Blackwidina

Let me run a vague thought through here. Now, I'm a huge pro-choice advocate.  I personally would never have an abortion.  That does not mean that someone else should be kept from making that choice.  I also reserve the right to have an abortion if I believe it's necessary, because I would rather spare my hypothetical child from a lifetime (however long or short) filled with pain from some unexpected defect.  And, as I've written in a previous journal http://blackwidina.deviantart.com/journal/Circumstantial-Abortion-307035039, I do NOT condone the idea of things being 'circumstantially' legal. That being said, I find it a little disturbing

Sometimes, I get startling reminders of why I'm pro-choice.  The main one is that every child deserves to be loved and wanted.  I frequent a news forum that reminds me because of stories like these: WARNING: These are articles about children being abused and murdered, often by parents who never wanted them. http://www.kypost.com/dpp/news/19-youngsters-found-unattended-in-kentucky-home  19 youngsters found unattended in Kentucky home http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/justice/nebraska-children/index.html?hpt=hp_t2  Police: Two Nebraska children found in animal kennel http://www.kcrg.com/news/crime/Dad-Arrested-Police-Say-He-Refused-to-Help-Chil

Lemme get something off my chest: The thing about abortion being 'circumstantially okay,' such as saying "well, it's okay if there's rape or incest, but not if [fill in other reason,]" is that you encourage the women needing abortions to lie about their reasons in order to either avoid the worse judgement, or to procure the abortion at all. For example, I read a story of a woman who *was* raped by a relative, before Roe vs. Wade. When she went to the doctor and asked for an abortion, he asked 'Were you raped?' When she said yes, he replied sarcastically, "Yeah, they all say they're raped." It's the same sort of social mechanism that causes