[lbo-talk] "I Had an Abortion"

[Liza Featherstone]

Situations over which women truly have "little or no control" are so few and
far between they are of little consequence to any discussion of abortion.
Who would be these women you feel "deserve no stigmatization"? I'm
inferring, perhaps women who were raped and therefore can't be "blamed" for
having sex. Or, women whose economic circumstances are so dire that it's
supposedly not "self-indulgent" of them to think they can't afford to raise
a child.  Engels observed that control over women's reproduction is central
to patriarchy - but you obviously don't care about that. What you are saying
is that it's OK for women to be little more than human incubators, and that
sometimes they can be relieved from incubator duty if it just seems too
cruel and extreme. Essentially you think human freedom itself is "trivial."

Liza


> From: Gary? <sladeg at verizon.net>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 01:08:54 -0400
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] "I Had an Abortion"
> 
> John Thornton wrote:
> 
>> 
>> How so?  I do wonder why you believe it is of no merit
>> and only "self indulgent crap"? Why wouldn't working towards reducing
>> the stigmatizing of people who choose to have abortions be a positive?
> 
> I would agree some women come to abortion through circumstances they had
> little or no control over and certainly deserve no stigmatisation. There
> are many legitimate reasons for abortion in society today, my complaint
> in this case is "I, too, had an abortion -- simply because I did not
> want a child."
> So because Yoshie wants sexual gratification, wants to feel that
> ejaculation, exalt in that orgasm and she just doesn't give a shit about
> contraception. Why the hell should she, she can get an abortion.
> Never mind that now she is taking up the time of a surgeon, aneasthetist
> and perhaps a couple of nurses because contraception just isn't the
> thing, takes away from the moment. Let's all do it, fuck away to our
> hearts content and open abortion clinics on every corner. Contraception
> ? Nah, just pop round the clinic, it's outpatient service, they're
> really quick now. Another money maker for consumer society.
> Take life seriously ? No way, it's in the constitution ' pursuit of
> happiness'.
> We demand people take responsibility for their actions, oh, except for sex.
> I think there should be a bloody good reason for abortion.
> 
> Gary?
> ride si sapis
> 
> 
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