And women aren't allowed to get sterilized either, with the constant "You'll change your mind once you're older" attitude, until they're MUCH older. It's easier for a man to get a vasectomy than for a woman to get her tubes tied, and this attitude is strongly wrapped up in the pro-life position.
You're pro-life only in the attitude that you can't approve of abortion, personally. The crazy pro-lifers on the political front, however, want to ban not only abortion, but also advocate lack of contraceptives. (According to one pro-life group, BC pills cause abortion, because it prevents embryos from attaching to the uterine wall.)
I can't see abortion as a regular method of birth control, but let's face it: how many women do? We only get abortions because we feel we have no other choice. Pregnancy is expensive in itself, even if we give up the child. Contraceptives are extremely hard to get.
If you're for contraceptives, comprehensive sex education and informed choices, which you are, you're pro-choice. ;) Abortion is only a small part of the pro-choice position; it just happens to get blown up because it's personally so contentious.
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Re: Generalizing much?
Date: 2009-02-06 03:21 pm (UTC)You're pro-life only in the attitude that you can't approve of abortion, personally. The crazy pro-lifers on the political front, however, want to ban not only abortion, but also advocate lack of contraceptives. (According to one pro-life group, BC pills cause abortion, because it prevents embryos from attaching to the uterine wall.)
I can't see abortion as a regular method of birth control, but let's face it: how many women do? We only get abortions because we feel we have no other choice. Pregnancy is expensive in itself, even if we give up the child. Contraceptives are extremely hard to get.
If you're for contraceptives, comprehensive sex education and informed choices, which you are, you're pro-choice. ;) Abortion is only a small part of the pro-choice position; it just happens to get blown up because it's personally so contentious.