman can also change her mind - she has that right - and since we both participated, then the responsibility is shared. Everything in life comes with a cost, including getting laid. Don't like that? Get a vasectomy.
Let's be realistic here. Women of means always have a choice. The burden of this nonsense falls squarely on the poor and abused as Caitlin pointed out. Bottom line: no one is denying ANYONE the right to bear a child, however, this argument tilts very hard towards forcing one's will on others, and on that basis alone, I reject it. I am NOT my sister's keeper.
ALL the arguments against abortion seem to revolve around emotional issues that may or may not have any relevance. The idea that a tiny little fetus would feel pain, or fear, or any of these other imagined "terrors," is extremely unlikely. If we lived in a truly compassionate society, the woman should have access to the medicinal means of taking care of herself VERY early on, without having to travel, or pay a lot of money... NONE of that kind of compassion ever seems to be directed at the MOTHER, only toward the BABY, and once born, it's on its own. One in five children go to bed hungry in the USA. While the middle class is destroyed and our country is run by billionaire oligarchs.
AFAIC, the question answers itself: Since the woman bears the pregnancy, it ought to be her choice, and I doubt a referendum of women (only) on that question would ever be defeated.
As for the male role in all of this, I make a point of asking before engaging, and if the answer isn't to my liking I move on. A woman can also change her mind - she has that right - and since we both participated, then the responsibility is shared. Everything in life comes with a cost, including getting laid. Don't like that? Get a vasectomy.
Let's be realistic here. Women of means always have a choice. The burden of this nonsense falls squarely on the poor and abused as Caitlin pointed out. Bottom line: no one is denying ANYONE the right to bear a child, however, this argument tilts very hard towards forcing one's will on others, and on that basis alone, I reject it. I am NOT my sister's keeper.
ALL the arguments against abortion seem to revolve around emotional issues that may or may not have any relevance. The idea that a tiny little fetus would feel pain, or fear, or any of these other imagined "terrors," is extremely unlikely. If we lived in a truly compassionate society, the woman should have access to the medicinal means of taking care of herself VERY early on, without having to travel, or pay a lot of money... NONE of that kind of compassion ever seems to be directed at the MOTHER, only toward the BABY, and once born, it's on its own. One in five children go to bed hungry in the USA. While the middle class is destroyed and our country is run by billionaire oligarchs.