Loyal Vassal · 22d
that realization about zygotes and such is what did it for me. unfortunately, as a teen i was a huge prolifer and went to the march for life about 4 times bc it was a church activity (truly i could write a whole piece about why the prolife movement today would be nothing without the catholic school system boosting march for life numbers artificially by allowing teens to take two days off school + free tours of DC monuments and access to smithsonian museums during the duration of this trip...it really felt more like a field trip interspersed with getting bombarded by aborted fetus gore!) but i was like on my way doubting myself out of the faith when i realized this train of thought and i was like OH....that is BULLSHIT... #abortion4all
Lmao when I was a teen I volunteered at one of those Christian crisis pregnancy centers, and even tho they were pro-life it was really eye opening to see how much resources it took to care for pregnant people, and how callous ppl could be to them. This is before I knew how problematic those orgs can be, but even just a short time there seeing the practical needs of ppl really made me resent the conservative pundits who would just call everyone pro abortion as like Supporting the Holocaust or some shit. That, and when u grow up u learn how like 1/4 of all women have had an abortion at some point, even the Good Christian Conservative Women u know in ur community, and their having access to abortions is what allowed them to live the lives they're living now...it's really like looking behind the flimsy curtain. 😭 Alas, the Catholic inflation like u said continues their nonsense.
It seems a lot of these culture/sexuality war stuff ends up being ppl complaining about Abstract Definitions (when does LIFE begin? What IS A Marriage? What IS a WOMAN) that feels increasingly demeaning and philosophical and don't engage with how it affects ppls lives hdjdjd sorry for going off but man djdjdj
