Much work is needed to remove the stigma from both women's personal agency and abortion. Until we are able to perceive abortion as the medical procedure that it is and women as fully competent adults they are, we'll continue to be locked in this battle to fear and denigrate the decision-making power of women over their bodies and their reproductive health. The belief that a fetus is a person, is a religious belief to which not everyone adheres. This religious belief is used in ways that tramples over the personal agency of women as competent adults who are fully able and empowered to make decisions about legal medical procedures such as abortion.
Consider: * homicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among pregnant women, typically by their intimate partner. * 12% o female OK high school students have been forced to engage in intercourse or sexual activity. * in OK it is a felony to kick a dog or attack the neighbors wife, but only a misdemeanor to attack one's own wife. ... and there's more but the bottom line is -- we need to extend to women the power of personal agency and non-stigmatized and un-harassed access to reproductive health, including the choice of legal abortions (which are the safest method known) according to the decision they need/want to make as fully competent adults.
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Much work is needed to remove the stigma from both women's personal agency and abortion. Until we are able to perceive abortion as the medical procedure that it is and women as fully competent adults they are, we'll continue to be locked in this battle to fear and denigrate the decision-making power of women over their bodies and their reproductive health. The belief that a fetus is a person, is a religious belief to which not everyone adheres. This religious belief is used in ways that tramples over the personal agency of women as competent adults who are fully able and empowered to make decisions about legal medical procedures such as abortion.
Consider:
* homicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among pregnant women, typically by their intimate partner.
* 12% o female OK high school students have been forced to engage in intercourse or sexual activity.
* in OK it is a felony to kick a dog or attack the neighbors wife, but only a misdemeanor to attack one's own wife.
... and there's more but the bottom line is -- we need to extend to women the power of personal agency and non-stigmatized and un-harassed access to reproductive health, including the choice of legal abortions (which are the safest method known) according to the decision they need/want to make as fully competent adults.
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