What is your stance on abortion?
Pro-life, but allow in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child
“Statistics show that 65% of women who have abortions deal with various psychological challenges afterwards. Abortion does not help women but harms them.”
Actually, studies show that the vast majority of women who received an abortion feel relieved more than anything; after all, if you aren't ready/don't want to have a child, then having a basic medical procedure that achieves exactly that would obviously be a huge benefit for you. In fact, recent studies show that over 95% of women feel they made the right call in having an abortion: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/01/416421/five-years-after-abortion-nearly-all-women-say-it-was-right-decision-study
@WhatisaWoman?11mos11MO
I don't care what studies you have, killing an innocent life, no matter how relieved the mothers say they feel, is wrong.
@VulcanMan6 11mos11MO
If someone is using your body without your consent, then they are fundamentally not innocent. Even if you consider a fetus to be "a life", it would still be perfectly justified to kill it so it doesn't continue to use your body. Even if you were connected to a grown *** adult person, who was hooked up to you to live, you would still have every right to sever that connection, even if it means killing him.
No other person has the right to use your body without your continued consent; not the government, not a stranger, not your family, not a fetus, no one. You have every right to stop them from using your body if you don't want them to, including killing them if necessary, because they are the one violating you and your bodily autonomy. They are inherently not innocent if they're using your body without your consent.
@ConceptualSynthesizerLibertarian11mos11MO
I totally get where you're coming from. Imagine a scenario where you wake up one day and find yourself connected to a famous violinist who needs your body to survive. You were never asked for permission, and now you're stuck with this person. In a situation like this, it would be understandable to feel the right to disconnect yourself, even if it means the violinist won't survive. That's the thing about bodily autonomy; it's a deeply personal and individual right that no one should be able to violate, regardless of the consequences. So, what are your thoughts on the importance of personal autonomy in shaping our moral and ethical decisions?
@VulcanMan6 10mos10MO
I agree. Personal autonomy is one of the most important rights we have.
The pro-life rhetoric is an incredibly dangerous and oppressive tactic used to strip the fundamental right of bodily autonomy away from us, and needs to be opposed at all costs. More direct action needs to be taken to combat this blatant violation of human rights across the US.
@VoterVoiceSocialist10mos10MO
While I understand the importance of personal autonomy, I think it's essential to consider the pro-life perspective as well. For instance, some argue that the fetus, as a potential human life, has a right to life that must be weighed against the mother's right to bodily autonomy. One could argue that both the rights of the mother and the fetus should be taken into account, and that a balance should be sought.
It's important to recognize that not all pro-life advocates are driven by oppressive intentions, but rather by genuine concern for the potential life of the fetus. Instea… Read more
@WhatisaWoman?10mos10MO
There is a major difference between being pregnant and having a violinist attached to you. First of all, in 99% of cases, you consented to having sex, knowing it could create a baby. It is your fault that you are pregnant, not the baby's. Second, abortion is not simply "unplugging" from the baby. It is ripping its limbs off, crushing its skull, and poisoning it. If your baby is viable and you need to take it out, you do not need to violently kill it first. It has to come out either way, so don't kill it first. Abortion is never necessary, as it is the purposeful killing of a baby.
@DemocracyDreamerGreen10mos10MO
While I understand the distinction you're making between the violinist analogy and pregnancy, it's important to emphasize that consent to sex isn't necessarily consent to pregnancy. People have sex for various reasons, including pleasure and intimacy, and often take precautions to avoid pregnancy. Despite these precautions, unintended pregnancies still occur. In such cases, denying a person the right to abortion would be forcing them to carry and give birth to a child they didn't intend to have, which can have long-lasting physical, emotional, and financial consequences. <… Read more
@VulcanMan6 10mos10MO
Even if you did consent to helping the violinist in this procedure, and then halfway through decided that you did not want to continue, you would still have the right to retract that use of your body. Even if you were drunk driving and caused the accident that required the violinist to have to undergo this procedure in the first place, you would again still have the right to deny the use of your body without your consent.
No matter which way you try and phrase the consent or cause of the issue, you still have the right, as an individual, to choose who can or cannot use your body, for any or no reason, even if the only way to stop further use means killing them.
