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Originally Posted by wittynickname
But you don't see that there's a difference in the way you view it--as someone who cannot actually be personally affected by the outcome of a bill passed about women's reproductive rights?
If Canada suddenly decided to deport all Muslims, I'm sure it would infuriate you, but don't you imagine that actual Muslims would have a different view of it? That their take would be more personal and nuanced?
As such, as women who can become pregnant, whose rights can be taken away by someone such as Pence, you cannot see how we would be more personally concerned with this particular kind of political rhetoric?
You have very interesting views on the topic, but that doesn't change the fact that even if abortion became illegal tomorrow--it wouldn't directly affect your life. The fact that companies are now legally allowed to stop a woman from accessing birth control does not directly impact your life. As women, these kinds of legislative moves do affect our daily lives, thus we have a different view of the ins and outs of it.
That's not being sexist, that's just the reality of the matter. These are decisions that can directly and immediately affect our lives.
This isn't silly women talking with their hormones, this is about women fighting for something that was declared a right long before I was born, that people like Pence are trying to infringe upon.
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Corsi's right though. The fact that you are framing thisas a reproductive rights issue as opposed to an "unborn fetus" issue is part of the problem.
Pro-life people don't see the debate that way. If they did, they would likely agree with you, but to them they view it is as protecting the life of an innocent unborn child.
You can't just keep saying "it is a reproductive rights issue" and make it so.
I would argue it's both, and we as a society have determined that a women's reproductive rights are more important than an unborn child's.
I hope you can also appreciate that while a person may have a moral issue with abortion (i.e. I may personally find it offensive), I can believe that legally it should be up to a woman. This does not make me a misogynist.