A sort of meandering column on what it means to be a feminist.
I suppose the problem on the anti-abortion versus pro-abortion front is that you can’t have it both ways. And both sides say they are defending women. I know I am: defending a woman’s health, her wholeness, her potential, her acceptance in society with or without children.
The problem is that those who defend abortion say exactly the same thing.
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Except that the abortion supporters are against the wall when the post-abortive woman explains to the world that she is a mess. And there are more and more of them willing to say so, they will be the greatest proponents to the pro-life side when they are numerous enough to be a number to contend with. Not quite there yet, but there are a lot of women silently hurting. Time and the need to speak will bring them out.
I hate, hate HATE how abortion has become some sort of litmus test for feminism. Since I was a teenager I’ve been a feminist and pro-life. When you talk to pro-choicers they’re all convinced that pro-life is really a conspiracy to oppress women and punish them for having sex, and that sadly often sets the tone of the argument. 🙁