I am pro-choice yet anti-abortion. I don't believe in abortion but I don't want to impose that belief on others, which makes me pro-choice.
I don't like the term pro-life because I believe that most of the population is pro-life. Nobody WANTS to get an abortion, they just feel that it's the only plausible option for them.
The reason that I dislike many so called "pro-lifers" is that they impose their beliefs on others. Tis a difference in a matter of opinion, ya'll.
When abortions were illegal, people still sought them. So called "coat hanger abortions" are extremely dangerous and, in my opinion, not worth making abortion illegal again. Instead of forcing people to use unsanitary, unsafe abortion methods, it makes more sense to provide them with legal, clean options.
I choose not to get an abortion. I'm not about to let my opinion stop you from getting one, however.
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I always find this argument to be such a pat, stock answer that I'm not convinced the speaker has given much thought to what they are saying. They're just repeating what they've heard someone else say.
By definition, to impose means to establish as compulsory. When it comes to "imposing a belief", then someone is forcing you to believe in something that you do not. Well, chances are you aren't going to be able to change someone's belief by force. You might make them COMPLY with your beliefs, but their beliefs won't necessarily change.
I have religious beliefs, and while I can share them with you, I can't make you believe them--even if I force you to comply with the same standards that my religious beliefs require, that doesn't mean you believe them. I'm am not, therefore, imposing my beliefs on you.
Ironically, the current legal status of abortion in this country does force some of the unborn to comply with the notion that abortion is a woman's decision. That belief IS imposed on the unborn child who dies because of abortion.
You did, however, hit the nail on the head. The real problem that needs to be dealt with is that women often don't feel they have any other option. There are options out there, but the pro-choice side is usually so busy protecting the right to choose, they don't offer the mother any other solution, or support if she chooses life.
And I suppose I could say the same thing about you, no? We could probably say that about every other post on here, that people are just repeating what they've heard other people say since its all such pat, stock answers.
The truth is, it's my opinion, and there you go degrading it. And there is a difference between sharing your religious beliefs and imposing your religious beliefs. Imposing your religious beliefs wouldn't be forcing me to agree with them, it would just be you being overly forceful with your statements. It would be you lecturing me on how I am wrong and you are right.
The truth is, the law doesn't protect a fetus. It doesn't have a voice. But the mother that houses it for nine months does. The mother that can't carry it, can't pay for it, can't support it, love it, or whatever. So someone isn't imposing beliefs on an "unborn child who dies becasue of abortion". It's not an unborn child who 'dies' becasue of abortion. It's a fetus that is aborted. Point Blank. And that's my opinion. And thats you imposing your opinions on me. You're right, I did hit the nail on the head.