Reply #93: Yes, I believe in the rights to abortion and reproduction as a matter of law [View All]

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The fact that I support that right in principle, and do not advocate the government stepping in to curtail those rights (there are always limits and even Roe v. Wade has its limits, but I won't go into that here) I reserve however the right to criticize how that right is exercised, the way I would do with any right. Just the fact that someone has a legal right does not mean they can expect to abuse it and not be open to criticism for that abuse.

I support the legal right to freedom of speech and do not advocate curtailing that right by the government, but reserve the right to criticize how that right is exercised by others. I support Rush Limbaugh's right to say anything he wants, and would oppose any government attempt to curtail his right to speech, but I will not support anything he says in exercising that right.

I support the right of a woman to have an abortion and, under the zone of privacy rights established in Roe v. Wade will not advocate that the law curtail that right, but I still reserve the right to vocally criticize the way that right is exercised. If a young woman thoughtlessly uses abortion in place of contraception, when birth control was easily available to her, then I will criticize her behavior as an abuse of a right. I will support her legal right to that abortion, but I will not give verbal support to how she uses that right or, as the small inconsequential person I am, give it my stamp of approval, especially if and when she had alternatives.

I support the right of families to have children without legal restraint as to number, as a matter of black letter law, but I will feel perfectly within my right as a citizen living on the same endangered planet to criticize what I perceive to be an abuse in how that right is exercised.