That's a very good point - let me have a stab at addressing it.
There is something especially creepy, even sleazy, about powerful men wanting to force (primarily poor) women to produce babies, particularly when they're not also for preventing unplanned pregnancies nor for children's welfare. Basically, it's a small bunch of old guys trying to get control over the womb. Yuck.
There's a big difference between you having your personal say, and these guys legislating. They talk about "debate", but what they mean is a clampdown. Everybody gets to express their opinion, however they can, but ultimately I can't make your medical decisions, and you can't make mine; more importantly, the state can't make the individual's medical decisions.
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Date: 2004-11-08 03:26 pm (UTC)There is something especially creepy, even sleazy, about powerful men wanting to force (primarily poor) women to produce babies, particularly when they're not also for preventing unplanned pregnancies nor for children's welfare. Basically, it's a small bunch of old guys trying to get control over the womb. Yuck.
There's a big difference between you having your personal say, and these guys legislating. They talk about "debate", but what they mean is a clampdown. Everybody gets to express their opinion, however they can, but ultimately I can't make your medical decisions, and you can't make mine; more importantly, the state can't make the individual's medical decisions.