Abortion rights activists were unhappy with the president’s comments, as millions of people are being denied access to abortion care in nearly half the country.
Abortion rights activists were unhappy with the president’s comments, as millions of people are being denied access to abortion care in nearly half the country.
I mean, no one ever is “big” on abortion. It’s a traumatic procedure done for many reasons, personal or medical. Don’t want one, don’t get one. I hate it that it’s still somewhat controversial, even where I live, when the laws were passed almost 50 years ago.
I’m very much in favor of safe effective medical procedures of all sorts. Acting as if abortion is something bad that must be tolerated is not helpful.
But it is bad in the literal sense of the word. It’s difficult emotionally and physically, it’s often not a wanted procedure, and in some situations it’s traumatic for families who actually did want the child, but couldn’t for one reason or another.
Still, as uncomfortable as it may be, we shouldn’t get in the way of individuals and their healthcare. We need to make the process as painless as possible because it does really suck for a lot of people.