tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13880416.post114135169326031888..comments2023-08-28T07:08:14.051-06:00Comments on The Shrinking Violet: Abortion rantViolettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06214824454452012843noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13880416.post-1141592343918288312006-03-05T13:59:00.000-07:002006-03-05T13:59:00.000-07:00I do realize that parents can give their children ...I do realize that parents can give their children up for adoption. That's why I didn't include in my analogy that after being hooked up to the relative for nine months you would have to care for them for another 18 years. But I don't think that a mother should be forced to carry an unwanted child for nine months.<BR/><BR/>And I do think the analogy stands. Yes, babies don't ask to be created. But if you didn't intend to get pregnant then I say you're not responsible. In keeping with the analogy, let's say that you caused the relative's condition. Let's say you hit the relative with a car. It was an accident, and you were not driving too fast, or being negligent, it just happened. Sometimes, no matter how good a driver you are, and how many precautions you take, these things just happen. I still say you should have no legal obligation to be hooked up to someone for nine months.<BR/><BR/>I realize this is not an ideal solution. I would really like to see a time when people who had unwanted pregnancies could transplant the fetus into an artificial womb. Then neither the mother or the fetus has their rights violated and everybody's happy. However, until that time comes, I say that no matter what <I>a woman must have total sovereignty over her body</I>. It is a fact of life that women get pregnant, and we cannot separate ourselves from our biology. But we cannot violate a women't right to do what she wants with her body just because she is pregnant.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Who is anonymous? Please sign your name. I promise I won't hate you forever just because we disagree about something. Unless of course I don't know you. Then anonymous is fine.Violettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06214824454452012843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13880416.post-1141537524420956962006-03-04T22:45:00.000-07:002006-03-04T22:45:00.000-07:00good points, but i disagree with the analogy. Get...good points, but i disagree with the analogy. Getting pregnant and considering an abortion is not the same as having a relative that could only survive if they were hooked up to you for nine months to prepare for transplant. The relative is an adult with their own responsibilities, their own choices and their own life. Assuming that you were not the reason this relative is now a vegetable (whatever the condition is), then there should absolutely be no reason that you are legally responsible for that person. HOwever, if you were the one that <I>caused</I> his condition, then you should be responsible for taking care of him until the transplant.<BR/><BR/>Same thing with the baby:it wasn't the baby's choice (as an individual with his or her own rights) to be created. That was due to the parents. So the parents (BOTH) are responsible for the life they created, whether they planned it or not. That is having responsiblity for any action and decision we take in life. It is NOT about equal rights to sex lives between men and women. Women are as entitled as men to have sex as often (or not) as they want to. <BR/><BR/>The baby's life, and rights, are as important as its parents, and if the parents don't want the baby, then give it up for adoption. There are plenty of wonderful people who want kids but can't have them, and organizations that would take care of a mom-to-be if she couldn't afford to take care of herself while pregnant. <BR/><BR/><I>just another point of view</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com