On Comics and Abortion
This is quite a thought-provoking look at how an unwanted pregnancy is being portrayed in a syndicated comic strip. Especially this, from his update:
But Eliot makes an important statement above: “Women understand the mixed reaction to pregnancy. . . . [L]ots of our children were unplanned. It’s not always something we’d reverse.” One of the more frustrating mental gaps endemic among anti-choicers is their inability to understand that women can have mixed feelings about abortion without making it a bad choice – that one can regret the necessity of a choice one very much endorses, or indeed even wish things could be otherwise without undercutting the validity of the decision made in the circumstances at hand. It’s important then to realize the same can be true in the case of a decision made to bring an unplanned pregnancy to term. The fact that this character didn’t want to be pregnant, or is, even, overwhelmed by the enormity of the changes it comprehends, doesn’t mean she can’t choose to follow through with it. It is characteristic of anti-choicers to insist that only one choice, in the face of an unwanted pregnancy, can be right; the pro-choice position requires recognizing that imperfect outcomes can still be valid, no matter which direction the woman in question decides to go.