What if I had a sit down conversation with a Farmer about Abortion? How would it go? Depends on the person's ideology of course.
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You're a Dairy Farmer correct?
Yes I am.
Let me ask you another question. Do you believe in womens' health rights?
If you are asking about abortion, women should not have them. That's just not right.
So let me ask you this. What happens when one of your cows freshens too early? And she can't get the calf out?
Um. Whaddya mean?
Well, I mean she is calving but the calf has died inside and she is pushing and can't get the calf out?
I try and pull the calf out because if I leave it in there, she'll die. If I can't get it out, I call the Vet. He's got medicine to help her get the calf out.
Wait. So you will abort your cow to save her life even before she goes down? Right?
Well. It isn't abortion really.
Wait. It isn't? I mean if you can't get the calf out, what happens? The calf starts to rot and she dies pretty quickly right?
Yep and then I'm outta a lotta money.
You bet you are, so you take the calf instead of waiting to see if she'll deliver it on her own.
Yep, I'd be crazy to throw away a good milk cow's life for a calf that was killing her.
So you abort her pregnancy.
No, I am saving her life.
Yes you are! Then why is it so different for human women? Shouldn't we save them from dying too? Shouldn't they get the same kind of care you give your dairy cows?
Jeesus. When you say it like that....
So we pass a law saying you can never pull a calf from a cow EVER for any reason unless she is down on the ground and near death. You and the Vet have to wait until she is gasping for her last breath before you try and save her.
I'd lose a lot of money. My farm would go belly up. You know how often that happens?
I do! I've worked on a Dairy Farm.
That kinda ain't fair. You are comparing a woman to a cow.
Oh. I guess I am to make a point. So you are saying a cow's life is more important than a woman?
No, no .. no...
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Some guys can't understand women's health and what the issue is, right? It is straightforward. Pregnancy happens and a baby comes 9 months later.
Unless it doesn't.
How can animals have more rights for their health during a pregnancy than women?
It illustrates the point very well. I would be willing to bet that if the daughter of one of the anti-abortion loonies was raped by a vicious psychopath, especially were the perpetrator an illegal alien, or a person of colour, a path to a secret abortion would open up very quickly. Legislating against abortion doesn’t prevent it, it just makes it more dangerous.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. Even an unwanted pregnancy would be carefully taken care of if it suited an anti-abortion loonie to do so.
DeleteYou make a solid case, Val.
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing how ectopic pregnancies are a rare thing. A red herring. Yet I have two close friends who experienced an ectopic pregnancy. Luckily, they were able to receive medical care which in both cases unfortunately included a hysterectomy to save their lives. I live in a state where a lawmaker wanted them "replanted". Lawmakers are not doctors. Roe v Wade worked for 50 years. 50 years. Women are not cows. Cows are not more important than women. Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI echo your thoughts, male lawmakers don't have a uterus, they shouldn't be making laws regarding them either.
DeleteWe allow our pets and animals more medical care if they are pregnant??? How is that even possible???
One of my grudges against affluent anti abortion women is that they know they and their daughters could access reproductive healthcare because well connected.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. You are right.
DeleteLove this post!!!! Would you let me share it? Lori
ReplyDeleteYes. Keep in mind that this also applies to pets, equine, and most all animals that we humans care for. We never purposely let an animal suffer needlessly and in pain do we? We immediately seek help for them.
DeleteMen should not have an opinion...only women. Yes animals have more rights than pregnant women and the elderly. I know many women who have had abortions...some backstreet abortions and one died. Roe Vs Wade worked for years and years...bring it back...do not make women second class citizens.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100%. When we can get the care for our pets and other animals .... but not women? Where does that even make sense?
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