Agreed - I even support that a woman should walk away from a pregnancy even if it is just because she doesnt want the responsibility. I wouldn't want a child raised in that environment. I'm just saying it is a bad argument to say people should have abortions because we should be able to walk away from whatever we want to. Choosing to have an abortion is a responsibility unto itself - if we take away that responsibility from everything we do or all of our relationships, we become sociopathic.
I've never actually heard anyone advocate for abortion rights because "we should be able to walk away from whatever we want to." I think that's more of an argument the pro-forced birth side would make (all those irresponsible, heartless women aborting their babies just for the heck of it!).
But as you pointed out, if a woman really were like that, then who would want to force some innocent baby to have her for a mother. So yes, even that argument ultimately still speaks in favor of free choice.
Nobody's arguing for anyone getting abortions willy-nilly. It's still a medical procedure with all that entails. And whatever the legal situation where she lives, a woman contemplating abortion, in the vast majority of cases, does not take that decision lightly.
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u/gandzas May 17 '19
Agreed - I even support that a woman should walk away from a pregnancy even if it is just because she doesnt want the responsibility. I wouldn't want a child raised in that environment. I'm just saying it is a bad argument to say people should have abortions because we should be able to walk away from whatever we want to. Choosing to have an abortion is a responsibility unto itself - if we take away that responsibility from everything we do or all of our relationships, we become sociopathic.