Comments on: On Abortion (Part 2: Electric Boogaloo) http://casseopedia.com/2009/07/27/on-abortion-part-2-electric-boogaloo/ A Hodgepodge of Politics, International Affairs, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology with Intellectual Discussion and Debate Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: casseopedia http://casseopedia.com/2009/07/27/on-abortion-part-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-46 casseopedia Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:44:02 +0000 http://casseopedia.com/?p=137#comment-46 There are pro-life people (and I mean that as in the sense of the people who also are anti-war and anti-death penalty) who are also pro-universal health care, even more frequently so for children. The thing is, that the anti-choice folks (the ones who are against reproductive choice but love death, war, and the death penalty) are the ones who really dominate the whole other side of the debate. Finding a 100% true pro-life person is hard work, it seems. And it gets harder when the anti-choicers are drowning out the pro-lifers with their rabid insanity and cognitive dissonance. It makes no sense to tell women they can't have an abortion and then fight against paying for the delivery or the care for the child afterwards, but some people somehow manage to put those two things together in their brain and just go on whistlin'. I can't imagine it, except within the context of remembering that those are the types more interested in punishing women than protecting life and the boundless potential of it. There are pro-life people (and I mean that as in the sense of the people who also are anti-war and anti-death penalty) who are also pro-universal health care, even more frequently so for children. The thing is, that the anti-choice folks (the ones who are against reproductive choice but love death, war, and the death penalty) are the ones who really dominate the whole other side of the debate. Finding a 100% true pro-life person is hard work, it seems. And it gets harder when the anti-choicers are drowning out the pro-lifers with their rabid insanity and cognitive dissonance.

It makes no sense to tell women they can’t have an abortion and then fight against paying for the delivery or the care for the child afterwards, but some people somehow manage to put those two things together in their brain and just go on whistlin’. I can’t imagine it, except within the context of remembering that those are the types more interested in punishing women than protecting life and the boundless potential of it.

]]> By: Breefolk http://casseopedia.com/2009/07/27/on-abortion-part-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-45 Breefolk Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:39:12 +0000 http://casseopedia.com/?p=137#comment-45 Very well written. I myself have two nephews who were both the result of unintended pregnancies, and I know full well how different my life would be today if my sister-in-law had had an abortion. I find it very hard to believe that anyone makes the decision to have an abortion lightly. It's a huge decision that can weigh heavily on one's shoulders, but there are many situations in which the alternative could very well be even more destructive. I am still amazed that so many people who oppose abortion ALSO oppose providing health care for children. It's as though they've decided that the child's health only matters prior to birth. Is there not a clear hypocrisy in that? I suppose there are many views conservatives hold that I may never understand. Very well written. I myself have two nephews who were both the result of unintended pregnancies, and I know full well how different my life would be today if my sister-in-law had had an abortion. I find it very hard to believe that anyone makes the decision to have an abortion lightly. It’s a huge decision that can weigh heavily on one’s shoulders, but there are many situations in which the alternative could very well be even more destructive.

I am still amazed that so many people who oppose abortion ALSO oppose providing health care for children. It’s as though they’ve decided that the child’s health only matters prior to birth. Is there not a clear hypocrisy in that? I suppose there are many views conservatives hold that I may never understand.

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