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[ehmjay]

As a sexually active female who has no plans of pregnancy OR childbirth in her future, it seems appropriate to support abortion; I myself am neither a mother nor a provider, and may never be.

But as a vegan and animal rights cause-girl, it's also within my ethical nature to protect life of even the lowest consciousness.

The topic of abortion tears me between the idea of possible happiness in life, and possible sanctuary in death.

It tears me between the welfare of the mother and the welfare of the child;

between a blessing for exceptional cases (i.e., rape victims), and a quick fix for those who find protection "inconvenient".


I have learned through all of the contradictions that any and all stances have their pros and cons, I cannot possibly make a concrete judgement on such an impactual ruling.


What I have found, though, is that I am not alone in this confusion.

Many others grapple with ideals and needs in hospital waiting rooms, church pews, and silent dinner tables.


Now, luckily, I judge from the sidelines, and have never had to make a decision regarding my own womb, my own child, my own conscience...


but the stance I have finally taken is one of acceptance and opportunity.

I believe in the policies of Karma and guilt; I believe that most people are inherently good and would not destroy life without their own reasoning and personal deliberations, and that those who are reckless have the right to be, at their own personal cost.


If abortion really is horribly wrong, perhaps a higher power will take care of retribution?

(Or perhaps not.)


Either way, though, the bystanders, those of limited perspective, all of us who come up short of omniscient-

we will never have the right to bar other human beings (of sound mind) from making their own decisions.





At least not until we hear from a higher power.

At least not until we can ask a fetus how much they are really aware of.

At least not until the line between Right and Wrong becomes a little more defined.