While I'm definitely on the pro-choice side of the fence (I can't think it's ever right for the state or for any individual to have the right to force a woman to bear a child against her will: woman have to have legal access to abortion and the government just has to trust women to use that right wisely) my post was specifically about the awful no-right-choices inherent in late-term abortions, related to what was absolutely the worst no-right-choice decision I ever had to make.
I know pet-owners - friends of mine - who would have decided differently: who would have wanted their pet to stay alive until they knew their pet definitely wanted to die. And I can't say that's the wrong or right decision either. It's an awful position to be in, knowing that you have to decide, and you are the only one who can decide, when the right time to kill has arrived. For me, the only way to go is to say that the person who is the only person who can make that decision must be given the legal right to make that decision. Sometimes they may use that right unwisely. But the consequences of taking that right away will be worse than the consequences of granting that right.
Hm. I think I need to make an update to my post...
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Date: 2009-06-11 08:55 am (UTC)I know pet-owners - friends of mine - who would have decided differently: who would have wanted their pet to stay alive until they knew their pet definitely wanted to die. And I can't say that's the wrong or right decision either. It's an awful position to be in, knowing that you have to decide, and you are the only one who can decide, when the right time to kill has arrived. For me, the only way to go is to say that the person who is the only person who can make that decision must be given the legal right to make that decision. Sometimes they may use that right unwisely. But the consequences of taking that right away will be worse than the consequences of granting that right.
Hm. I think I need to make an update to my post...