ext_190029 ([identity profile] harmonybunny114.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] fickle 2008-08-30 09:12 pm (UTC)

because she's too selfish to put aside her own views and think about what's honestly best for the child.

Put aside her views? Put aside her views? Honestly, when have you ever done that? You write that with such glib ease, as though one's views are just clothes we pick up, put on, then discard when we feel they're out of fashion (which can happen, but is thankfully not the leading rule). She has made a judgement call on the value of life and the quality of life the child is likely to live, and decided that living in pain is better than not living. (And given her religious views has additionally probably factored in that life is sacred and god-given and it isn't her choice to make. I don't know what went through her head - and neither do you). While you may not agree with this, many people do. Do NOT be so close-minded as to say that just because someone has a different opinion than you (and YES it's one that affects someone else) she is being 'selfish and stupid, stupid, stupid'.

Pro-choice are we? The women's right to choose what happens in her body is paramount? Yeah, great, how well that view has held fast, hm?

I happen to think that the pain the child would be in would be sufficient to say it shouldn't have been born, but I do not know. There is sufficient uncertainty about the life that anyone leads, the awareness they have, the enjoyment they get out of anything that I have doubts. On balance I would probably come up with the conclusion that quality of life would be too low and would probably abort, but it is not fucking black and white and someone who makes the 'wrong' choice isn't necessarily selfish!

The only thing about your post I agree with is that I don't like the sound of her neglecting the child, though again I DO NOT know the circumstances and neither do you - I imagine as a prominent political figure she is able to afford some pretty sweet help. Oh, and I also don't want her to be VP, but for other reasons.

I do love you, and it's great that you actually speak out about things you care about and raise awareness, but for fuck's sake think about the other side before you make extremely judgemental assumptions.

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