Why do people that want abortions to be legal called pro choice?

Question

I have been thinking about the most popular pro-choice agreement for a while now, that it is always the woman's choice to decide what to do with her own body. I have come to my own conclusion that this argument is fundamentally flawed.

A woman's body is merely a storage device for a baby during pregency, while the fetus develops into an independent organism. The woman's body is a vessel, a place for the baby to temporarily stay. The fact that the development is going on in the woman's body does not give her permission to kill the fetus, it is a life form, not a simple object. If I walk inside someone's house, for instance, it does not give them permission to blow my brains out. (Although some Texans think it does)

The point I am trying to make is that the woman's body is a temporary holding place for the baby, and she should not be able to decide if she can kill the life form she is holding.

Please refrain from giving simple arguments such as,"You don't have a uterus"

Answer 1

while i do see your side of the perspective, i would like to ask why you think that the pregnant mother is "nothing more than a storage device for the baby"?

does this mean that the mother forfeits all rights to the child, just because she's carrying it? with that same thing in mind, that the child is a separate being, should the child not be disciplined after birth? should the child make its own decisions about right and wrong? i know that it's not the same thing, and as i said, i do see your side of the argument. but i'm merely pointing out that even though there is a big difference between the two examples, they fall under the same general category of the mother having rights to the child before/after birth.

consider this: what if a child is raped when she is 8 years old, and impregnated? should she bear the shameful burden of giving birth to that child, which could very possibly kill her? of course, you would either say, "put the child up for adoption," or "well, abortion could be okay for that one instance, but otherwise it should be banned." and in saying that, it's like treating one kid with favoritism over the others -- if one can have it, is it right to not let all have the same option?

the only thing about "pro-life" i agree about is the people that go in there once a month because they can't keep their legs closed.. if they have money for an abortion, why don't they just get their tubes tied or their eggs removed? but, as i said before, if you ban one, you have to ban all..

Answer 2

I'm sorry, did you say "storage device?"  As in, something like a Rent-a-Center?  Well okay then!  Problem solved!  From now on, any woman who does not want to "store" this "independent organism" should be able to call "PODS" or the like for a transferal!

Do your medical research and you will find that pregnancy adversely affects the health of the "storage device," not temporarily but permanently.  There are far too many children in this country who were born from mothers not ready, willing or able to care for them.  THEY are the ones who are LIVING WITH PAIN every day of their lives and they are the ones who need advocates the most.  I don't understand how "pro-life" people can have more compassion for a fetus than they do a child that actually COMPREHENDS he/she was or still is not wanted.    

Answer 3

Well,I think I have heard it all now.The womb is,indeed,merely a baby bank and the woman,being the holder of the deposit,may not terminate the account at will.Well,that certainly clears up any misconceptions (pun intended).I,thankfully,don't share your view.Not only don't you have a uterus but,it is,in my humble opinion,that you don't have a brain either.

Answer 4

It's kind of a catch-22 with women and their fetuses.  For instance, if you were to give the rights to the fetus, and tell the woman she HAD to have it when she didn't want to, exactly what would you do to ensure that she went through with it?  Strap her to a table for nine months?  Hire armed guards to stay with her 24/7 for nine months?  It's a matter of biology.  The fetus is inside of the woman and unfortunately cannot live outside of her body until it nears time for birth.  Thus, the woman has the choice to have or not have.  It sucks for the babies involved in these sorts of things but until someone invents an artificial womb to place unwanted embryos and fetuses in for someone else to care for that's the way it's going to be.  

Answer 5

Would you rather the thousands of unloved, abused orphaned children in the world?

And no you dont have a uterus so no you dont understand

Its sad you only see women as one thing, a storage device? Really? Wow