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[wildestranger]

Note to self: Do not read the BBC forums on abortion. Rage is bad for thesis. *fumes*

In view of all the people saying that women should not abort unless they've been raped - that the choice to have sex implies the possibility of pregnancy, and therefore women who choose to have sex should be prepared to have babies - I would like to present a modest proposal suggested by my friend B. today.

Men who oppose abortions? Shouldn't be having (heterosexual) sex.

ETA: Abortion limit remains at 24 weeks. I may have done a fistpump of joy.

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[(Anonymous)]

also not on your friendslist (don't have lj but found link to brendolina on del.icio.us and sometimes check here for updates), but i wanted to tell you that yes, yes, yes. i agree with everything you're saying--and as for the argument that birth control is easy to get a hold of that someone was making higher up the thread, well. sometimes it's really not that simple. my best friend used a condom and took a morning after pill (yes, both--she's a medical student, it was her first time, and as such, she wanted to be very, very careful), and she STILL got pregnant. sometimes things happen.

mostly, i just feel like people miss the point in this discussion. pro-choice just means leaving the decisions about what happens to the women's bodies to the women themselves. i've never understood taking on the authority to direct someone else's choices. i love the "modest proposal," especially because, just, how dare someone who will never have to make this choice try to tell women what to do?

thank you for being articulate about this. it was a relief to read. (no, i haven't heard a lot of stupid comments about this issue recently, not at all.)