Remember, we have had nearly 40 years of people who have been taught over and over that it’s THEIR body, and they’ve also been told that prolifers are out to DENY them choice. Prolifers have been painted as incredibly ‘insensitive’ to the women and therefore, where we see ourselves as trying to address the rights of the children, we need to remember that we first need to get past the knee-jerk type of response that has been inculcated in many that by doing so we are ‘disrespecting’ and denying women. Until we can work through this (and we can but it will take time) we’re going to have a lot of the same old “You hate women” “You hate babies” give and take which is ultimately useless.
**But Tantum, a woman’s body IS her own. And prolifers DO want to deny women choice. Prolifers ARE insensitive to women, which was clearly illustrated in the past few posts. It couldn’t get any clearer. But this isn’t a Cathlolic country and women have rights over their body that no no can deny. Even in predominantly Catholic countries, such as Chile, where abortion is illegal, it is still legal in the case of rape and the threat of the woman’s life. **
Let’s keep the focus on the fact that despite what lies have been put out there, the Catholic (Christian/ word of God) position is actually not only more loving of the women, but that paradoxically, the so-called’ choice’ position not only leads to the women–all women–being treated worse and suffering more; plus of course the Catholic position is in addition to being better and more loving for the women, most certainly better and more loving for the children. And even better and more loving for men. We’re trying to fix the broken families and bring them together and to make women stronger and safer and more protected and capable.
**Well, as a woman, I don’t see this thread exemplifing any love for women. I see burning hatred for women in this thread, and I have to admit, it’s quite shocking. As a woman, I don’t see women’s rights as worse for women and more suffering for women. Women’s rights are very liberating by their very virtue that they allow women to make choices for themselves.
I used to be pro-life before coming to this forum. But the crazy things people are saying to hurt women pushed me so far to the pro-choice side, that I won’t ever be back. Because I’ll never allow someone (such as some of the posters on this site) to have an ounce of control over me. I’ll always fight for women’s rights. IRL, I’ve never encountered “Catholics” which such clear and cruel distain for women. Being here made me realize how important women’s rights are. It made me realize how wrong I was for a long time.
I never thought I could be a SANE nurse working with victims of rape, but you know, this thread has been a real eye opener for me. I thinking more and more that I should volunteer as a SANE nurse in the local area hospitals. Someone has to fight for women and their rights…**
