Reply #106: Unwanted pregnancies don't cause pain and trauma. . . . . . [View All]

[Tansy_Gold]

. .. whatever gave you that idea? /sarcasm off/

In truth, unwanted pregnancies -- and the wanted ones that aren't turning out the way they were supposed to -- do cause pain and trauma. So does the whole pervasive attitude toward women who "don't want those precious gifts of life from the Lord."

I hate to break the news to some people -- even some here on DU -- but there really are women in this world who do not want to be cows, giving birth year after year after year. Yet the culture insists that every bundle, whether intended or not, must be a bundle of joy. And sometimes it's the inability of the woman to live up to that attitude that causes as much pain and trauma as anything.

Unless and until we as a society get past this concept of women as uteri with legs, we're going to continue having this debate. If the life of the fetus ALWAYS trumps the wishes of the mother, the mother has no rights whatsoever. And that's what causes the pain and trauma -- knowing that your world sees you as nothing more than an incubator.

If I ever see a woman wearing one of these tee-shirts, I will salute her.

Tansy Gold