The Catholics want to know why Pro-Choice?

Who'd have thunk it? Curiosity about the Pro-Choice viewpoint from a Catholic site. I posted a response just to see how serious they were.

One poster who attributed their views to Peter Singer wasn't exactly made welcome, it might have been interesting if the "welcoming party" had read any Singer, unfortunately they clearly had not. Methinks they're just looking for targets... Notice Godwin's Law coming in to play? Didn't take long before the Pro-choicers were compared to Nazis :-)

Here's my post:

First, to call me "Pro-abortion" as you do in your message content is a bit like me calling you a "forced-birther". Both are inaccurate and misleading are they not?

We are Pro-Choice. This means that no woman should be forced into any reproductive action against her will.

I do not believe that a woman should be forced into having an abortion, nor do I believe that a women should be forced to give birth against her will like a farm animal. Both situations are a shameful transgression of the woman's autonomy, and are blatantly dismissive of women as moral agents.

I am pro-choice because I think the facts speak for themselves and I have not had a "sanctity of human life" ethic drummed into me since infancy.

The facts that influence my view:

It is a fact that women will seek abortions whether they are legal or not.

It is a fact that women who seek abortions in countries where abortions are illegal put their health and lives at risk undergoing backyard abortions. It is also a fact that in countries where abortion can be performed under safe conditions the risks are reduced and are lower than the risk of childbirth.

It is also a fact that an 8 week embryo (the stage at which the majority of abortions are performed) is not sentient, and cannot suffer.

I choose the route of minimal suffering, therefore I choose to campaign to keep abortion legal and safe for anyone who chooses to have one.

Emervents