Attitudes toward abortion and birth

[lavendersparkle]

This one's less of a debate and more of a sharing but I'm sure we'll manage to get some debate going off of it

Comments

[roseofjuly]

I'm not into natural birth, but my pro-choice stance extends to reproductive choice in general, not just abortion. I believe that women should not only have the choice about when they want to use their bodies to bring life into the world, but should also be able to choose where they want to do so (so I'm against laws that bar women from giving birth at home) and how they want that birth to proceed -- with all the interventions possible or with absolutely none of them. It's up to them.

[absinthecity]

With you guys on this one. My pro-choice stance is to do with control over my body and my life - and that definitely affects my own personal preference, which would be towards a more medicalised birth ('natural' sounds less predictable to me and I dislike pain) but it also means that I am all for women making whatever choice they want, whether that's an elective c-section or doing it at home with no intervention whatsoever.

I think, in summary, that if you're pro-choice your only attitude can be 'do it whatever way you want within reason' but it will also affect your own personal preference for what sort of birth you want.

[snackbreak]

I don't really care how women want to give birth. I guess anything that reduces risk is probably a good thing, and I think part of the benefit of natural birth is avoiding potentially damaging chemicals that could have unforeseen negative consequences on the fetus? But whatever, I really don't care, people have been giving birth since there have been people and they probably can figure out what to do one way or another, so I don't see why that needs to be particularly regulated except that licensed doctors obviously have certain standards to meet.

Um, but long story short, I don't know what any of that really has to do with my pro-life stance. I'm not really into birthing in general or babies or motherhood, on a personal level. :/

[gemfyre]

I like the idea of home births and de-medicalising it, after all, billions of women have done it successfully over the years.

But I'm 100% pro-choice.

[eyelid]

billions of women have done it successfully over the years.

billions of other women died horrifically in childbirth.

[morningapproach]

MTE - I get tired of women not knowing all of the facts about birth and just assuming that they need to have it at the hospital doped up.

[mmm_donuts]

I'm pro-choice and I don't give two hoots how someone else chooses to give birth, so long as they know the risks and benefits, it's their decision.

I don't necessarily agree with what a lot of natural birth supporters have to say and I think a large population is found on the internet anyway, pro-life pro-choice alike.

I sometimes see a little bit of echoing with some pro-life theories and birth choices e.g. "If women were REALLY educated about abortion, they wouldn't do it," "If women were REALLY educated about birth, they would/wouldn't want to do it naturally."

Credit me with the mind I have already made up please :)