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In reply to the discussion: I'm not pro-abortion. [View all]Scrivener7
(51,075 posts)I was pregnant and unmarried, I had completely different responses. Once, I was ready to schedule the abortion. On the other, I was ready to have the baby. So I am no less wishy washy than you. (Both times it was just a scare.)
I have to say that I have stopped trying to think of it from the point of view of the anti-abortionists. They never try to think of it from my point of view. And here's the thing: I would NEVER, NEVER, NEVER require that they live by my beliefs. And I am tired of giving them a pass when they require that I live by their beliefs, simply because they really, really believe their beliefs. When I realized that their belief strength was no greater than mine, I stopped giving them the benefit of the doubt.
I am done with the idea of compromise. This is not an area where there is really any room for compromise. No woman should have to compromise when it comes to her decisions about her body. Compromise in the case of abortion rights means some child might have to go through life unwanted. Some woman might have to bear a child she cannot afford. Some family might lose a wife and mother because an abortion was not readily available to remedy a health problem.
I think the real answer lies with what mountain grammy said up thread: we all need to mind our own business. I will do what is right for me and they should do what is right for them, and all of us should mind our own business.