Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Abortion Conundrum.


      I've come to notice people don't like abortions. 
I know, I'm so slow to the party. But it seems that people really don't like abortions. But they also don't seem to like women being on contraception (not only do they not want to pay for it, but some have considered the pill just like the morning-after pill. And the morning-after pill, naturally, to be just like an abortion...).
However, it seems very strange that people who are against abortion to also be against contraception. You see, I've been told (by doctors and other official-looking people in white coats) that the pill STOPS unwanted pregnancies. Therefore, and this takes every inch of my female-brain power, women don't seek as many abortions. 
But math doesn't seem to be the strong suit of many conservative men either, because they want to hold hostage a poor women's ability to get contraception. Then, they want her to be ashamed to go and seek her right (as put forth by the supreme court) to get a safe termination of her pregnancy due to the fact that she doesn't have the ability to bring the child to term safely or can't raise the child. It is not an easy decision to make, it is agonizing.
    What frustrates me is that we're told that 'well, the problem there is the woman didn't have to have sex' as if implying that this woman is irresponsible and must deal with the consequences. That a woman doesn't need to have sex, therefore, we don't have to be taking the pill in the first place. The problem with that is....WE CAN DO WHAT WE WANT. A woman's body doesn't have to be regulated. The pill is women's healthcare. Our bodies just happen to hold the reproductive system, and that seems to infuriate many men, who want to reach out and control it.

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