I’m anti-abortion because I’m pro-woman

Being pro-life is about protecting innocent babies, not controlling grown adults.

I used to be pro-choice. I knew I would never choose to have an abortion myself, but I didn’t care what anyone else did. That was until I educated myself on abortion. Learning the procedure of both medical and surgical abortions has solidified my position as pro-life.

Currently in Canada, abortion is legal for those above the age of 12 through all stages of pregnancy. A baby even in the ninth month of pregnancy can be aborted by surgical abortion.

This is not something I will ever get behind.

There are extremists on both the pro-choice and pro-life “sides” of the conversation. Some pro-life advocates want to control other’s intimacy habits and use the pro-life movement as justification.

I personally believe that birth control and contraceptives should be made more accessible, so abortion doesn’t have to be used as such.

A CTV News article posted in 2022 reported the Canadian federal government gave an additional $3.5 million dollars to abortion access, on top of the millions already budgeted.

Most abortion clinics don’t provide maternal support, offering abortion as a “solution” to pregnancy. For example, Planned Parenthood—a health clinic—is a resource if someone is looking to have an abortion, but they don’t provide the necessary resources to raise a child. If some of the money going toward abortion access were reallocated to pregnancy centres supporting pregnant people, to services to aid those with children, or to bettering the adoption system, abortion wouldn’t be seen as the only way to address unwanted pregnancy.

The pro-choice stance that unplanned pregnancy destroys pregnant people’s lives is another major issue.

The narrative that unplanned pregnancy will limit career advancement or accessibility is, unfortunately, both extremely misogynistic and frequently true. This is another issue we need to tackle.

Rather than telling people abortion is the only way to be able to reach their dreams and goals, we need to provide support to working parents (particularly mothers) and show them they’re more than capable of following the path they want to alongside their pregnancy.

There is misogyny rooted in abortion—it allows men another excuse to treat women like they don’t matter. Countless stories have surfaced online of men forcing women into abortions because they don’t want to be fathers.

If a new life is formed from a hookup, they can just pressure their partner to terminate it and continue with their toxic ways.

I understand abortion won’t go away in a day—there’s too much support for it. However, I would like to propose that we take on the Heartbeat Act. This act, currently in some U.S. States, bans abortion once a fetus’ heartbeat is detected.

Biologically, life begins at conception, but when do we begin to value life? It’s common to excuse abortion as only harming a clump of cells, but we’re all a clump of cells. Why is a wanted human more valued and “alive” that an unwanted one?

Rory is a third-year physics student and The Journal’s Senior Sports Editor.

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