First of all, before one can condemn the woman for going through an abortion, one must understand why. Why did the woman lead up to that decision? Why didn't she listen to the arguments of pro-life and see that the fetus deserved a chance on its own? But at the same time, why didn't the pro-life take a second and try to understand her point of view? I, a cradle catholic, was never fully against abortion, because I knew that not every woman was just some slut or prostitute that slipped and made a mistake. There's so much more that could've happened, and I could go on forever about all of the possible circumstances that draws a woman into the decision of abortion. Some of the things that the book talked about were public health, taking motherhood seriously, health benefits. The possible circumstances showed how women don't all fit under the same category of careless women who made a bad mistake who deserve the consequence of raising a child. But, what if she got raped? What if she or the baby has an illness that will handicap the baby when it is born? What if her husband beats her and just knows that the baby won't have a chance of a good life? What about that 10 times the risk of death from giving birth compared to performing an abortion? The list can go on and on, but the point is, the women do have more to their decision making than trying to decide whether it is a life or not, and they should be trusted to make their own decision about what's best for her, and the future of the child if it did come out of her womb. After all, isn't that why the Roe v. Wade law has been passed in the first place?
Personal note: First of all, I think I need to apologize if I offended anybody. But I think we do need to accept the fact that whether the fetus is a life or not isn't the only thing that the woman needs to consider when deciding whether or not to go through with the abortion. In my last blog, I countered their arguments in the point of view of a pro-life, but this time, I tried to keep their ideas and support it. It really does feel weird. My entire life, I was raised by catholic standards, and now I just took a step in supporting abortion. I honestly don't know how I feel about myself doing this. I sort of knew I signed up for this moment the moment I chose this book for my project, but publicly sympathizing with the women and being more understanding with their decision for abortion just makes me feel like part of who I am just stepped out of its comfort zone and into the crazy unfamiliar streets of New York in its busiest hour. It's a weird analogy but that's just how I feel. This is getting too personal so I'm going to stop there.
Shoutout to Holland and his friend SteveyLoveBot just for being awesome (:
(just kidding they wanted a shoutout so I gave them one)