Abortion

We live in a time of expressing opinions. On the wave of penetration of virtuality in these regions - everyone has an opinion about everything and anything, even about things they know nothing about. Having an opinion based on rational reasoning, scientific/empirical evidence or logic is a heavy luxury today, because the masses do not have time to read and base their opinions on good information. There is also the education system that destroys young brains faster than Encephalitis. In the absence of time or desire, an opinion becomes a bitch, a slob, a sidewalk that gives in to the first emotion or the first instinct that comes from the R-complex or the Amygdala.

Although abortion is not something I would have a defined opinion about, I can still afford at least a simple rant on that topic, due to the simple fact that I am not a woman. The problem of responsibility is a problem of today. Especially in conditions when the fifth horseman of the apocalypse is riding around - capitalism. Abortion as the ultimate form of contraception is one of the more extreme manifestations, but it is all just one piece in the mosaic of consumerism and the impact it has on people.

What do I know... if there is something that can be a symbol of ambivalence, then it is abortion. Despite the fact that the development of the fetus physically depends entirely on the mother, the fetus can also be qualified as a separate entity even though it is part of her body. Continuing the pregnancy will result in a new human being. Here, the definition of how long the fetus is `humanized` or whether and how much it feels pain is irrelevant. The act of abortion prevents the birth of a new life. Extremely banal, but logically irrefutable.

Far from being `murder` as religious fanatics trumpet, because murder is the active violent extinction of an already existing human life. Although abortion is far from murder, it is still about preventing the possibility of the emergence of a human being. On the other hand, contraception is also about preventing the possibility of the emergence of a new being.

Although ejaculation itself inside in no way guarantees a conception, at least there is a chance. To conceive a new life. This does not mean that fertilization has automatically occurred, but in order to score a goal, a kick must be taken. The very dead end built of Latex in which spermatozoa end their journey to the goal - prevents the possibility of the emergence of a new life. Sperm together with the egg cell have no other purpose under the heavens, except that they provide an opportunity to create a new life.

The act of contraception prevents that possibility. Therefore, it is logically inconsistent to insist only on the prohibition of abortion. The Catholic Church, blessed be Thomas Aquinas is consistent because it is against contraception. Then again...and raising nine kids is fucked up in itself. For a two-hundred-euro woman to raise more than three kids these days without crippling them with Oliver Twist syndrome for life is impossible. Is nonexistence better than a painful and miserable existence? A disgusting and hideous dilemma that symbolizes the aforementioned ambivalence around the issue of abortion.

(Roger Mortis, 116)