Alca wrote:My signature? There's a slight dichotomy between talking about performing an abortion with a coat hanger, and the contents of my signature, don't you think?
Not in terms of edginess, but maybe I'm just not as professional at it as you are.
Alca wrote:Those two statements aren't necessarily contradictory. I can still be for abortion while being annoyed at people who only get them only for their own convenience. The two don't have to be mutually exclusive. I can support abortion if the mother is poor, or if she's unfit to raise the child correctly. I can still think it's bad when women who are more than capable enough of looking after a child decide to get an abortion just because they can't put the effort in.
Can't put the effort in? Do you have any idea what it entails to raise a child? (no, you don't) It is not a simple case of "oh I'm pregnant- I am in a comfortable monetary situation and am mentally and physically capable of doing it- that means I should keep it". It is life changing. If a woman gets pregnant and simply does not want a child, who are you to judge? I'll answer that for you- you do not deserve nor retain a right to judge ANY woman for having an abortion, regardless of the circumstance. It is that mentality entirely that makes abortion such a shit conversational topic. Men thinking they have a right to have an opinion on something like this. YOU don't carry the child for 9 months. YOU don't go through labour. YOUR body is not permanently modified. In fact, as a male, if you got a woman pregnant you could fuck off just as quick as you bust a nut inside her. The reason you think the way you do is not only because you are ignorant, but because you will never bear a child, nor will you ever experience the thought process of a woman bearing/potentially bearing a child.
Not really. I'd think the same as I do now. I can't speak for anyone else, but I assure you it wouldn't change my perception.
I assure you it really would.
GTSYankee wrote:I also think if you're not a legal adult (under 18), you should be required to obtain consent from a parent/legal guardian. This is law in roughly half of the American states, but you can receive a judicial bypass. Essentially, the individual doesn't need consent from anyone. I just don't think someone under 18 is mature and level-headed enough to make that decision.
Why should anyone other than the woman who's actually pregnant get to decide whether or not she births a child?