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life right now:
i am really sick. had a fever of 101.2 sunday night, but getting a little better.
i have a test friday.
these two things + med school applications do not agree.
however my interview at UCD med school went okay, i think.
re: amendment 26 in mississippi
i am a pro-lifer who is politically pro-choice.
i believe that fetuses are human beings.
i believe that "person" has become a politically and socially twisted word.
nevertheless, this is a stupid amendment because it overshoots incredibly.
and it doesn't solve anything.
because the people behind the proposed amendment didn't write it well or thoroughly with with proper thought,
and so there are dumb implied consequences, like women can't take birth control and miscarriages will be criminally prosecuted.
all you're going to end up with is a bunch of babies with mothers who do not want them or are not ready for them in some way.
they will grow up in conditions that are not as good as they deserve.
this isn't even really about pro-life or pro-choice.
this is about a stupidly written law that raises more questions than answers.
this is about a poorly constructed amendment that will make life harder for women and their future children alike.
someday we're going to lower the number of abortions from 1 every 20 seconds to almost nothing. we're not going to have to purposefully snuff out a human life because we're going to invest in education, sexual and general, we're going to make our living environments better, we're going to teach responsible family planning, we're going to put the rapists away, and we're going to do all those things because we respect mothers as humans, we respect the pain and suffering and difficult decision-making that an abortion means for mothers, and we respect the beautiful fragility of human life. but we're not going to get rid of abortions by controlling women and by degrading them and by telling them they can't take birth control.
i don't think being pro-life has ever meant that we believe the mother is LESS a person or that the mother deserves less respect. i only think that an ugly act like abortion should not be the champion of any civil rights movement, and that we ought to respect the miracle of every fetus, scientifically and spiritually and emotionally, as human beings. but because i believe in women's rights and women's choices and women's personhood, and because i believe in raising children in the best situations we possibly can, i am against amendment 26 in mississippi. whether you're pro-choice or pro-life, if you have the time, you should research amendment 26 and take action against it.
this is the least biased article i could find: http://www.thedmonline.com/article/facts-about-amendment-26.
i also made this entry public in case any one wants to link a pro-lifer argument for being against amendment 26.
(and now i'm going back to bed. good night.)
i am really sick. had a fever of 101.2 sunday night, but getting a little better.
i have a test friday.
these two things + med school applications do not agree.
however my interview at UCD med school went okay, i think.
re: amendment 26 in mississippi
i am a pro-lifer who is politically pro-choice.
i believe that fetuses are human beings.
i believe that "person" has become a politically and socially twisted word.
nevertheless, this is a stupid amendment because it overshoots incredibly.
and it doesn't solve anything.
because the people behind the proposed amendment didn't write it well or thoroughly with with proper thought,
and so there are dumb implied consequences, like women can't take birth control and miscarriages will be criminally prosecuted.
all you're going to end up with is a bunch of babies with mothers who do not want them or are not ready for them in some way.
they will grow up in conditions that are not as good as they deserve.
this isn't even really about pro-life or pro-choice.
this is about a stupidly written law that raises more questions than answers.
this is about a poorly constructed amendment that will make life harder for women and their future children alike.
someday we're going to lower the number of abortions from 1 every 20 seconds to almost nothing. we're not going to have to purposefully snuff out a human life because we're going to invest in education, sexual and general, we're going to make our living environments better, we're going to teach responsible family planning, we're going to put the rapists away, and we're going to do all those things because we respect mothers as humans, we respect the pain and suffering and difficult decision-making that an abortion means for mothers, and we respect the beautiful fragility of human life. but we're not going to get rid of abortions by controlling women and by degrading them and by telling them they can't take birth control.
i don't think being pro-life has ever meant that we believe the mother is LESS a person or that the mother deserves less respect. i only think that an ugly act like abortion should not be the champion of any civil rights movement, and that we ought to respect the miracle of every fetus, scientifically and spiritually and emotionally, as human beings. but because i believe in women's rights and women's choices and women's personhood, and because i believe in raising children in the best situations we possibly can, i am against amendment 26 in mississippi. whether you're pro-choice or pro-life, if you have the time, you should research amendment 26 and take action against it.
this is the least biased article i could find: http://www.thedmonline.com/article/facts-about-amendment-26.
i also made this entry public in case any one wants to link a pro-lifer argument for being against amendment 26.
(and now i'm going back to bed. good night.)