I'm pro-choice, but I'm also certainly very pro-life. I'm not anti-life, for certain. I believe, that even though abortion wouldn't be MY personal choice, it should be available and protected for women who have NO other choice. There are plenty of unwanted children in the world as it is, and people aren't exactly clamoring to adopt. I should also point out that when abortion was illegal, people still found ways to have it done - ways that were dangerous, inhumane, unhealthy, unsafe... It's not going to magically go away when the government stops protecting it.
When "pro-life" rhetoric becomes downright dangerous is when it's coupled with the current "regulations" being passed that give doctors the ability to be "conscientious objectors" to medical procedures or prescriptions they disagree with. Down to a pharmacist being within his rights to reject supplying birth control pills. Add to that, that Palin doesn't seem to support sex education, and you've got a really, really bad mix, in my opinion. If you're going to outlaw abortion at LEAST give people the proper tools to avoid getting pregnant.
As well, if you were raped, or molested by a family member, would you really want to carry that child to term?
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Date: 2008-08-30 12:00 am (UTC)I'm pro-choice, but I'm also certainly very pro-life. I'm not anti-life, for certain. I believe, that even though abortion wouldn't be MY personal choice, it should be available and protected for women who have NO other choice. There are plenty of unwanted children in the world as it is, and people aren't exactly clamoring to adopt. I should also point out that when abortion was illegal, people still found ways to have it done - ways that were dangerous, inhumane, unhealthy, unsafe... It's not going to magically go away when the government stops protecting it.
When "pro-life" rhetoric becomes downright dangerous is when it's coupled with the current "regulations" being passed that give doctors the ability to be "conscientious objectors" to medical procedures or prescriptions they disagree with. Down to a pharmacist being within his rights to reject supplying birth control pills. Add to that, that Palin doesn't seem to support sex education, and you've got a really, really bad mix, in my opinion. If you're going to outlaw abortion at LEAST give people the proper tools to avoid getting pregnant.
As well, if you were raped, or molested by a family member, would you really want to carry that child to term?