Pointing out abortions is NOT slut shaming

[MineralMan]

60. Maybe it's where I have lived, but I've never known

anyone who was stalked or harassed for having an abortion. For them, it was indeed a private thing. They told me because they trusted me, or because I took them to the clinic. I was a friend. I used to volunteer during protests at clinics to be an escort. Almost every woman I knew used some sort of contraceptive. None of those women were harassed for that, either. I never caused a pregnancy in my entire life. I made that decision at the age of 20.

I'm sure such things as you describe occur, but I have not known of that happening. Again, perhaps it's where I have lived.

My mother taught me, when I was a very young person, that I should not base my behavior on what others do, but on the principles I had learned. Just because some do wrong things does not mean that I should do similar things. "But Johnny does that" was never a valid excuse I could offer my mother. Instead, she taught me to always try to be an example of how a person should behave.

So, if someone mistreats someone else, I will address that person directly and advise against such behavior. I will not copy that behavior or engage in following their example, since that does nothing to prevent others from behaving badly.

I detest Lauren Boebert. Not for being an escort nor for having an abortion. I detest her behavior in attempting to force others to do what she says, rather than what she does. I will condemn her for that, but I will not attack her own supposed behavior to do so. Do I know for a fact that she was an "escort" or had abortions? I do not. I do know what she is trying to turn into laws that punish those who do those things. I oppose her on those grounds. I don't need to call out her other behaviors, since I don't consider either behavior to be a bad thing, necessarily.

I follow my mother's advice in that regard. I will continue to do so.