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In reply to the discussion: I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the procedure and the choice [View all]SheilaT
(23,156 posts)Here's the thing. There are circumstances under which I might find myself pregnant, and I'd be okay to have the baby, but some other women would say, "NO WAY!!. I'm not having that kid!" And it's not that one of us is wrong and one of us is right. But choice comes down to this: We (meaning women, and sometimes the men in our lives) need to be able to choose what's going to happen after conception occurs. NO ONE ELSE is remotely entitled to an opinion. No one. Ever.
Just because you (a very hypothetical you) would be willing to bring to term a child that won't survive, or will be horribly handicapped for her entire life, doesn't mean everyone else in that situation should also do so. Just because you (again a very hypothetical you) is not willing to bear and raise a child in inconvenient circumstances does not mean you should be forced to do so just because other women have been obligated to bear and raise a child in just those circumstances.
In short, choice is the operative word.
I'll return to my original statement: if men could get pregnant . . . .