abortion

I accept your challenge. I try to make everything I say as clear and unbiased as I can, please tell me if you find something unclear/opinionated in my writing. First, let's address your quotes. '"Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women" - Alice Paul' No, it's not. Abortion is entirely a women's choice, which is one of the reasons why people around the world fight for the right to get an abortion; to have a choice between having a child, or not. It's also why the argument for abortion is called 'Pro choice'. It's a choice. '"I am in no position to judge other women, you know. But I mean, why did she get pregnant? It's not good for women to go through the procedure [abortion] and have something living sucked out of their bodies. It belittles women. Even though some women say, 'Oh, I don't mind to have one,' every time a woman has an abortion, it just crushes her self-esteem smaller and smaller and smaller." - Dolores O'Riordan' To start this one off, I'll mention that while Dolores isn't judging women that plan to have or have had an abortion, she is very biased (and maybe uneducated) in her argument. There are 3 things wrong with this, I'll explain what those things are and why they're wrong. 1. While she [Dolores] isn't judging women, she is projecting. This basically meaning that, what she says about other women, what they feel/how they must feel after getting an abortion isn't necessarily true. It's completely subjective, so the minute amount of feelings she says any women will feel probably (in this case, most likely. i.e. why I said Dolores is projecting.) applies to her. 2. What Dolores says about abortions not being healthy is false, and the statement seems to be fabricated from her own assumptions, judging by her wording. But, enough of that. My short rebuttal to that is: Abortion is scientifically proven to be psychologically, epidemiologically, and physically safe (major complications occur .25% of the time). 3. People get pregnant on accident, either by broken condom, a faulty pill, or unprotected sex with no intentions of having a baby. '"I really don't believe in abortion. It's like killing a baby?" - Justin Bieber' No, it's not. A fetus never would've never known it lived in the first place, and as it were being killed it wouldn't protest in some form against it. Both are false for babies. '"Abortion was beyond our consciousness and here we are, 100 years after slaughters like the Somme and places like that, offering abortion on request." - Nell McAfferty' Nell McAfferty in this quote completely forgets that change exists and occurs in humanity. Ignoring that, abortion should be a right to all the women who want/need it. It's not slaughter, nor is it murder. Murder is unlawful, and slaughter is for food. Abortion is neither. '"A person is a person no matter how small" - Dr. Seuss' What's funny about this is that, this quote has nothing to do with abortion at all, but is used by pro-life arguments all the time. Instead, the quote delves into the microscopic level of reality (My words, not what was actually meant to be implied) in Dr Seuss' book 'Horton hears a who!'. But, even then, it doesn't matter that 'a person is a person no matter how small'. A zygote is technically a human, but it has no potential to do anything close to the complexity that a human can (without developing into a blastocyst that is). A zygote is not sentient, nor is it coherent, and it is so dependent and connected it's (for lack of better words) carrier that it responds to the human brain directly (much how you can move your arm with your mind, but can't move a baby's arm with your mind, as it is a separate entity). '"Abortion is legal because babies can't vote" - Joseph Bonkowski' And if they could, the poll would be as if the votes were picked at random. Quite literally, babies & fetuses don't have the mental capability to be coherent (until they're around 3), and the entire abortion situation is pretty much summed up like this: Everything living deserves to live, and avoidable/unnatural/unnecessary killing of living things should be punished, and not condoned or even supported. This should stay true until that living thing effects another living in a negative way, like how a girl of your age would not be prepared (alone) to bear a child. In the end, to stop the suffering on both sides (the mother and the child), to abort the fetus, before it's a baby. What baffles me is the lack of understanding [in pro-life arguments] that one life is not the most important issue. One baby that is born that shouldn't be could ruin many more than just 1 life, which includes the child. But anyway, you may be thinking: Why can't I just give it up for adoption? 1. Initial medical costs 2. Adoption is very black and white with the children that are up for it. It's a hit or miss every time, and the target is very small. 3. Foster homes are hit or misses to, except there is a very high chance that the foster parents aren't very capable. Now let's address your main points, in bullet points (to be clearer) 1. Pro-life does not go 'hand in hand' with pro-LGBTQ. They're two entirely different things for two entirely different reasons. 2. If a child is inconvenient for the parent, it is HIGHLY unlikely that the child is going to have a good adolescent life. I've experienced this myself with my own parents, so I party use this as evidence for this to be true. 3. 90% of babies with down syndrome are aborted because the costs to raising a child with down syndrome is to high. Also, as insensitive as it sounds, most women do not want DS babies, and it is their choice if they want them or not. This is an ableism vs. women's rights case, which isn't that simple in the first place. 4. Lastly, this isn't a black and white issue, and it DEFINITELY isn't a trend. The reason abortions have increased in popularity in recent years is because of the financial burden (ergo, the economy), the constant increase of social media and connectivity between people around the world, and the influx in people fighting for women's rights. However, the REASONS for why women do it are hugely different. You can't attack that that entire spectrum (backed by women's rights) with "The baby probably wants to live." and expect everyone to agree with you. Because, take this how you may but, nobody ever asked to live.