Now, I will admit that I am not hardcore against abortion. I detest the casual way it is used and talked about, and I am dead set against late term abortions except as a true medical emergency. It turns my stomach that the Libs do not want parental notification in what is a monumentous decision in a young girls life.
And it is distrubing, to say the least, that most cannot even call it abortion. It is usually "choice" or "pro-choice," and they call those who oppose abortion "anti-choice," like it is some horrendously evil thing to even dare bring up objections to the wanton destruction of life simply because someone got liquored up (or stoned, or whatever), didn't use protection, and found themselves pregnant.
Perfect example:
Every damn day I go past a PP clinic on my way to work. And every damn day there are at least two, sometimes more old white men with signs with aborted fetuses or slogans like "Planned Parenthood kills babies and scars mothers". They even have a little truck that drives around downtown with a 10 by 16 picture of an aborted fetus on it (quite appetizing as i head on down to Wendy's).
And what does the pro-choice side bring to counter this debate? Not a goddamned thing.
Seriously, when is the pro-choice side going to get counter-protesters standing by these regulars that stand their post daily? Sure we are able to turn out a couple of thousand people holding NOW logos on the Supreme Court steps every time they hear an abortion case, but where is the daily outreach to the everyday crowd? Where are the people holding signs that read "the Knights of Columbus intimidate women and scare children" or "Choice let me finish my college degree"?!?!?! Where is our truck with a picture of a haggard drop-out woman with 7 children who works 4 jobs to make ends meet with a clever slogan like "Life"?
These people are out there trying to convince people daily and our side has no statement to counter them. We need this voice; we need this presence.
Got that? "I was irresponsible and got pregnant, but a pair of forcepts, a little shot to the brain, and a suction machine let me get my college degree. It's like getting a boil lanced." And, "I kept getting pregnant when I shouldn't have, because I was a dope. If only I could have killed my kids off before they were born. But, those evil Rightwingers wouldn't let me off them."
If something is the cat's meow, you shouldn't really have to go out of your way to convince people of it, should you?
