I was having a discussion with a young woman. More to the point, I was having a discussion with a young woman about the loosening of abortion laws in India. Now normally I never bring politics up. The majority of people, intelligent or not, are insufferable when the topic takes its inevitable down turn.
However, I was unable to keep my mouth shut when this fine young product of the American university system decried the fact that new Indian laws will mean more young girls will be aborted. But ma chere, I protested. I thought fetuses weren't people and therefore the prospective sex of this lump of amorphous cells is a non issue.
At which point this lovely young flowers face became red and she began to yell. Little does she know, I get yelled at all the time. So my eyes just sort of glazed over into the abyss as I was showered by her verbal tirade. She constructed her redoubt by claiming it wasn't the abortions she had issue with. Rather, it was the reasoning behind abortions.
My heart than had a palpitation. It then dawned on me that I would get no where with her. I nodded my head and said I understood and went back to the class on federal courts. So I guess the argument boils down to: "Woman's body, Woman's choice. Unless we don't like it, in which case choice will be dictated by us."
Now I am in favor of unfettered abortion all the way through the first trimester. If nothing else there is pragmatic social reasons for it and when kingdom come, I can just add it to the list of demerits against me. However, The logical inconsistency is mind boggling
Tl:dr I hope we all enjoy our fiery hell bath
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