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ayoubIgnorance is bliss, but then you run the risk of being shot in the head and not knowing why...
I'm not trying to offend here, just stating my views.
There have been a fair few posts on being Pro-Choice, or Pro-Life, and frankly put, I'm neither.
I have respect for all living things, but I'll kill a cow and eat it. I have respect for all human life, but if a child is being brought into the world to merely survive, I think that's a bad thing.
What bugs me most, is the one dimensional view of both campaigns. As I said above, I'm not trying to offend here, just stating my views.
The Pro-Life crowd focus on the child, and not the difficulties faced by the mother in raising a child. Imagine a 15 year old, raped, with a kid that is downs syndrome. Apart from a 15 year old not being emotionally ready for motherhood, how the hell will she give the kid a life?
Conversely, the Pro-Choice crowd focus on the mother and not the child. If a foetus is a bunch of cells, then who's to say that the cells won't grow into a perfectly formed individual? And if a kid has an abnormality, does it really mean he or she can't be loved and give love in return?
My opinion, though, is that governments have enough control over us as it is, and they shouldn't have a right to that. The government should not be making laws to prevent things by force, they should be helping pregnant women decide what to do with ALL of the information at hand, and supporting that decision. Each individual case should be measured for the best of the Mother AND the Child, not either or, and I feel, even though the subject is a touchy one, people need to start thinking on those lines rather than trying make each other guilty for supporting the other side.
I'm just anti government, I guess.
I'm not trying to offend here, just stating my views.
There have been a fair few posts on being Pro-Choice, or Pro-Life, and frankly put, I'm neither.
I have respect for all living things, but I'll kill a cow and eat it. I have respect for all human life, but if a child is being brought into the world to merely survive, I think that's a bad thing.
What bugs me most, is the one dimensional view of both campaigns. As I said above, I'm not trying to offend here, just stating my views.
The Pro-Life crowd focus on the child, and not the difficulties faced by the mother in raising a child. Imagine a 15 year old, raped, with a kid that is downs syndrome. Apart from a 15 year old not being emotionally ready for motherhood, how the hell will she give the kid a life?
Conversely, the Pro-Choice crowd focus on the mother and not the child. If a foetus is a bunch of cells, then who's to say that the cells won't grow into a perfectly formed individual? And if a kid has an abnormality, does it really mean he or she can't be loved and give love in return?
My opinion, though, is that governments have enough control over us as it is, and they shouldn't have a right to that. The government should not be making laws to prevent things by force, they should be helping pregnant women decide what to do with ALL of the information at hand, and supporting that decision. Each individual case should be measured for the best of the Mother AND the Child, not either or, and I feel, even though the subject is a touchy one, people need to start thinking on those lines rather than trying make each other guilty for supporting the other side.
I'm just anti government, I guess.
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Date: 2005-11-22 01:54 pm (UTC)This kind of anarchy works :)
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