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(4,187 posts)should not be forced to undergo a dangerous medical procedure against her will?
I'm not trying to force you into having a fight with him, but how can a man -- a man! -- who is married to a liberal woman not understand that Roe vs. Wade is about not being forced by the government to suffer, against one's will, pain and sickness for nine months, followed by a painful and dangerous medical procedure that will inevitably leave one with lasting health problems for the rest of one's life?
Does he not understand that there are some women (like myself) who would rather commit suicide than be pregnant? (I've never needed an abortion, but I used to have nightmares about being pregnant when I was still young enough to be able to get pregnant. If I'd been born in a society that forced me to have children, I would almost certainly have committed suicide.) Does he not understand that abortion is about a woman -- an adult woman with dependents and loved ones -- much more than it is about a fetus? Does he not understand that banning abortion goes against the Republican principles of small government and privacy?
My husband is a liberal, but when we first met, despite being pro-choice, he thought abortion was a bad, unpleasant thing. I've made him come around by getting him to see the issue from a woman's perspective -- i.e., what abortion rights really mean when they are not just a theoretical question but a very real one.
You have my deepest sympathy. You must really love this man to have put up with his views for so long.