I’m a day late, technically. It’s like, 2 am here, so, whatever. My will is good, all right?
I’m going to start this off with a little history lesson on Yours Truly. There was a time in my life when I was pro-life. I never felt strong convictions for the pro-life cause. I was in middle school at the time, like 7th grade or something. Beyond the few times I talked about it, I never really thought about it too much. It wasn’t that big of an issue to me at the time – but I was only a young one. (And holy shit – totally off topic – but this was over ten years ago! Ouch.)
Then one day, I had an epiphany. How does another woman having an abortion affect my life? …It doesn’t. No one is forcing me to have an abortion, so why should I want to force another woman into continuing a pregnancy she doesn’t want? The decisions she makes for her life and with her body have no affect on me what-so-ever.
That’s how it all started. To further things…
I believe women should always have the right to choose. Abortion is a very responsible choice. Sometimes, choosing to have a child you aren’t ready for emotionally and/or financially isn’t the responsible choice. However, it’s still a choice a woman has, whether someone else thinks it’s responsible or not. I support a woman’s right to continue with a pregnancy, just as I support a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Women should always have these choices, even if other people don’t agree with them.
I believe society needs to start caring more about women than a z/e/f. The “rights” of the unborn should never come before those of a woman who is already born. The woman should always be considered first and foremost, it’s HER body that the z/e/f is in and SHE is the one with the decision to continue or terminate the pregnancy and it always should be.
It is not any woman’s responsibility to have a baby for a couple who can’t have children themselves (there are plenty of children in the United States and the rest of the world waiting to be adopted – what about them?). It’s not the responsibility of women to provide a state with a tax base (as implied by the state of Georgia – and who says that the “tax bases” – aka, the children – will even stay in Georgia?). Pregnancy and children are not – nor should they be – a punishment for women having sex.
Basically, I am pro-choice because I believe women have the right to decide when they are ready to have children – IF they even want to have children.
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ARE THE UNBORN MEMBERS OF OUR HUMAN FAMILY?
The debate over abortion that continues to rage in our country is over one question. That is: Are the unborn members of our human family?
If the unborn are human, then killing them to benefit others is a serious moral wrong. It treats a distinct human being as a worthless disposable piece of property. However, if the unborn are not human beings, abortion for any reason requires no more justification than having a tooth pulled.
To answer this question, there are numerous textbooks of Embryology that can be summarized as follows:
• From the earliest stages of development, the unborn are distinct, living, and whole human beings.
• Not like cells you pluck off your hand or blobs of tissue, the unborn have their own DNA, and independent movement.
• The unborn are just as human as you and I, but they are smaller, less developed, more dependent, and in a different location.
• By the time most women realize that they are pregnant, their unborn baby already has a head, body, arms, legs, fingers, toes, a beating heart, independent movement, and is growing rapidly.
This description is scientifically documented truth, not just my opinion. Abortion advocates who disagree have the burden of proof on them. Abortion advocates need to prove beyond a doubt that unborn children are worthless lumps of flesh before we let them continue to kill those same children.
Arguments based on “choice” or “privacy” issues are simply attempts to obviate the fact that unborn children are members of our human family. I am vigorously in favor of a woman’s right to choose her own job, husband, doctor, religion, and an enormous number of other things. However, some choices are wrong, like killing innocent unborn human beings simply because they are in the way and cannot defend themselves.
Let’s lovingly reach out to women in crisis pregnancies, and help them solve the problems that are making them consider abortions, not kill their babies. Any woman who finds herself in a crisis pregnancy should call their local Planned Parenthood to discuss all of their options that are available to them.
NOTE: I added the Planned Parenthood bit. Other than that, I have not messed with this reply at all. I will not allow any piece of shit Crisis Pregnancy Center that spreads bullshit to be advertised in my journal, even by just name. Listen you pro-life, shmucks, you all need to go back and learn how to read. -semichamedlife
Comment by George Vozniak January 25, 2007 @ 2:25 amTo answer your questions, George:
They are only a member of the family if they are WANTED by the woman who is pregnant. Clearly, they would think that way about a WANTED pregnancy. A zygote does not have more rights, nor does it deserve more, than me – a living, breathing, contributing member of society.
They may have their own DNA contributed from the mother and father, however, this does not erase the fact that yes, a zygote IS a clump of cells.
No one is denying that when a woman is pregnant, she will eventually give birth to a human being. However, the official terms for the unborn in each stage of pregnancy is: zygote, embryo, and fetus. A zygote WILL NOT live outside of my body – it is completely dependent on a woman’s body to survive. As is the case with an embryo. It isn’t until the later stages in the pregnancy in the third trimester that a fetus could survive, but still, it could not be good if it is born too prematurely, which is why premature babies have so many issues – because they’re born too early and are still not fully developed (I am speaking generally here).
Nothing a pro-life organization – or hardly anything, anyway, and I am being generous in adding that – says is a fact. Get over it. Most of what is spewed by pro-life organizations are blantant lies in order to get to their goals.
Please go and educate yourself before you come to my blog next time, George. It looks like you need to go back to your high school biology class and listen this time.
Comment by semicharmedlife January 26, 2007 @ 1:38 am