[ SECRET POST #2079 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2079 ⌋

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Comments

Re: anon for obvious reasons

[saku]

are you goldgato on gaia because i swear i just went over this exact same thing.

pro-lifers focus their energy on the foetus, whereas pro-choicers focus on women. for the pro-life argument, it's a matter of a right to life; for the pro-choice argument, it's all about the rights of women to dictate the integrity of their bodies. it's very rare that either side ever 1) understands this difference in focus and 2) takes it into consideration to any degree. instead they always apply their values to the other side and assume said other side is anti-their values, ie. "pro-lifers hate women" or "pro-choicers hate children."

thus a pro-life individual who is making rape and incest exceptions is actually giving consideration to pro-choice arguments. yes, it's inconsistent with pro-life values, but that doesn't make it "wrong." further, their stance on rape and incest cases in no way funnels them into a mindset where they think these foetuses are "lesser" than others. if anything, the pro-choice community promotes this mindset, with their "every child a wanted child" mentality.

i consider myself pro-life in my values and attempt to live with as consistent a life ethic as possible, but i'm in favour of abortion rights (as a pro-life person i would rather abortion - which is a societal necessity - be legal and safe, so that women don't die in an attempt to get one) and i don't consider myself a "bad" pro-lifer for it. i also don't view the unborn as "lesser" human beings, but legally we have to concede that foetuses are not people and don't get the same legal rights. further, restricting abortion rights does not statistically reduce abortion numbers. i want abortion numbers to be reduced (as i'm sure most people do, it's not a pleasant reality for anybody) so i focus my attention on promoting sex education and the availability of contraceptives.

tl;dr pro-life people who make exceptions or are otherwise not rabid about their position are making reasonable compromises that encompass both pro-life and pro-choice values