So I wasn't really a very um.. involved person until I got to MSU. I am now a proud member of the MSU Planned Parenthood branch, MASH (Montana Advocates for Sexual Health), and VOICE (Victims Options in the Campus Enviroment). Being involved has really helped me learn and grow as a person and as an educated young woman who can make choices and know the consequences that are always present.This January is the 37th anniversary of the Roe vs Wade and with the Health Care Reform involving women's health I've found myself getting more politically involved.
Let me clarify my views so no one gets confused...
I am Pro-choice and I am Pro-life.
Confused?
I figured you would be.
I feel that women should have the choice of what happens to their body and not have any laws put on their body, especially by a Government that is majority men. (They'd be pissed if women put laws on what they could or could not do with their bodies, so why can they do it to us?)
I also strongly feel that abortion is purely medicinal and should NOT be used as birth control. I feel it should be regulated for the safety of the women undergoing the procedure and should not be allowed after the first trimester. Rape, incest, mothers health (both physical and psychological), ect should be the reasons behind abortion not "Omg I'm pregnant because I got really drunk and slept with every guy at the party and I have no idea who the dad is."
Okay, so now that we've got that figured out...
Honestly, the more I learn from all parties (yes, I even listen to the religious nut jobs so I can get their side of the story) the more my position on this matter solidifies. I have gone back and forth on restrictions on abortion but I have ALWAYS felt that abortion is the woman's choice (its her body for god's sake).
Feel free to comment, but lets not make any PERSONAL statements that could be hurtful. We're all adults (hopefully) and know how to have a respectful and intelligent conversation.
Kirsten-
ReplyDeleteI could go in a lot of different directions here, but let me start with this: you make the statement that women should not be governed by men regarding what they can do with their own bodies, yet you completely fail to recognize that Roe V. Wade was a decision handed down by a Supreme Court full of MEN. So if it weren't for MEN, you wouldn't have the luxury of laying down on a table and submitting yourself to the most DANGEROUS, horrifying, humiliating, and traumatic procedure that a woman can possibly put her body through. If you believe the common propaganda that abortion is safe and easy, then you have probably never seen an abortion from the abortionist's perspective.