tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309663644247115378.post1913969429876731089..comments2015-10-28T20:55:42.025-07:00Comments on Parthenon: How We Know Anti-Choicers are Anti-SexAgishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074828202399142807noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309663644247115378.post-10857377445760359712010-10-03T18:55:45.402-07:002010-10-03T18:55:45.402-07:00two things:
first, i love your pps. it's so ...two things:<br /><br />first, i love your pps. it's so true and a great call. it's the least intellectually sound argument out there and is just trying to play at people's heart strings in an already emotional issue. especially when tim tebow does it.<br /><br />second. i think your explanation of why some people are pro-choice for women who are raped is true for a lot of people. but i think there's another reason that some people are pro-choice in that situation--compassion. there is a recognition that when a woman is raped she is very traumatized. while a person might believe that a fetus is a life, most pro-lifers (maybe all?) think there should be an exception for the life and health of the mother. so clearly they believe there are a few limited situation where it is okay to abort a fetus and that a fetus isn't quite the same as an already born person. i think some pro-lifers (myself included, when, many years ago, I was pro-life) feel that forcing a woman who has been raped to carry around a painful reminder of that traumatic event is often damaging to the emotional health of the woman and she should be able to choose to abort that fetus. <br /><br />i've never really thought about the issue the way your analysis put it. i think i sort of accepted that the rape-exception was just so obvious. but i think your analysis is spot on for a large number of pro-lifers.navahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513799847997618374noreply@blogger.com