We should not be pro abortion!

[loyalsister]

59. Exactly

I am pro apendectomies, pro-heart bypasses, pro elective surgeries that fix something that do not present a medical risk or problem. For example, cosmetic surgery, etc.
I think some elective cosmetic surgeries ultimately enable the social rejection of people who do not reach an ideal standard of appearance, and I have a personal problem with perpetuating those ideals. Thus, I find the beauty culture pressure that people (most often women) are confronted with offensive.

I would love to see a shift in a direction that would not encourage that pressure. But, I also see it as a valid personal choice that may offer comfort.

Given my personal opposition to the messages sent by widespread use of surgical procedures to "improve" appearance, some might interpret my position as anti-cosmetic surgery. I have known people who passionately view those decisions with judgement, and I don't think that is fair. To not be generally pro-elective cosmetic surgery is to enable a rigid point of view that supports social pressures in the alternate direction.

In some instances it is necessary to take a side.

I admit to the validity of any position but I consider my pro abortion and pro-cosmetic surgery because I believe those options are valid and, in that sense, as good and equally moral as the alternative.