Choice Is The Only Choice

Do you know why I take such an extreme position on abortion? In truth, I don't. An extreme pro-abortion stance would be to advocate that people should get abortions under various circumstances, rather than that they should be able to get abortions under all circumstances, which is what I advocate 1 . My position is not extreme; it's hardline—which is to say, I am not amenable to compromise. The actual substance of my position comes across as extreme only because it is outside the mainstream... read more

This is a response to this , which is in turn a response to this . It's not that we're so lame as to post these as journal entries; it's that apparently LJ has a (short) limit for comment size. Oh well. This is not an argument against abortion care. You're right, it certainly isn't. I was attempting to explain to you why getting an abortion might be a difficult decision, since you asked, not arguing against abortion care. I understand that any significant physiological change in the body...