I think the whole pro choice thing about it being a womans body, and her rights is kinda funny. They say it's her body like the fetus inside of her is just another part of her body, a useless part like an appendix that won't affect much if ya get rid of it. They kinda totally blow off the fact that a fetus is a distinct and separate life.
I mean, anyone that has been pregnant can probably attest to that. Anyone who has seen an ultrasound of a fetus still in the womb probably doesn't look at it and think "Wow, look at that useless little lumpy part of my body." They probably think of it as their baby, as a new life growing inside of them even though it isn't fully developed enough to be born yet.
I just think that whole "it isn't a baby until it's born" thing is a load of poop. A baby at say seven months isn't fully formed. Is there any difference between a baby of that age still inside the mother's womb, and a baby of that age born prematurely? Does one count while the other does not?
I mean really, it's silly to draw such lines. It's a baby. Technically every baby that humans have is premature. We go through a shorter gestational period to make up for the physiological changes of a smaller pelvis (which allows us to walk upright) and a larger cranial size (which allows our bigger brains to fit inside.) So none of our newborns are technically fully formed yet. They're still people. Small, helpless, people that need our care to survive, the same as they need our care in the womb to develop. I see no difference.
I don't think women should be forced to carry a child, and I don't think that the 25% thing taken from only the males is gonna work either. I mean do the woman share in no part of the blame? I just think that both men and women should be taught to be more responsible about their choices, especially when it comes to sex simply because it can result in a life created. And I don't think it's right to murder a baby because you made a bad choice and don't want to deal with the consequences.
I dunno. The whole thing just makes me pessimistic when it comes to the human race. Have we gone that far, that we would kill a baby, unborn or not, to get out of a consequence of our bad decision? That's really what I get sad about. When people know better, don't try to prevent a child being born, and then use abortion as their contraceptive. And even if you say that it was terrible for the mother, it was terrible for the baby as well. It died. The mom just goes through a rough part of her life. I think abortion in those cases is as bad as someone who wants to kill people for having unprotected sex. It's that extreme for me. That bad.
It's kinda like saying that murdering people that can take care of themselves to some degree is wrong, but killing babies that are still dependent on their mothers body to survive is alright, because it isn't really a separate person yet. I mean, you can't see it right? It must not be alive.
Another thing that really gets me is that when someone murders a pregnant woman, the penalty is harsher, and it is looked at as worse than just killing a woman. If someone else kills a woman's fetus, even without killing her, they get in trouble. That's considered terrible. But it's alright for a woman to kill her own fetus? It's not ok to do once the baby comes out, so what's the difference? How is that right? I just don't get it...
