Quote Originally Posted by Arria View Post
I once read the Aborigines do not consider abortion a sin.

They believe bringing a child into the world that is not wanted, and will not be loved, is a sin.

I pretty much go with that.

And I think it ridiculous that men have a say in the matter.
I do not mean the potential father, who may feel a bond with the unborn.

I mean complete strangers who will never have a child in their bodies and will never be faced with a situation that makes you choose between having a kid and having the life and the chances you might have had without a kid.

I am not talking about some fanciful shit like "but I want to be an actress" etc.

I am talking about situations like mine - I decided to keep my baby and NOT marry the father, which made me WHAM from being a hopeful student into a person having to turn to the welfare authorities to finance my life!
It did not go over well with me, it was very hard, and if I had known HOW hard it would be, I would probably never have gone through with it!

However, I was lucky enough to get an apprenticeship, and finalize it successfully, and with my first "real" job after the apprenticeship time, I was off welfare again and have paid for my own stuff since.

Only after I had managed that - to become financially independent again -, I entered a relationship again.

The last thing on Earth I would have wanted was some asshole guy who would rub in at every given opportunity, "if I had not taken you, you would be still on welfare", etc.

Sometimes I think this world would be a better place if some people just managed to mind their own fucking business!
Good words Arria. I think that is my problem with Religious Right's position. The judgment that comes down. With two issues especially, Abortion and Gay rights, the judgment and superiority make me angry.

For example, I don't believe anybody is FOR abortion. It is difficult on the mother and the fetus. And I do not fault them on their position.

What I fault them on is judging the people, like me, that feel the choice remains with the mother. Calling them murderers and being self-righteous about their position.

We are also called PRO-abortion. No, we are pro-choice. I do not fault the position but the arrogance and self-righteousness bugs hell out of me, lol.

I do not know if anhy of this makes sense.

However, the last paragraph of Arria's post says it perfectly. The world WOULD be a better place if people would mind their own business and stop trying to force everyone to believe as they do.