So true! Similarly I’ll always remember the lightbulb moment I had when @pieandfash on Instagram explained how unhelpful talking about abortions in terms of “well nobody *likes* them” or “well ideally nobody would have them” is -- because it is still, as you say, positing situations in which they are acceptable vs not/less.
I’m pro-abortion but ... we need to normalize having abortions in the second & third trimesters for a whole variety of reasons.
There are medical reasons like severe fetal abnormalities that might necessitate having an abortion late into pregnancy, but there are probably even more non-medically indicated reasons why women seek abortion care later into pregnancy like mental health, death of a partner, & simply just not knowing that you are pregnant to begin with.
So true! Similarly I’ll always remember the lightbulb moment I had when @pieandfash on Instagram explained how unhelpful talking about abortions in terms of “well nobody *likes* them” or “well ideally nobody would have them” is -- because it is still, as you say, positing situations in which they are acceptable vs not/less.
I’m pro-abortion but ... we need to normalize having abortions in the second & third trimesters for a whole variety of reasons.
There are medical reasons like severe fetal abnormalities that might necessitate having an abortion late into pregnancy, but there are probably even more non-medically indicated reasons why women seek abortion care later into pregnancy like mental health, death of a partner, & simply just not knowing that you are pregnant to begin with.