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A review by jemmania
Comics for Choice: Illustrated Abortion Stories, History, and Politics by Ally Shwed, Sarah Crowe, Steph Kraft Sheley, Leah Hayes, Bree Jordan, Kris Louis, Hallie Jay Pope, Lindsay Rodriguez, Julia Krase, Mallory McMaster, Sharon Rimann, Laura Martin, M.J. Flores, Laura Lannes, Mick Moran, Kennedy Tarrell, Kriota Willberg, Andrew Carl, Claudia E. Berger, Lilly Taing, O.K. Fox, Yamani Hernandez, Rachel Hays, Samantha Romero, C.B. Hart, Vreni, Jennifer Camper, Michelle Kinsey Bruns, Hazel Newlevant, Cynthia Greenlee, Kendra Josie Kirkpatrick, Benita Ulisano, Anna Sellheim, Wren Chavers, Sarah Mirk, Whit Taylor, Heidi Williamson, Erin Lux, Stephanie Rodriguez, Jaz Malone, Emily Lady, Katie Brown, Kat Fajardo, Tatiana Gill, Brittany Mostiller, Lucy Haslam, Katie Fricas, Sophia Foster-Dimino, Rickie Solinger, Tanya DePass, Ahmara Smith, Anise Simon, Cathy Camper, Anna Bongiovanni, Sage Coffey, Rachel Wilson, Nomi Kane, Gianna Meola, Renee Bracey, Rachel Merrill, Daniela Diaz
1.0
When I used to kick around in woke & feminist circles, we used to regularly discuss the "infantilization of women" & how damaging that can be. We are women, not children. We can run companies, we can vote, and we can readily face the consequences of our actions. What I see in the feminist movement is a demand to take on the privileges of being seen as an adult, but a complete refusal to take on any of the responsibilities. This pattern can be seen all the way back to the first wave of feminism. Us women wanted the privilege of being able to vote without the responsibility of having to be drafted. When it's beneficial for women to be seen as children, we take full advantage. It's common enough to see a modern woman demanding to be taken seriously in the workplace one moment, then crying that she was "manipulated" into sleeping with that guy covered from head-to-toe in red flags, the next.
I see abortion as an extension of this pattern. We want the privileges that come with sex, but none of the responsibility. We all know that when you have sex (regardless of what birth control you use), a risk you are taking is that you could get pregnant. Instead of insisting women take responsibility for their actions, we let them murder the baby because they cry about how unprepared they are to face up to the consequences of their actions.
The women featured in these comics hide behind their gnostic religion in order to live out the most convenient parts of childhood. There is lots of hate for Christians in this book, but no self awareness that the philosophical views used to justify abortion are deeply religious. The position that a baby is not alive or valuable until the moment it is pushed out of the vaginal canal is a religious position. The position that there is a threshold of growth a baby has to reach before it is considered living is also a religious position. These positions aren't based in biology or science. The state supports abortion pseudoscience because women who don't have children are able to work more hours and pay more taxes. The state also has an interest in keeping its welfare expenses down. Instead of helping the mother who is poor and struggling, it's in the state's best interest to kill the baby. Planned Parenthood is a eugenic organization that targets the poor and racial minorities because the elites deem mothers from these demographics unfit to reproduce.
Margaret Sanger was a proud eugenicist, her legacy lives on.
I see abortion as an extension of this pattern. We want the privileges that come with sex, but none of the responsibility. We all know that when you have sex (regardless of what birth control you use), a risk you are taking is that you could get pregnant. Instead of insisting women take responsibility for their actions, we let them murder the baby because they cry about how unprepared they are to face up to the consequences of their actions.
The women featured in these comics hide behind their gnostic religion in order to live out the most convenient parts of childhood. There is lots of hate for Christians in this book, but no self awareness that the philosophical views used to justify abortion are deeply religious. The position that a baby is not alive or valuable until the moment it is pushed out of the vaginal canal is a religious position. The position that there is a threshold of growth a baby has to reach before it is considered living is also a religious position. These positions aren't based in biology or science. The state supports abortion pseudoscience because women who don't have children are able to work more hours and pay more taxes. The state also has an interest in keeping its welfare expenses down. Instead of helping the mother who is poor and struggling, it's in the state's best interest to kill the baby. Planned Parenthood is a eugenic organization that targets the poor and racial minorities because the elites deem mothers from these demographics unfit to reproduce.
Margaret Sanger was a proud eugenicist, her legacy lives on.