Like most (or all) people posting their reaction to amendment 48, I was subject to an array of different thoughts and feelings. Twice during Lynn Paltrow’s presentation I experienced chills and goosebumps. The complete disregard for pregnant women’s rights for the rights of the fetus is awful, not to mention hundreds of other words too. I almost want to go as far as to say for the rights of an imaginary being. While that isn’t quite accurate, since the fetus is as real as the mother is, it also isn’t too far from the truth. I wonder how you can even begin to fathom giving a fetus “personhood” when they can not communicate desires. A born child, opposed to an unborn child, can tell us when they are hungry, hurt, and many other things just by crying. We know that one doesn’t need to be able to talk, or cry for that matter, to communicate. Fetuses on the other don’t have a similar method of communication. How does a lawyer know what a fetus wants? It’s all speculation, and mostly based on their own opinions and biases. There are very few cases when the mother isn’t the best person to consult when it comes to the life of the fetus.
Abortion, on the other hand, is questionable when it comes to the needs/wants of the fetus, but I believe that the wants/needs of the mother should always come first. No one should force a woman to carry a child to term. It’s inhuman to force a woman to be pregnant.
Similarly, I was against late term abortions, unless it was out of medical need, until the talk last week. But again how do you force a woman to be pregnant. It just brings up images of dumpsters, hangers, and awful medical consequences. Passing this amendment would send woman’s rights into the dark ages.
Did Lynn Paltrow’s presentation last week change or solidify any beliefs you held prior?
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What I found most interesting about Lynn's talk was how conservative, religious women, all of whom seem to oppose abortion, have rallied behind the work that Lynn does, especially when they have been alienated from their own rights and decision-making abilities in their own pregnancies. I think this alone really demonstrates the power of the work that Lynn is doing.
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