Alright, I had a plan for what my rant was going to be about... but then it changed drastically as someone (my sociology professor) put one girl on the spot first thing about her stand on the topic of abortion. Well... he only asked after he told the class (without knowing for sure himself, rather, simply assuming because of her religious belief) that she thought that abortion was wrong and disgusted her. After a long pause of awkwardness, she did happen to agree to this, and then he jumped down her throat with the hypothetical situations and let other students basically call her stupid for her beliefs because none of them even gave her a chance to think of exactly how she would answer them.

First off: We're shoving someone else's opinions down their throat a little now aren't we?

Second: This girl is super sweet and cooperative, actually helps him out before and after class when he needs it. And he opened her up to be attacked by the rest of the class, as well as by himself, without really offering her time to explain herself.

Three: After the attacking on this girl's intelligence and beliefs, the subject was abruptly changed to another direction entirely. There was no discussing it further.

So... here I am. And I am going to lay out my beliefs for you. I know that this topic can be touchy. I am sorry if I offend, but at the same time, these are my beliefs, and they won't change, no matter who I am talking to. Feel free to comment with your own views.

 

Abortion is wrong.

 

There are actually some people (obviously the rich.) who actually use abortion as another form of birth control. And not like: 'Oh no, the condom broke.' or, 'my pill didn't work'. Actually go ahead and take no precautions, get pregnant and "terminate the pregnancy". Multiple times. If you are mature enough to become sexually active, you are mature enough to take responsibility for those actions. I am not saying that people are all capable of becoming parents. But there are so many people who want to be parents and are not physically able. Adoption is so much more appropriate of an alternative than death.

 

Mothers who are too weak physically to have a baby? There is always a risk with pregnancy, a small risk, but a risk. And if you know that you have a higher risk of not surviving a pregnancy and a birth, you should take very close precautions to not even get pregnant in the first place. I do admit, that this would be a terrifying thing to go through. But if there was any chance at all for the child to survive, I would personally go through with it anyways. Because I brought this human being into existence.

 

But what about people who have been raped? Women who do not want to have a monster's baby?

Ok... so if your father goes out to the local high school, pulls out a gun and massacres everyone, it's only fair that you get executed for it? - Or even more connected... if your father goes out one day and rapes a teenage girl that he meets on the street, you should die for it, because your father is some monster? Is your life less important than anyone else's because of what your parents do?

There's adoption, the mother doesn't have to raise the child, and yes, I do understand that being unwanted would be devastating to a child... but I would rather be unwanted by biological parents, and loved by someone else, than to be torn apart, piece by piece before I ever have the chance to live.

Two wrongs don't make a right. A rape, followed by the victim committing a murder, does not make the rape go away. The mental scars from the rape itself would last longer than the pregnancy. I don't believe that waking up and knowing you're pregnant from it would remind you more frequently than waking up any other morning. And I just don't understand how a woman could do that and not feel so guilty... do they not know?

 

A baby begins to grow instantly. As soon as conception takes place, the cell begins to split and multiply. Each day it becomes more complex. And often, during this time, women don't even know that they're pregnant. The child grows and forms, and by the end of two months, that baby will have all of its organs. The child is already beginning to look like a baby. It moves around, it can hear, and it can feel.

 

It can feel when the vacuum turns on. It feels the ripping and tearing as the suction begins to pull off its limbs. His/Her arms and legs. The baby can scream in pain while all of this happens. We can see it, but we cannot hear it. I simply can not wrap my mind around the idea that anyone could go through with this horrible practice if they knew. How could a person's conscience allow them to do this to another person, a child, their own baby?

A visit to 'The Silent Scream' and multiple music montages made me literally sick to my stomach. I cried when I saw the limbs being held up for the camera. The children who were murdered because they weren't loved enough... all the deaths that were unnecessary. I simply can't understand it.

 

 

This blog is going to be 100% dedicated to my rants. I will have some very controversial rants, some rants that may seem pretty shallow. Some will be long and some will be quick. I cannot promise that anyone who reads this blog will completely agree with my every point, and I do welcome comments. Both from people who support my views, and people who do not.

Please understand, these will be unedited rants. So at times, a reader might be offended. I will gladly read rants on the opposite views of things I say. My views on the world are my own views, the same way that your views are very much your own, and I don't expect you to match our views up completely. The world would be boring if we all saw things the same way.