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My law school friends talk a lot about developing "law brain". In recent weeks I have similarly developed "cyberfeminism brain". It has had made me really weirded out by and critical of the internet. Hence- absence
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On the more women having abortions than believing in them- it doesn't surprise me, but it's a grim reality. According to online pokings around, apparently something like 25% of women who have abortions are pro-life? I.... grrr.
What you said about the idea of pro-choice being supposedly not a moral position is really interesting. I've been thinking a lot lately about how the left so categorically rejects morality and faith (by which I mean any non-empirical emotion based belief, not necessarily religious faith) as grounds for arguments. And I feel like in the context of this discussion, "I want the right to an abortion because I think forcing me to stay pregnant against my will is morally objectionable" is JUST as valid as any of the supposedly "not-moral" arguments the movement uses at present.
But yeah. I feel like I keep having conversations with people about why inserting morality can be a good thing, and I'm glad you agree! And the bioethical stance, although I think I disagree with it pretty fundamentally, is really interesting.
I thought this line from the article was so telling though: "The move now is for them to argue that abortion is morally wrong not because it hurts fetuses, but because it hurts women". I wonder what that means, or will mean?
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