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so i got to the party a little late, but what you should really do is embrace the fact that i showed up at all.
mostly i don't know what to say that hasn't been said. i mean i could go on the whole legal side of roe v. wade, and discuss privacy issues and the history of it and all of that and whatnot. but i don't feel like doing that, as the legal issues surrounding roe aren't why i am pro-choice.
but why am i pro-choice?
that is a damn good question, and not one i have never tried to answer in a tangible persuasive argument. i just know that i am. because i think it is right. but that really isn't a great argument for an issue that is an important one, like roe v. wade. and let me tell you if i had been wearing a robe when it was decided i totally would not have been asked to write the majority opinion on the thing based on my difficulty now.
what it comes down to, i guess, is that women in this country have been trying, for some time now, to gain equal status with men. and a part of that involves the right to make decisions that effect her directly, without the interference of men or the government. without antiquated ideas that you got knocked up so it is meant to be, so you have to give up everything you wanted and be a grown-up right this second and take care of a child and be a mother and a baby incubator forever.
and the fact remains that in this society males are not held as accountable as they are for that situation, they can pack up and leave but the woman can't run away from it. she faces that reality every day, the reality of the pregnancy, the reality of knowing if she can take care of the child or not. so why not adoption? well it goes to the equailty thing. to not give a woman the right to make decsions regarding her body and her reproductive system effectively says you are a baby maker, nothing more, you can never be anything more. you make babies. that is it. the only purpose you serve.
in my mind at least. i am all about equailty. i support roe, and the ERA. and to me roe is a giant step forward in the equality arena. one that recognizes women can make difficult decisions, one that recognizes that women have more to offer society than a womb.
and that is about as articulate as i can make it. so it is a good thing i was not wearing a robe and sitting in DC because i totally could not have written a cogent argument as to why this is the proper decision other than to say i feel it is right.