So today is Blog for Choice, in honor of the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. I thought it would be a good day to start this blog, since I've been putting it off.
I'm not really a blogger. I don't really enjoy reading blogs, and I'm not crazy about writing them. But this is a good reason for me to write.
I am pro-choice because I think that I, as a woman, and women everywhere should be trusted to make their own decisions regarding their bodies. There's so much pro-choice and pro-life rhetoric, but I think being pro-choice includes your personal decision to be pro-life. That's why it's called a choice. You can choose to do whatever you want to your body. If you need to have an abortion, for whatever reason -- you were raped or a victim of incest, there was a birth control failure, you simply cannot afford to have another child...I don't care what your reason is. You should have the right to make the decision yourself.
There's a joke that if men got pregnant, there would be no question about abortion. I don't know how much I agree with that, but a valid point is made. The United States government is still disproportionately white and male, and many of these men are making decisions that affect more than half the population.
I wish I could speak more eloquently on this right now, but believe me, I will be revisiting this topic. In two of my courses this semester, I am doing research projects related to abortion, especially Roe v. Wade and the Global Gag Rule, as well as other legislation pertinent to this topic.
Until then...Lizzy.
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