Reply #100: And I disagree. [View All]

[Luminous Animal]

The middle is not muddy at all. It's the fringe that muddies the dialog and the media likes to elevate because they are sexier than the middle. It is the fringe that some politicians like to exploit so that they can foment fear of the "other.

The majority; that is, the middle, is mostly pro-choice. And it means, just that. Reproductive choice... Access to adequate and affordable birth control and reproductive services. The whole shebang... informative sex education, birth control, prenatal care, adoption services, and abortion for those who want one. Some reject abortion as a choice for themselves but would not impose that choice on another. Some may work as advocates to expand education, access to birth control, and pre-natal care. Some may work as activists to keep abortion legal or to provide clinic defense. Some vote for pro-choice candidates. Some may do nothing but simply abide with their convictions.

I have never met a person who who views abortion as not a viable reproductive choice for any woman, who is anything but anti-abortion as a reproductive choice. Some may pray to their god to overturn Roe v Wade, some may block clinics, some will picket, Some will vote for anti-abortion candidates. Some may do nothing but simply abide with their convictions.

This is not rocket science.

Either you believe that a woman is her own agent and believe that she should have adequate access to modern medicine to control her own reproductive destiny.

Or you believe that a woman is her own agent, up to a point, and believe that she should have adequate access to modern medicine to control her own reproductive destiny, bar one, and that the state has an interest in forcing her to give birth.