For those “feminists” that are complaining about the stereotyping of the “pro-life” side of this debate, I’m sorry mom and dad never told you, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too. If you support any government move that wants to restrict what all women across the board do with their own bodies regardless of the individual circumstances, risk to their life or mental health, you are not a feminist.
We are not different because you believe that a fetus is a baby and I don’t, we are different because you believe that a mass of tissue is more important than a full grown woman and I don’t. We are different in that I don’t want to sit in the living room of a woman I don’t know and pass judgment on her life to see whether or not she’s “worthy” of having control over her own body and by extension her own life. I know it’s not my place. We’re different in our practice of compassion toward another human being no matter who that human being is, what she’s done, or what her circumstances are. That is how we’re different.
We are talking about situations in which the rights of a citizen of this country are in direct opposition to fetuses, masses of tissue, or unborn babies, whatever language you want to use. In that situation, if you’re going to take the side of one party, you MUST acknowledge that you are discarding the rights of the other. I’ve accepted that responsibility, and yet many of you refuse to do as much.
So if those of us from the pro-choice side of the fence are unduly harsh or offensive to your sensibilities, I can pretty confidently inform you that it’s because we’re tired of waiting for you to grow up.
