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Originally posted by UMgirl
I completely see and understand your point DZ but if we werent allowed to speak or view our opinion until we an experience with that something, then I believe we'd live in silence, not really knowing anything. I think everyone has a right to have their voice heard, but do it without extremes.
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This is a really good discussion, UMgirl. Your last comments are thought-provoking!
I agree - everyone does have a right to their opinions, and should be allowed to express them. There is a time and place for that, though, and I think that the act of FORCING an opinion on others (i.e. protesting at an abortion clinic, taking steps to get anti-abortion laws passed) is one of the "extremes" that you mentioned.
To me, it's fine for people to discuss their viewpoints with others, and to debate the pros and cons of each side. But make sure that you're talking about it with someone who wants to hear it.
Those women walking into the abortion clinics have enough on their minds without having to listen to cries of "murderer" and "slut", or having to worry about the fact that the clinic they are visiting might be the next site of a deranged pro-lifer's violence.
And for someone to try to take away a woman's right to have an abortion -- to me -- is a step too far, also. Maybe abortion isn't an option for some people. Maybe they have strong feelings about those who choose to have abortions. But don't infringe on those who do by working to erase the legislation that protects a woman's right to care for her body in a way that she sees fit. That's just inflicting a narrow view of morality onto everyone.
For the record, I am pro-choice but I am not pro-abortion. I do not feel like abortion clinics should be used as the sole means of birth control for women, and I don't agree with women who use no birth control whatsoever and get pregnant over and over, knowing that abortions are available to help them out. However, it's not my place to judge those women or criticize their decision which is why I'm not going to play God and preach to them. And I simply don't feel like anyone else should either.