I really wish that this was fictional because I can't believe that someone could make such vacuous and amoral comments about having an abortion.
I really wish that this was fictional because I can't believe that someone could make such vacuous and amoral comments about having an abortion.
Actually, it's perfectly believable. I think I would have had the same attitude at one time, perhaps moreso since I'm male. I didn't give abortion a second thought. It was just something people did. It wasn't until much later, after I had thought about it, that it seemed so self-evident that most instances of abortion today is murder, the deliberate forced termination of an innocent human life. Regardless of what we want to call it to ease our consciences, it's not unreasonable to expect people to face facts. We can then go from there to argue whether certain forms of murder are justifiable or not. I think many people are pro-choice because they see it from a distance. They don't really give it a lot of thought and the default position is to allow the individual to make the choice for herself. It sounds perfectly plausible as long as you think of the fetus as a 'thing' rather than a new member of the species Homo Sapiens. I'll have to look at the pro-choice arguments in more detail. I keep expecting I'll see something better than the 'privacy' angle.
I can sense when a woman had an abortion. They are not friends of mine.