I do not believe that we have a right to tell other people, women that they cannot control their body.
But there are too many "progressives" in positions of power who don't get it.
This issue will never be "solved" at least not that
way. There will always be unintended pregnancies. That is a function of
being human. And there will always be abortion. There always has been.
Some people do not agree that women should have the right to do that and
they will agitate to outlaw it. But it will not prevent it. Because women do
own their own bodies and direct their own lives and some of them will
go to extreme lengths to maintain that autonomy, even if it means
putting their health and lives in danger. We have centuries of data
supporting this.
So when a couple of elite males decide that they will find some
sweet spot that will make these women happy as well as those who don't
think these women should have the right to make that choice, it's an
infuriating denial of women's basic human agency. It is simple.
Women are going to have abortions, full stop. The only question is
whether or not they are going to be forced to go through hell and
possibly die to get them --- and whether society is going to admit that
it cannot and should not make that decision for them. Once you accept
that reality, the rest is just talk. If religious leaders want to
counsel their adherents not to do it, fine. If politicians want to
lecture the public that it's wrong, fine. If they want to create
programs to help women get access to birth control and afford to raise
kids if they want them and all the rest, terrific. If you care about
your fellow humans, you should want all of that. But the right to
abortion is a fundamental human right and the necessity of it being
safe, legal and available is a requirement for a decent society.
The common behavior of everyday women from all walks of life proves that this is a simple question:
Read the whole fact-packed thing.
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