Pro Choice vs Pro-Life

It's not because I believe that killing a living thing is "right", but what many people don't understand is that laws do not stop at the point at which they begin. Once a laws is set in motion, it creates precedence and can apply to future cases where you cannot imaging that law could be applied. When you take away a woman's right to have abortions, you take away a woman's right to her own body. Explain why it is that a man can have a vasectomy whenever he wants, but a woman must meet certain criteria for a tubal ligation (tying of the fallopian tubes). In most states, a woman is required to already have had at least 2 children, or if she is married she must get the written, notarized consent of her spouse. What the fuck is that?!

With the exception of careless hood-rats who have abortions every Saturday morning out of fear and a general lack of responsibility for their behavior, there are countless women who have multiple abortions because they can't afford $35.00 to $60.00 a month for oral contraceptive, and that is the price "with medical insurance". Without medical insurance, the cost of oral contraception ranges from $60 to $130.00 per month. That is crazy! The better the medication is, the more expensive it is. And let's not approach the subject of condoms ... yeah, yeah - it's the man's responsibility as well, and besides oral contraception does not prevent sexually transmitted diseases. Ok. We know all that. But regardless of all this, the truth is, sex is the ultimate physical satisfaction, and you can't get that with a condom - you may as well masturbate. Let's just be real.
So we're not on the topic of disease - we're on the topic of abortions, but if we were able to terminate diseases, we would still make the choice to have great sex and terminate the disease every time, wouldn't we? If AIDS was as curable as pregnancy is, who would want to be responsible for their actions, you would just get rid of it, no? The reality is that most people want real sex without the rubbery intrusion, and if it ends in pregnancy and women lose their rights to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, they lose the right to make a decision concerning their own life, the life of the child, and the the choice of what happens inside their own body. And who do you think this affects most? Not the rich girls, but the poor women, most of whom are overrepresented in the Black community. You not only take away a sista's right, you take away the right of a brotha to not have to probably end up in the court system, jammed up for not paying some baby-momma to look after a kid he didn't want either. It's defeating. Having a Choice does not mean we will always choose to abort. And seriously, some people should never be allowed to have kids anyway.

Before you sign up to take away that right, think about the precedent you set by voting to make abortions illegal. Think carefully before you vote on issues. Those rights you remove from a woman, you also remove from some men, and that choice may not be yours today, but watch out, choices of yesterday can come back to bite you in the ass tomorrow. That same choice you make for others, can someday be used against you when you want to make some other decision about your own body.

For the record: No Daniel, I have never had an abortion. I can actually care about something that is not yet affecting me.