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In reply to the discussion: Being pro-life doesn’t make me any less of a lefty [View all]LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)I am sick of being told "Yes, it's your body but a baby's not part of your body!". Maybe, maybe not; but MY uterus is very definitely part of MY body.
I am sick of being labeled "selfish" for not loving the idea of legally forcing women to do something that will be detrimental to their physical and mental health, against their will and without their consent.
I am sick of being told "I loved my pregnancy so you should too!".
I am sick of being presented with a list of celebrities as if their opinion determines what a human right looks like. I am also sick of being presented with a list of early feminists who opposed abortion at a time when multiple births were heavily pushed culturally and abortion was still a deadly operation. Times have changed.
I am sick of the idea that abortion for "lifestyle or career" reasons is considered "pandering to a system devised and run by men for male convenience., but having a baby, which men support in much higher numbers, is not.
I am also sick of this holier-than-thou "pro-life persecution"ness in general. No one cares particularly if a person is personally "pro-life" or not. We care when they try to legislate it. If you're trying to legislate your personal anti-choice agenda on other people, knowing full well and conveniently ignoring that there is a live human woman involved, then you do lose the right call yourself a progressive. So I'm sorry, Mehdi, but if that's what you're pushing for, then yes it does make you less of a lefty.