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This blog started off with Abortion. It certainly won’t end with the same topic, but I found a nice summary from ‘Screaming into the Void‘ a feminist blog. Read the whole post here, but here is the excerpt which nicely encapsulates the feelings around at DWR about Abortion.
Men and women are THE SAME SPECIES. Homo sapiens, otherwise known as HUMANS. This means that women are HUMAN. This means that if something is degrading, insulting or criminal to do to a man it is also degrading, insulting or criminal to do to a woman. The implications of this are staggering when you apply this principle correctly and realize how deeply woman-hate and denial of woman’s humanity is built into the culture.
I saw someone today say the whole debate on abortion was about whether or not the fetus is seen as human. This is incorrect. The whole debate on abortion is about whether or not the pregnant woman is a human being with a right to life, liberty, and happiness or an incubator who must be made to behave. If you don’t believe women are human, of course abortion is a travesty. It’s some subhuman interfering with the life of a potential new human. But if you realize that WOMEN ARE HUMAN, you cannot possibly place the interest of a fetal human over that of one already born and alive. It makes not the slightest amount of sense.
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