Political Debate
Went to Greensboro this past weekend to see the folks one last time before baby. Over breakfast we embarked on the recent Supreme Court ruling to "...uphold a law that banned a type of late-term abortion."
A few months ago, my uncle made a comment to my father that, now that I am pregnant, he said maybe I will believe in Right-to-Life. I found this to be crap and it really made me mad. So this topic is a big topic for us to get into over bacon and eggs.
My dad said 2nd term abortion is terrible and should be banned. I can't disagree - its horrible. Partial birth abortion? Terrible. But, the people who make these kinds of choices are not simply "lazy" and just getting around to the abortion decion late. They aren't whores or uneducated people who think its a form of birth control. First of all, its a small percentage of women,... I won't throw out numbers since I'm not able to find it online as back-up. Second of all, many of them are babies that will never survive outside the womb, or have a disability that will create an extremely difficult life like cerebral palsy, spina bifida, or face hundreds of other medical difficulties. I have felt our baby move at 18 weeks while I waited to find out if she passed her cerebral palsy testings... I cannot imagine the difficulty in having to terminate at that point. And yet, if the odds were stacked against us, we'd probably lean toward doing it. I couldn't stand to get more attached to someone who would simply not thrive passed birth - how horrible. Its all too tragic to think about.
So my mom chimes in, "I don't see why these people who are Right-to-Lifers don't just stand outside the abortion clinic and offer to take care of these kids that people can't care for or aren't able to care for. If they believe in life so much, where are they after its born?"
To which I look at my dad, "Cause these are the same people, like dad, who also don't want their taxes raised to cover medicaid & welfare."
A few months ago, my uncle made a comment to my father that, now that I am pregnant, he said maybe I will believe in Right-to-Life. I found this to be crap and it really made me mad. So this topic is a big topic for us to get into over bacon and eggs.
My dad said 2nd term abortion is terrible and should be banned. I can't disagree - its horrible. Partial birth abortion? Terrible. But, the people who make these kinds of choices are not simply "lazy" and just getting around to the abortion decion late. They aren't whores or uneducated people who think its a form of birth control. First of all, its a small percentage of women,... I won't throw out numbers since I'm not able to find it online as back-up. Second of all, many of them are babies that will never survive outside the womb, or have a disability that will create an extremely difficult life like cerebral palsy, spina bifida, or face hundreds of other medical difficulties. I have felt our baby move at 18 weeks while I waited to find out if she passed her cerebral palsy testings... I cannot imagine the difficulty in having to terminate at that point. And yet, if the odds were stacked against us, we'd probably lean toward doing it. I couldn't stand to get more attached to someone who would simply not thrive passed birth - how horrible. Its all too tragic to think about.
So my mom chimes in, "I don't see why these people who are Right-to-Lifers don't just stand outside the abortion clinic and offer to take care of these kids that people can't care for or aren't able to care for. If they believe in life so much, where are they after its born?"
To which I look at my dad, "Cause these are the same people, like dad, who also don't want their taxes raised to cover medicaid & welfare."