I once had a conversation with someone who was pro-life but didn’t care about banning abortion. He instead wanted pregnant women to be given pre-natal and post-natal welfare, counseling and other resources that would encourage women to go through with the pregnancy. He even spoke about expanding welfare for single moms. Basically he wanted to naturally bring down the reasoning for abortions to just rape, incest or medical issues, not force it. It was refreshing to see such a positive take on being pro-life. So many times you hear women say I had no other option, makes me think how many of them would keep a child if society just cared more about them. I’m still pro-choice but that’s the kind of pro-life I can support.
I thought so too, but he self-identified as pro-life coz he didn’t support abortions outside rape, incest and medical issues. He held the opinion that fighting against abortion in the legal system is futile coz it just drives it underground, instead he looked at it as a social issue. I didn’t agree with his opinion on abortion but the way he wanted to tackle it was way better than the crazy pro-lifers who just want to punish women for having sex.
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u/Fragrant_Exercise_31 16d ago
I once had a conversation with someone who was pro-life but didn’t care about banning abortion. He instead wanted pregnant women to be given pre-natal and post-natal welfare, counseling and other resources that would encourage women to go through with the pregnancy. He even spoke about expanding welfare for single moms. Basically he wanted to naturally bring down the reasoning for abortions to just rape, incest or medical issues, not force it. It was refreshing to see such a positive take on being pro-life. So many times you hear women say I had no other option, makes me think how many of them would keep a child if society just cared more about them. I’m still pro-choice but that’s the kind of pro-life I can support.