ProChoice advocates should question what abortion has become, on the grounds of Woman's Choice.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg saved at least one baby because the military pressured Capt Susan Struck to resign when she became pregnant. RBG's efforts on Struck's behalf resulted in the military changing its policy and not forcing women to resign due to pregnancy.
As she was in favor of woman's choice and woman’s equality, we can emulate RBG's stance to demand real choices:
- Abortion clinics must also offer services that assist with adoption, fostering, and assisted parenting.
- Abortion clinics should demand proper health care for the woman throughout the abortion procedure (no checking into a motel for late-term abortions and birthing a dead fetus alone).
- Counselors at abortion clinics should check if the woman is being pressured by boyfriends or husbands to abort
- Abortion clinics should provide informed consent for procurement of fetal parts for medical research, which involves abortion procedures that are riskier to the woman.
- Counselors at abortion clinics should challenge the use of abortion as a means of gender selection or genocide, for example, the forced abortions upon the Muslim Uighur women by the Chinese government, and to resist the abortion industry targeting minority women in the USA.
- Abortion is permissible if the woman's life is in danger due to the pregnancy. This does not diminish the humanity of the unborn. In any case when there is danger to life, exceptions are made: think of the "women and children first" value in the west, that means, if the Titanic is sinking, you save the women and children first, that does not mean that men are not worthy, alive, and human.
- Show her the ultrasound. There are women who are saying, after abortion, that they were lied to vis a vis fetal development.
1 - Woman’s choice
It has come to light that Planned Parenthood only offers abortion as a choice for an unplanned pregnancy and, once women enter their clinic, actively pressures women to abort. This is not choice. Those who are pro-choice should agree to mandatory offering of real choices to all women at all abortion clinics, including adoption, foster care, and parenting help.
2 - Woman’s choice regarding the abortion procedure
The woman undergoing an abortion should be informed if the doctor plans to harvest the unborn’s organs for medical usage. The use of mechanical and medicinal cervical dilators such as misoprostol (in order for the fetus to be evacuated intact) pose an increased risk to the woman and this should be made clear to her. It should be her choice if the organs will be used, or if the unborn will be buried or cremated according with her faith tradition.
3 - Woman’s choice and woman’s equality re: pressure from one’s place of work
Ruth Bader Ginsberg saved one baby because the military pressured Capt Susan Struck to resign when she became pregnant. RBG's efforts on Struck's behalf resulted in the military changing its policy and not forcing women to resign due to pregnancy. Woman’s choice prevailed over boss’ choice, and woman’s equality prevailed over being fired for being pregnant, as only a woman can become pregnant.
We should agree that no woman should be pressured to abort by her place of work, college administration, or family members.
4 - Woman’s equality re: gender selection
Abortion should never occur due to gender selection, as that is not woman’s equality. More female babies are aborted than male babies, and Planned Parenthood does not discourage women from getting an abortion even if they declare that they are seeking an abortion if it is a girl. Concepts of woman’s equality should stop this.
5 - Woman’s choice, not government’s choice
Those who are pro-choice are certainly pro woman’s choice and not "government’s choice". The Chinese government is forcing abortions on its Muslim Uighur population as a form of population control. Pro choice voices should be loud and clear against any government forcing women to have abortions.
6 - Woman’s choice not doctor’s choice due to classism and racism
Keisha Atkins was encouraged by an abortion doctor during a mere 20 minute interview to get an abortion partly because she was Latina (sic) and blue collar. This is classist and racist.
7 - Proper health care during the abortion procedure
Keisha Atkins died of complications following a late term abortion due to medical neglect. It is coming to light that there is serious medical neglect occurring in many abortion clinics. We should all agree that abortion clinics should have hospital admitting privileges, that women should not be delivering late term babies alone in hotel rooms, all people across the spectrum should demand proper and externally audited medial care for the woman who does have an abortion.
An unspoken issue: the sexually active may get pregnant.
Awareness needs to be raised that birth control methods are not 100% effective. Getting pregnant can happen while using birth control. This may result in wiser choices regarding birth control (say, a rhythm method coupled with a barrier method for maximum effectiveness), a more mature attitude when entering a sexual relationship, or the decision to abstain.
Pro choice means informed choices
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Ben Watson, former NFL champion and pro-life activist, has called for respectful dialogue between the pro-life and pro-choice camps. (See clips at end, where I post the time in the clips where he calls for dialogue.) This inspired me to write this post.
There are some issues that members of both camps can agree upon to curtail abortion.
Clips of Ben Watson speaking at an advocate for pro-life as well as respectful dialogue:
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