Fair answer. There’s no denying that men should have a lot of (and a lot more) accountability in pregnancy, but that’s kind of beside the point in the debate around abortion rights.
I don’t think most people would defend the right to an abortion once the fetus becomes viable, nor do I think many women get abortions so late. I don’t have the stats on that, but I’m pretty sure that’s all just extreme scare-mongering from the anti-abortion lobby. They’re trying to prevent any abortion and use extremely rare/non-existent scenarios to push that agenda.
There is also a huge range of scenarios under which a women might want an abortion. I have a personal example. A very close family member of mine had an abortion when she and her husband were actively trying to have a second child. The fetus was not growing and multiple doctors confirmed that the pregnancy was going to result in a miscarriage at some point, but it was unclear when that would happen. Instead of waiting potentially months for a surprise miscarriage to happen, she decided to have an at-home abortion using mifepristone. It was purely out of bodily autonomy. Now conservative Christians are trying to take that right away from her and thousands of women in the same position.
I guess my point is that the big debate is whether women should be able to get an abortion at all or not. I believe conservative Christian leaders are resolute in stating that any abortion is anti-Christian and anti-conservative, so you might be less of one that you think.
Fair answer. There’s no denying that men should have a lot of (and a lot more) accountability in pregnancy, but that’s kind of beside the point in the debate around abortion rights.
I don’t think most people would defend the right to an abortion once the fetus becomes viable, nor do I think many women get abortions so late. I don’t have the stats on that, but I’m pretty sure that’s all just extreme scare-mongering from the anti-abortion lobby. They’re trying to prevent any abortion and use extremely rare/non-existent scenarios to push that agenda.
There is also a huge range of scenarios under which a women might want an abortion. I have a personal example. A very close family member of mine had an abortion when she and her husband were actively trying to have a second child. The fetus was not growing and multiple doctors confirmed that the pregnancy was going to result in a miscarriage at some point, but it was unclear when that would happen. Instead of waiting potentially months for a surprise miscarriage to happen, she decided to have an at-home abortion using mifepristone. It was purely out of bodily autonomy. Now conservative Christians are trying to take that right away from her and thousands of women in the same position.
I guess my point is that the big debate is whether women should be able to get an abortion at all or not. I believe conservative Christian leaders are resolute in stating that any abortion is anti-Christian and anti-conservative, so you might be less of one that you think.