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yolland said:
No one's going to think that, and most everyone in the thread is likely feeling some amount of the same thing. It's so hard to come to terms with the reality that people just do approach and perceive this issue incredibly differently, and that the reasons for that are way more complex and intractable than anyone's 'stupidity' or 'blindness' or whatever word seems to fit the emotional shoe at the time. But you do have to come terms with it nonetheless, and part of that is recognizing that it's unreasonable to make whoever you're debating with at the moment bear the full brunt of your frustrations with things society in general is deeply divided over, for very complicated reasons. It sounds like you understand that very well.
Thanks Yolland, appreciate it.
You know, I left to pick up my kids from school (they're walkers, but IMO 1.5 miles is a bit far for a 5 year old to walk alone) and I was thinking - for some reason I think best while walking. Anyway, I was thinking about this topic, and about women I know & have known who've made the choice (to abort). Anyway, I realized I might not be as pro-life as I thought. You'd think I'd be more angry about it, but I never have been. It makes me sad, but mostly because I think it sucks that we live in a world where women's options are so poor that the best one in their eyes is to abort. I just think some people assume than many/most women are almost cavalier about it, and I can't imagine that's the case.
Yes, in a world where abortion were illegal you'd have fewer abortions. Rich folks could still get them, by travelling to countries where they were still legal (I believe that went on pre-Roe v. Wade). You'd still have the old back-alley butchers silcing women up & killing god knows how many women & girls in the process.
It just comes back to economics for me I guess. The women I know who've aborted did it basically for financial reasons. I guess the more I consider it I'm less "pro-life" and more "pro-choice/anti-abortion", and it seems like that's a pretty common view. Maybe rather than trying to ban abortions I'd rather see the government try to create an environment where abortion isn't seen by many women as the best or only choice.