abortion and politics
I remember walking down the Regent's Canal, just above Mile End Road bridge, with my then girlfriend. Somehow we came into the topic of abortion. She said she used to believe, strongly, that abortion was murder, and should be abolished, in all scenarios. Be it rape, incest, what have you. She would fight for this. The woman's body wasn't of any great concern for her then, compared to the monstrosity of killing an innocent fetus. Now, her opinion was that she didn't know. She still found it to be the most important political topic of the day though.
I want to recall that I was a bit more pragmatic. Whenever a man ejaculates outside of a womans womb, is it infanticide? Is it when the heart beats that it can be killed? Is it when the brain is formed? When they would be alive outside of the womb? Survive outside of the womb? If you can't draw a sharp line, you may have to let the individuals circumstances reign, not some law from above.
I live in a state where abortion was one of the biggest pulls, aside from putting 10-year-olds in prison. In the last election. The winning party wanted to roll back abortion rights. Arguably, you should know if you want the child or not, but things happen, couples break up, people die, work situations change, mistakes become good ideas and mistakes again.
Sure thing, if we disagree with killing infants, abortion is problematic.
It's however very interesting to note that, that in my state, there are 35 late abortions each year. Amongst millions of people. And that's what swayed the electorate.
In any case, it's however socially important for men to stay out of the abortion conversation I've found. You probably can't understand fully the implications unless you have to, or may have to live with it. It's way easier to be pragmatic.