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(First link courtesy of talvinamarich, second courtesy of MoveOn.Org. Apologies for any confusion.)
We need heros like this to prove to Congress that NO means NO!
We need heros like this to prove to Congress that NO means NO!
I hope the change to the bill doesn't go through. Rape should be defined as any sexual action against a person's wishes. Male or female.
In Canada, force is defined as the threat of any sort of retribution - verbal and monetary as well as physical. So this includes threatening to tell people something bad about the person, withhold funds (medicines, food, etc) from a spouse or other person dependent on the aggressor, take a child away from the parent, arrange for a member of the family to have an accident, etc.
Personally, I believe that prevention is a better course of action than abortion. That's why my daughter got the talk about birth control when she was 13 and knows that we prefer her to be on birth control when she decides to have sex.
However, having been on the side of needing an abortion when my second child was discovered to have a medical condition commonly known as "water on the brain" and that I would be having a miscarriage in a few weeks if we didn't do the abortion, I believe that abortions should be available in hospitals with valid medical personnel.
I call myself a pro-choice pro-lifer. I know how horrible a choice it was to abort and I would have given anything for my second child to have been given a chance to live. Yet it wasn't to be and the abortion prevented me from further medical issues.
I firmly believe that all women should have the right to make their own choices. Being married does not make a woman subject to her husband's opinions. Nor does it mean that she has to have sex with him whenever he wants it. However, some people still think and act that way.
On a related note, I read the comments on the articles as well. I noticed that the first group of comments on the second article quickly became a debate on religion and there were a lot of generalizations being thrown around. I know Southern men that consider themselves Christians but they certainly don't like what the bill is proposing. I worry that polarization will occur based on those generalizations and not on the actual issue.
Anyway, that's this Canadian's view.
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