women should be more responsible and pay for their actions.

Don’t you just love this attitude? Notice that the man doesn’t have to take any responsibility. I was raised with this double-standard attitude, and it made me sick.

ultimately, we ladies do exert a great deal of control over whether or not sex happens

Very true.

Many of those whiners also oppose actually paying to support said child, only showing an interest in it when it’s a fetus (or stem cell).

I know. Why do these people think so short term? It costs a lot of money to raise a child. Then there is the love and nurturing aspect.

I don’t believe the majority of abortions are repeat jobs, as it were.

I think your right, Pat. Going through an abortion is tough the first time. One of my relatives told me about the process, which is very painful emotionally and physically. Her first abortion occurred when she was sixteen, which is way too young to be pregnant. The second time, her loser boyfriend forced her to do it, which is just as well.

Her best friend is married and had five because they weren’t convenient for one reason or another. I didn’t have to pay for them, so her choices are none of my concern.

It really isn’t about saving babies; it’s about punishing women for the choices they make and reducing them to little more than reproductive organs.

No, it’s not about the babies but about revenue. And yes, if we make the wrong choice, we will be punished while the asshole that impregnated us gets off scot free.

I ran into another blog where the writer was arguing that you shouldn’t have a right to an abortion when it is your own stupid fault you got pregnant. I.e., women should be more responsible and “pay for their actions.”

First, I totally agree that women need to get their shit together and use birth control. The old, “It takes two to tango” argument doesn’t fly for me, because…ultimately, we ladies do exert a great deal of control over whether or not sex happens. (Excepting rape, of course.)

But, the problem with the, “She got pregnant, now she should pay the consequences” attitude is that we, the taxpayers and society get stuck with the consequences…i.e, the child she can’t or won’t support. Yes, I know some will whine that I shouldn’t call a child a consequence. Many of those whiners also oppose actually paying to support said child, only showing an interest in it when it’s a fetus (or stem cell).

I don’t believe the majority of abortions are repeat jobs, as it were. Most are one-time only, done by women who already have children, some who are married, all who don’t have the resources, mental or financial to care for (a) another child.

The anti-choice lobby is dominated by people who are against most forms of birth control. (The same ilk are also homophobes, but that’s another rant.) It really isn’t about saving babies; it’s about punishing women for the choices they make and reducing them to little more than reproductive organs.

The obsession on fetuses is rather hypocritical given our (U.S.) infant mortality rate, poor quality prenatal care (for the uninsured and those in the public health system), and overall disinterest in children after they are born.

No, I wouldn’t want the government to make decisions about my body. I agree with you there. I’m talking about the repeat offenders, who milk our systems. Education doesn’t matter with these people, but living off our tax dollars for free. It’s both sad and frustrating.

No, I wasn’t always careful. It was the luck of the draw that I didn’t wind up pregnant.

But. But just because some people are distorted, it doesn’t mean that everybody should suffer for it. A woman has a right not to be pregnant if she doesn’t want to. A woman has a right to her own body. And accidents do happen (although not five times, I agree).

A lot more money should go into education and better birth control means for both genders. Education is key though.
I’m sure when you were twenty and pro-choice, you were still very careful. It doesn’t mean that because you are pro-choice you are careless.