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Abortion Is Not...
Abortion is not
About killing a person --
An embryo or a fetus
Is not a sentient human
Being with a fully
Developed nervous system
And a cerebral cortex
Any more than an egg
Is a fully developed chick --
It has only a potential
Of becoming one --
Nobody likes abortion,
But it isn't murder with
Malicious intent --
You do not jail
Women, who drink
Or smoke during
Pregnancy, thereby
Harming a fetus,
Or a guy for wasting
His sperm on
Masturbation
If God really intended
All sex for procreation --
Wake up, you uptight
Religious hypocrites,
We have condoms
And birth control
Pills these days,
IUDs and diaphragms,
Dildos and vibrators,
Pocket pals and
Vaginal replicas,
And internet porn --
Hell, you can fuck
On the phone
Or masturbate
On web cams --
Sex is no longer
About procreation
Any more.
So, like it or not,
It's all about options
And alternatives,
And the right to
Choose to terminate
Or carry a pregnancy
To a conclusion --
For freedom is about
Choices, whether wise
Or unwise, and women
Should have a right
To make that
Choice.
March 18, 2006
in my opinion i still feel abortion is wrong...not for religious purposes...good poem though and its all true
You are one very brave and unconventional poet, you say it the way you want it, and you are not afraid to be different, for this I think you are unique, but of course, you will be very unpopular with your choice of thinking..