It does if the sex results in pregnancy and someone prevents the woman from having an abortion.
Yes... yes. Just like a parent is forced to take their child to school, or to feed them, or to give them shelter. They created them, they are responsible for them. If you don't want to be "forced" to do this, don't literally create the circumstances in which you can be "forced."
And your two sentences that follow the underlined segment highlight what this is actually about for anti-choicers:
Oh, look at that, you've managed to lower the level of civility in this thread even further. Congratulations.
Many years ago I flirted with the idea of calling the pro-choice movement "anti-life" for, and I am not exaggerating, less than five minutes. I quickly (though not quickly enough) realized how disrespectful and fairly childish it would be to do so. But hey, I guess that's where we're going now, so yay. I'd rather be "anti-choice to kill innocent unborn children," than "anti-life for innocent unborn children."
So, yes, I'm totally "anit-choice" in regards to the issue of killing unborn children in the same way I'm "anti-choice" in regards to people being able to own slaves. No, I'm not "anti-slavery," I'm "anti-choice." I deny people the ability to choose whether they can own another person, and I deny people the ability to choose to murder innocent human beings who only exist in the first place because of those same people's actions.
This is about sex, and more particularly about women's ability to have sex without facing the risk of pregnancy.
Well, it is about sex, but not for us anti-choicers defending a person's right to life, but rather for you anti-lifers: Sex is more important than life.
If I fit into the narrow box that you anti-lifers like to paint us anti-choicers in, then I wouldn't just be saying "you don't have the right to choose to kill your child," I would be for laws to prohibit sex outside of marriage, adultery, sodomy, and so on. I am not. You guys like to craft an image of what we represent and believe, rather than
actually arguing what we're
actually saying. Why is that? Speak of the...
You can see the consequences of this perspective when you view the same community's reaction to the possibility of an HPV vaccine. Their concern was not whether the vaccine was safe or whether it was effective. They were concerned that a vaccine that prevents human papillomavirus (HPV), which can lead to cervical cancer, would lead girls to believe that they would be able to have safe sex and would have more sex. The concern here is the same. It is a concern that women might be able to have sex without worrying about becoming pregnant.
See? I'm not part of that "community," but it didn't stop you from assuming it, because you need to make these presumptions so you can create some false demon to hate. Makes it easier to disagree with us and validate the beliefs you don't want to question.
I believe that women should be able to engage in this without it being the equivalent of playing Pregnancy Roulette.
So you want to change the nature of the universe? And do you also think men should be able to engage in this without playing the melodramatic Roulette of commitment to a child they "did not want"? The right answer is "no." If a man doesn't want to be "burdened" with ALL the responsibilities of a child, he shouldn't be so casual about sex. Note I didn't say "never have sex ever," just, you know, don't be a dope about it.
Which, slight tangent, but this thread has been filled with people essentially claiming that all "unwanted" pregnancies come from two very smart, diligent, responsible people doing "everything they possibly can" to not get pregnant, and darn it it's just so hard and it didn't work. Can we at least be honest? "Unwanted" pregnancies come way more from negligence than anything else. It's "oh shit, you don't have a condom?... Oh well, fuck it!" more than the other. Or "c'mon baby, I always use a condom, can't I not this one time? Don't you love me?"
Pretty obvious how true this is when you see a man scolded (rightfully) for claiming they don't want to use a condom because "those things are only like 70% effective" with the appropriate response "not if they're used correctly, dummy."
You have said the equivalent of "I believe that sex should always be a choice fraught with unnecessary risk for women. I believe that sex is something that women should not be allowed to do unless they are willing to take the risk of having a pregnancy occur. If a pregnancy does occur, she made her choice and I believe in forcing her to carry it to term." You are outlining a radically anti-sex position, though I suspect that you will not own this.
Nope, not at all what I said, but again, this is what you guys do. "You religious people only talk about souls." I'm not religious, and no one in here has mentioned a soul. "You hate women." Babies are not just boys. "Lol, from a guy who is for the death penalty." I am not (though the latest narrative in this thread of "if we can kill terrorists and serial killers, why not unborn children?" is truly, truly sick and perverse beyond my wildest nightmares). And so now, more words put into my mouth.
It's not that sex "
should be fraught with unnecessary risk," it is already risky. By its very nature. If I wanted sex to be risky, I would be against people using contraception to prevent STDs, so they can be scared to have sex, but I'm not. But, since we're summarizing each other's positions, you are basically saying "it's ok to kill innocent children." Good luck in trying to come up with ANYTHING that can make me feel worse than holding that position would.
I do "own" that were all things to go "my way," people would have less casual, standard heterosexual intercourse when not in a relationship and situation in which they were prepared to raise a child, and I have no problem with that, since it would lead to less murders of unborn children. If you want to call this "anti-sex," ok, good for you, but it's a narrow and simple view of both my position and sex, much like calling it "anti-choice." If I were to call it something, I would call it... gasp... "pro-life."
If you wish to respond to me again please actually address my real and only concerns; the unborn child is a life (as all living cells are), is human (what other species could it be?), and is distinct (DNA), and it is wrong to kill innocent human beings. Unlike the anti-lifers here, I really, really, REALLY want to be wrong on this. It would make life so much easier. But I'm not going to lie to myself and say if it's ok to kill an enemy threat, then it's ok to kill a baby, just to make myself feel better. I find it repugnant beyond words.