Children by Choice

"When you peel back the layers of the anti-choice motivation, it always comes back to two things: What is the nature and purpose of human sexuality? And second, what is the role of women in the world?" Sex and the role of women are inextricably linked, because "if you can separate sex from procreation, you have given women the ability to participate in society on an equal basis with men."   Gloria Feldt, the former president of Planned Parenthood


     With my very first stakeholder, the thing that stood out the most for me was the fact that it has a "men and unplanned pregnancy section.". This really struck me as odd because I feel like no one ever thinks of the men. you know? Obviously, being pregnant and having an abortion obviously affects women, but no one ever asks "How does this affect the man?" It just isn't very important. and men very often fade into the background when it comes to things concerning pregnancy and abortion. This brings up the question "How do men generally feel about issues like abortion, and how does this affect them?" because let's face it, just because men don't have the right reproductive parts, and aren't able to nurture a baby for 40 weeks doesn't mean that their opinions and how they are affected aren't important. Well, to be honest, this site doesn't answer a lot of these questions, but it does, however, explain the actions men can take in order to be supportive and make the process easier for the woman in question.
     One of the biggest misconceptions people make about pro-choice organizations is that "pro-choice is synonymous to "pro-abortion" which isn't necessarily true. The word "choice" involves a lot more than abortion. Abortion just happens to be one of them. When a woman is faced with an unplanned pregnancy, she has other options like adoption, or parenting. I know, you're probably wondering "how is this different from a pro-life organization?' well, that is a good question. I think for this stakeholder, the biggest difference is simply the most obvious one. ABORTION IS AN ACCEPTABLE OPTION. Something about this honestly bothers me a little bit because it's like "should abortion really always be an option?" This site kind of makes abortion seem like an acceptable form of contraception. Like an "Oh crap! I'm pregnant. Maybe I should get rid of it" sort of deal., Like it's a very offhand decision to make. You know? 

Well, hope this leaves you with a bit to think about. Thanks for reading!