My mother tried to have a child between my sister and I. The baby died in her womb and she had to go to Planned Parenthood to have it taken out. As she was going, she was yelled at and ridiculed by people assuming she was aborting her baby. She said it was one of the worst experiences in her life because she already felt HORRIBLE because she lost the baby that she had wanted to keep and people were treating her like some criminal for just walking into the office.
She was pro-choice prior to this incident, but she definitely got more aggressive politically because she doesn't think it's ethical for women to be treated the way she did when they are making a really tough decision. Personally, I agree. A mother who already has a life, has connections to this world through friends, family, etc...those take precedence over a fetus which hasn't even seen the light of day yet and will not miss it should they die.
Also, there are FAR too many unwanted kids in this world. Saying 'oh, well they can just give it up for adoption' is just throwing the problem somewhere else. Rather than bring more unwanted kids in through force, fucking ADOPT some!
She was pro-choice prior to this incident, but she definitely got more aggressive politically because she doesn't think it's ethical for women to be treated the way she did when they are making a really tough decision. Personally, I agree. A mother who already has a life, has connections to this world through friends, family, etc...those take precedence over a fetus which hasn't even seen the light of day yet and will not miss it should they die.
Also, there are FAR too many unwanted kids in this world. Saying 'oh, well they can just give it up for adoption' is just throwing the problem somewhere else. Rather than bring more unwanted kids in through force, fucking ADOPT some!