You had a good teacher. I'll bet she also realized you were a good student.
I have to admit, my own feelings about abortion are not nearly as well researched as yours. I can also see how they've evolved with age. When I was a teenager, I would have said no one should ever interfere with my right to have an abortion. As a 40+ year-old woman, no one had better ever touch my non-existent daughter without my informed consent. I believe that life begins at conception and that, by that logic, abortion is murder--but I also believe that I don't have the right to force some other woman to bear a child against her will. To me, people who think abortion is a cut-and-dried issue are just not seeing the whole picture. It's not an easy decision, any way you look at it, and I support the decision that allows for the greater freedom. That means allowing women to choose.
I was under the impression, though, that female infanticide is a real problem in China, where there is a cultural preference for male children.
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Date: 2012-05-30 02:02 am (UTC)I have to admit, my own feelings about abortion are not nearly as well researched as yours. I can also see how they've evolved with age. When I was a teenager, I would have said no one should ever interfere with my right to have an abortion. As a 40+ year-old woman, no one had better ever touch my non-existent daughter without my informed consent. I believe that life begins at conception and that, by that logic, abortion is murder--but I also believe that I don't have the right to force some other woman to bear a child against her will. To me, people who think abortion is a cut-and-dried issue are just not seeing the whole picture. It's not an easy decision, any way you look at it, and I support the decision that allows for the greater freedom. That means allowing women to choose.
I was under the impression, though, that female infanticide is a real problem in China, where there is a cultural preference for male children.
Chantal