Yeah, surprisingly, I think i agree with you, there...
Especially having had a girlfriend, when I was quite young, who insisted that if, by chance, she got pregnant, she would be carrying the child to term, and I would be equally responsible for it, for life...
I've had those conversations. I now know better, and have pretty much come to the same conclusion as what you outlined, there...
But I also think the "Don't have kids, the world is fucked/dying" argument is fundamentally, uhh, insane, so... There's that, too.
While I think abortion is scummy and wrong, I'm also not of the stance that government should only be built around my beliefs. I'd accept a compromise that included abortion to be allowed early term, which is what the Texas law is, it's not a ban. Compromise is give and take, if I'm to give them a few weeks of abortion, I need something in return. Granted the bad part is the abortionists are in a position of strength in that in most places it's already allowed, so there's that to deal with too.
Not that a compromise has ever been offered. I don't really trust that to end the discussion either. They'd take the compromise then still want the rest.
Yeah, surprisingly, I think i agree with you, there...
Especially having had a girlfriend, when I was quite young, who insisted that if, by chance, she got pregnant, she would be carrying the child to term, and I would be equally responsible for it, for life...
I've had those conversations. I now know better, and have pretty much come to the same conclusion as what you outlined, there...
But I also think the "Don't have kids, the world is fucked/dying" argument is fundamentally, uhh, insane, so... There's that, too.
While I think abortion is scummy and wrong, I'm also not of the stance that government should only be built around my beliefs. I'd accept a compromise that included abortion to be allowed early term, which is what the Texas law is, it's not a ban. Compromise is give and take, if I'm to give them a few weeks of abortion, I need something in return. Granted the bad part is the abortionists are in a position of strength in that in most places it's already allowed, so there's that to deal with too.
Not that a compromise has ever been offered. I don't really trust that to end the discussion either. They'd take the compromise then still want the rest.
Exactly. You don't negotiate with terrorists.