06-13-2023, 08:37 PM
Abortion is never a pretty option regardless of the situation. Ideally, all families are planned and kids are born healthy to healthy, expectant parents with the means to care for them into legal adulthood. Unfortunately, the scenario I just described is rarer than people might think (or not).
The fact that people just can't seem to accept out loud while simultaneously accepting it through their actions as a society is this: People copulate for fun. In fact, people copulate for fun a hell of a lot more than they copulate to procreate. This is absolutely undeniable. They do it with people, often times multiple, that they have zero intention of having kids with. They do it for sometimes decades on end. It's damn near a sport for ones that are particularly adept at it. Sexual pleasure drives the very existence of more people than we might want to even admit, especially early in adult life.
The consequence of this is pregnancy. Lots of it. A great deal of it of the unwanted variety. Some people slog through it and make a good life out of raising a family with someone they never dreamed of marrying. Others try, fail, and pay significant emotional and financial prices, as do their offspring born into reluctant arrangements.
Intercouse drives advertising. It drives the things we buy, ie cars and clothes as status symbols. people don't even limit their interests to their owns pursuits, as they talk incessantly about the carnal activities of people they may or may not be acquainted with.
Outside of money, sex for pleasure is probably the single biggest driver of human motivations, with violence possibly being a close third.
In this kind of world, abortion is a need, not a want. It's not a position, it's a necessary aspect of healthcare. Much like guns and drugs, abortions will be obtained through illegal means regardless of legislation. That's not an acceptable situation in developed society.
The fact that people just can't seem to accept out loud while simultaneously accepting it through their actions as a society is this: People copulate for fun. In fact, people copulate for fun a hell of a lot more than they copulate to procreate. This is absolutely undeniable. They do it with people, often times multiple, that they have zero intention of having kids with. They do it for sometimes decades on end. It's damn near a sport for ones that are particularly adept at it. Sexual pleasure drives the very existence of more people than we might want to even admit, especially early in adult life.
The consequence of this is pregnancy. Lots of it. A great deal of it of the unwanted variety. Some people slog through it and make a good life out of raising a family with someone they never dreamed of marrying. Others try, fail, and pay significant emotional and financial prices, as do their offspring born into reluctant arrangements.
Intercouse drives advertising. It drives the things we buy, ie cars and clothes as status symbols. people don't even limit their interests to their owns pursuits, as they talk incessantly about the carnal activities of people they may or may not be acquainted with.
Outside of money, sex for pleasure is probably the single biggest driver of human motivations, with violence possibly being a close third.
In this kind of world, abortion is a need, not a want. It's not a position, it's a necessary aspect of healthcare. Much like guns and drugs, abortions will be obtained through illegal means regardless of legislation. That's not an acceptable situation in developed society.
