Something odd is going on with the water. Everywhere but here, that is.
Vast numbers of women are succumbing. Virtually every woman I met today was pregnant (and the men I met had wives who were all expecting). It appears that the women of the forums I visit are falling pregnant at the click of a mouse.
Not here. My cycle is officially fucked.
I chart, but I have no idea what is going on. Harvey's death (I tear up just writing that) has left my cycle in limbo.
And yet, abortion is the main topic of the day in blogs I visit and forums I frequent.
Some feel that life begins at conception. Some do not. Some feel that that life must be protected at all costs - that a woman must sacrifice her body for nine months to bring forth life. Some feel that there are no good reasons to abort. Some feel that there are.
People have the right to believe whatever the hell they want. And to express those beliefs.
They do not have the right to hurt others. People like Holly, who uses Cecily's tragedy to further her own cause, regardless of how much pain that might cause. People like Holly, who hijack good and decent debates to attack.
I know where I stand on the issue. But I am not going to force my beliefs on to anyone, and insist that my way is the right way. It might be for me. It might not be for you.
Some might do well to consider that.
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I remember the frustration, Mouse. How I could barely look at other women with babies and protruding bellies.
I had some tests performed. Turns out that I needed just a jumpstart for ovulation. Oh, what simple bit of knowledge would have saved DH and me a year of heartache.
I haven't been posting much anywhere, except for a few blogs. I was going to post some of my own ponderings on life and abortion and all that in my blog a while back, but it is so draining.
What the fuck does it matter, anyway?
I have nothing against saving the mother's life, but I wish the baby's life could then be ended, without a doubt, in a painless way.
When I hear a woman's "right to choose," to me, that means to choose when she isn't in danger. I see no difference in that from killing a life outside the wall of flesh. We can't, according to "society," choose to kill our newborns because they are a hardship or we simply don't want them.
I've never been in an abortion clinic, or witnessed the termination of pregnancy in a hospital, but I have read online what happens. I have seen photos, and these photos appeared to be real. Tiny parts and bodies.
So, I think about how the procedures are done. Chemical deaths to the "fetus" and extraction, which can result in dismembering, and I wonder how we, as supposed enlightened people, can allow this. And then I can't think on it too much. But then, what the fuck does it all matter, anyway?
Evil One | Email | Homepage | 02.02.05 - 7:14 pm | #
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I'm sorry. I hope the tainted water finds it's way to your house soon.
Stacy | Email | Homepage | 02.04.05 - 8:59 am | #
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