On Abortion
Aug. 6th, 2015 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grimrose_eilwynnI wrote about this in a previous blog post, but I feel the need to devote my own post to the issue, considering all the things that are coming out about Planned Parenthood.
I am against abortion. This stems from my personal perception of unborn babies as people. I see unborn babies as their own individual beings, completely separate from the mother they are inside of.
This is in contrast to pro-abortion people, who see unborn babies as an extension of the mother's body.
This is where the argument stems from. If you see unborn babies as an extension of the mother's body, then the issue is about women's rights because of course women are allowed to regulate their own body. If you see an unborn baby as its own individual soul, however -- an individual soul who is innocent and full of potential and has done nothing wrong -- then the issue becomes one life ending another life for the first life's own convenience, which of course is WRONG.
I'm not saying one perception is better than the other. I'm just saying about half the population has one perception, and half the other. It has always been this way, even all the way back to the times of Ancient Rome, and I doubt we will ever all agree on the issue. I have the perception of an unborn baby as a person, and that makes me anti-abortion. And no matter how many facts you spew at me, that initial, emotional gut reaction probably won't change.
Just to be clear, I don't have any problems with contraceptives -- ending the process before a life is formed. I also know that sometimes the pregnancy would kill the mother, and under those circumstances I see abortion as an okay thing -- after all, if someone is breaking into your house and attacking you, you are of course allowed to protect yourself. The same reasoning holds.
But where I have a problem is when people end a life for their own convenience, and then auction off parts of the body. That is wrong to me. What's so wrong with adoption? Just give the child to a set of parents who want a child and can't have one of their own. Put up with nine months of pain and discomfort and give a child a future.
I won't hate someone or stop talking to them just for having an abortion. I'm not militant and in your face about it; I don't go to anti-abortion protests. But deep down, in my heart of hearts, if I hear someone's had an abortion, my respect for them does go down a couple of notches. I can't help it, no matter how hard I try. All I can think of is that poor little baby.
I refuse to condone abortion as an acceptable thing, and I'm sticking to my guns on this issue.
I am against abortion. This stems from my personal perception of unborn babies as people. I see unborn babies as their own individual beings, completely separate from the mother they are inside of.
This is in contrast to pro-abortion people, who see unborn babies as an extension of the mother's body.
This is where the argument stems from. If you see unborn babies as an extension of the mother's body, then the issue is about women's rights because of course women are allowed to regulate their own body. If you see an unborn baby as its own individual soul, however -- an individual soul who is innocent and full of potential and has done nothing wrong -- then the issue becomes one life ending another life for the first life's own convenience, which of course is WRONG.
I'm not saying one perception is better than the other. I'm just saying about half the population has one perception, and half the other. It has always been this way, even all the way back to the times of Ancient Rome, and I doubt we will ever all agree on the issue. I have the perception of an unborn baby as a person, and that makes me anti-abortion. And no matter how many facts you spew at me, that initial, emotional gut reaction probably won't change.
Just to be clear, I don't have any problems with contraceptives -- ending the process before a life is formed. I also know that sometimes the pregnancy would kill the mother, and under those circumstances I see abortion as an okay thing -- after all, if someone is breaking into your house and attacking you, you are of course allowed to protect yourself. The same reasoning holds.
But where I have a problem is when people end a life for their own convenience, and then auction off parts of the body. That is wrong to me. What's so wrong with adoption? Just give the child to a set of parents who want a child and can't have one of their own. Put up with nine months of pain and discomfort and give a child a future.
I won't hate someone or stop talking to them just for having an abortion. I'm not militant and in your face about it; I don't go to anti-abortion protests. But deep down, in my heart of hearts, if I hear someone's had an abortion, my respect for them does go down a couple of notches. I can't help it, no matter how hard I try. All I can think of is that poor little baby.
I refuse to condone abortion as an acceptable thing, and I'm sticking to my guns on this issue.
