I want ALL foetuses to be wanted and healthy, but sadly that's not the reality all of time.
Yes. This.
Although the abortion debate isn't half such a hot-button issue over here as in the US, moving in Christian circles means I still hear a lot about it, and I'm sick to the back teeth of people who seem to think all we need to do is ban it and everything will be hunky-dory. I would call myself pro-life, but to me that means that you carry on caring about what happens to the baby after it's born, and that you care about the life of the mother too.
Plus this issue often seems to combine underlying desires to control womens' bodies and the near-fetishisation of the child, which is just seriously creepy- I had a conversation once where I got the distinct impression that the other person basically felt that women who are 'dirty' enough to get pregnant deserved to be subject to the pure and innocent baby. Nasty.
I've been hearing a lot about the Saddleback debates on various blogs today and to be honest the whole thing sounds like a set up for McCain. And Rick Warren gives me the heebie-jeebies...
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Yes. This.
Although the abortion debate isn't half such a hot-button issue over here as in the US, moving in Christian circles means I still hear a lot about it, and I'm sick to the back teeth of people who seem to think all we need to do is ban it and everything will be hunky-dory. I would call myself pro-life, but to me that means that you carry on caring about what happens to the baby after it's born, and that you care about the life of the mother too.
Plus this issue often seems to combine underlying desires to control womens' bodies and the near-fetishisation of the child, which is just seriously creepy- I had a conversation once where I got the distinct impression that the other person basically felt that women who are 'dirty' enough to get pregnant deserved to be subject to the pure and innocent baby. Nasty.
I've been hearing a lot about the Saddleback debates on various blogs today and to be honest the whole thing sounds like a set up for McCain. And Rick Warren gives me the heebie-jeebies...