quietly-living-life asked: Why be pro-life? I mean, do you know what hyperemesis gravidarum, pre-eclampsia, and ectopic pregnancies are? Do you know how physically hellish pregnancy can be for a woman? Do you know all of the different ways that pregnancy can cause mental and emotional distress to a woman? Do you know how emotionally scarring it can be to give a child up for adoption? Or do you just not care about any of that, which proves that your views on this issue are incredibly hateful?
First off—and I’ve said this a thousand times before—I’m not pro-life. Or pro-choice. I am anti-abortion. Important distinction if you care more about the facts than feeling like part of some silly little social club.
To answer your questions: Yes. Not from personal experience, but yes. Yes. Yes. And, as any intellectually honest person would have to answer to your last question, no, I don’t care. But I think you’re a little confused—since when does not kowtowing to cheap emotional appeals or letting them get in the way of real principles make a position hateful?
This was obviously intended to be some kind of hit-and-run thing, but if you have an answer, I’d like to know. And if you’re at all interested in actually understanding my position (as you obviously haven’t read more than a few sentences on it—at the most), the abortion tag would be a good place to start.
