Blog for Choice Day

[supergee]

The first time I thought seriously about abortion was when I was in college, and a friend was raising money for one. I instantly contributed, though I was a less likely suspect than the Holy Ghost and had previously assumed that abortion was a bad thing. Thinking it over, I decided that I believed that abortion is a human right.

The way to have fewer abortions is to give good sex education and to empower women to say no if they don't want sex and to demand birth control if they do. But people own their own bodies and women are people, so abortion is a human right.

Thanx to Pandagon for reminding me

Comments

[laughingrat]

*hugs*

[bientot]

I don't think abortion is a choice that comes easily to anyone, but an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy should not carry a death sentence, as it too often did back in the Bad Old Days of illegal abortions. Your comment is wise and sensitive and reinforces my gratitude for your posts.

[lavendertook]

Well said!

[aquaeri]

I think it'd also be useful if more men took responsibility for contraception, and also not coercing women into sex.