How "Pro-Life" Misses the Point

On this anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I have been thinking about the "pro-life" set. I think they are completely missing the point.


See, the so-called "abortion debate" isn't really about abortion at all in my eyes. It's about freedom, trust and responsibility. It's about women.


What I am fighting for isn't about what someone would do in response to an unwanted pregnancy. What I would do and what any of you would do are our own choices and our own business. And they may not be the same, which is OK.


I respect that some might think abortion is immoral or reprehensible. I have no desire to change someone's core belief in that matter. What I cannot respect is someone who wants to take away my legal right to feel differently.


What I am fighting for is the right to make decisions about my body and about my own life. It's about being allowed to autonomy to know what's right for me in a difficult situation.


And that's the point that the "pro-life" movement fails to understand.