Wow, okay, loaded title there. Deep breaths. I think the discussion in class was really riveting, especially when someone (I'm sorry I forgot who you are, brilliant person) brought up how we have to devalue women's lives to make the life of a fetus more valuable. I'd never really thought of it that way, but looking at anti-abortion campaigns, that's true across the board.
What's always baffled me in the abortion debate is that there's no way to have two full individuals in one body without infringing on one of their rights. And to me, the obvious choice for whose rights to protect is the fully developed adult woman. From a developmental perspective, it's almost insulting to compare the life of a fetus or young embryo to that of a fully developed adult.
It's just one of those conflicts that I can't wrap my mind around. The answer seems so obvious to me, and yet there's still such a nasty debate on the matter.
