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Showing Original Post only (View all)I Can't Take The Anti-Choice Crowd Serious EVER, Not With Their Sheer Hypocrisy. [View all]
You can't call yourself 'pro-life' if all you ever do is try to cut food-aid to families, cut healthcare access to families, execute inmates, send kids to war, advocate for more guns in society, cut Social Security, cut Medicare, etc., the list goes on & on. Those are 'pro-death' policies.
Also, if you truly do consider yourself 'pro-life', how can one make exceptions in cases of rape or incest, I mean, if you truly believe that all life is precious then you must have no problem with forcing women & girls (sometimes very young) into carrying their rapists or incestual fetus to full-term, which is absurd & horrifying, both physically & mentally. Imagine an 11 year old girl being forced to give birth to her rapists baby, or any woman of any age having to do so. If she chooses to do so, then that's her CHOICE.
And another point, this on the rightwing's notion of "small govt". If abortion were outlawed, banned, made illegal, what exactly would the penalty be for woman who still go through with the procedure, albeit illegally? Is the rightwing advocating we start throwing masses of women in jail for making a personal health choice & bodily decision? Wouldn't that destroy the woman's career or possibly existing family, marriage, & life in general? Some "small govt".
Wouldn't making abortion illegal also give the press the right to publish the "criminals" names, photos & possibly home addresses? Is the rightwing's goal to shame women into making a choice they may not be ready for, both financially & emotionally, or even personally? We all know motherhood is extremely difficult, some even say "it's the most difficult job in the world", so why would we thrust the "most difficult job in the world" upon women who have no desire for it? Or young teens for that matter?
Here's what the rightwing doesn't get: One can be 'pro-life' & also be pro-choice. They can choose to teach THEIR children or family members THEIR own personal beliefs while acknowledging the importance of keeping choice legal & safe for others.
No one is infringing on their right to be personally anti-choice, yet they consistently try to infringe on others rights to be personally pro-choice. Here's an idea for the anti-choice crowd and the only principle they should adhere to when it comes to this issue: Mind Your Own Fucking Business.
And
Your
HYPOCRISY.