Thursday, December 19, 2013
Abortion Confusion
When it comes to the topic of abortion, I am very conflicted. When we first started talking about it in class I was sure I was pro-choice. I mean, how can you tell a woman what to do with her body? it should be her choice no matter what. But as we watch this movie many ideas have been brought to my head that are starting to help me understand the argument of the pro-lifers. of course there is the, "what if you abort the next president of the U.S.? or a boy who will eventually cure cancer?" Well that is quite an idea but the quote that popped out to me most was, "why should we punish the child for the crimes of his father?" This holds very true to me. The child that is being killed has done nothing wrong, in fact it is being wronged by being killed. Then again, it is only the crimes of the father if the baby was conceived as a result of wrongful rape. So the more I think about this quote the more specific it becomes. I am still pro-choice and will stick by that. For me, as a man, it is hard to tell a woman what she can and cant do with her body. I just don't feel that I have that right and I certainly don't have that responsibility.
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