Allyssa, completely understand your perspective. Life is hard for women, then and now, for certain. Motherhood is wonderful for some, but that isn't everyone's ideal path, and becoming a parent can do more harm than good in many cases. My mother is a lovely woman, but a poor mother. She took care of me because she had to, but she made certain I knew that she felt burdened by it along the way, and I never want that for myself. I never want to be in a situation where I could potentially make a child feel that they are unwanted or unloved, but some parents don't think about things like that and how that can affect their child long-term.
As for what you said about abortion, Rachel, it should be every childbearing person's right to choose what happens with their body. If you would not like an abortion, do not receive one. But removing another person's right to that healthcare means giving state governments a place to take medical rights in the first place. It means something that impacts you will be next someday, and you won't like it then. You reap what you sow. Sow respect and positivity now, for others' sake, even if you think it's not important or goes against their best interest. Or, I can promise you: you'll be reaping misfortune when someone else takes your right to decide what happens to your body away from you.
Don't bother writing back if all you have to say is, "What about the baby's right to choose what happens to their body?" Let your baby make decisions for your body if that's what you want. Don't make someone else do the same.
Allyssa, completely understand your perspective. Life is hard for women, then and now, for certain. Motherhood is wonderful for some, but that isn't everyone's ideal path, and becoming a parent can do more harm than good in many cases. My mother is a lovely woman, but a poor mother. She took care of me because she had to, but she made certain I knew that she felt burdened by it along the way, and I never want that for myself. I never want to be in a situation where I could potentially make a child feel that they are unwanted or unloved, but some parents don't think about things like that and how that can affect their child long-term.
As for what you said about abortion, Rachel, it should be every childbearing person's right to choose what happens with their body. If you would not like an abortion, do not receive one. But removing another person's right to that healthcare means giving state governments a place to take medical rights in the first place. It means something that impacts you will be next someday, and you won't like it then. You reap what you sow. Sow respect and positivity now, for others' sake, even if you think it's not important or goes against their best interest. Or, I can promise you: you'll be reaping misfortune when someone else takes your right to decide what happens to your body away from you.
Don't bother writing back if all you have to say is, "What about the baby's right to choose what happens to their body?" Let your baby make decisions for your body if that's what you want. Don't make someone else do the same.