I have been thinking about freedom a lot these past few weeks, specifically a woman's freedom of choice. This has been a hot topic for a long time now, women's rights, and people have very strong opinions on the subject. Today I was sitting and thinking about it and a question came to my mind, what are women fighting for the right to have? It seems like everything I hear on the news about women's right seems to be focused on their right to make choices about their own bodies, concerning healthcare and issues over reproduction. My dear sisters, we already hold that right.
In the Declaration of Independence it states, We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. We are born with rights, we already have our freedom, no one gives it to us. The Founding Fathers understood this principle and that's what helped them pull together when they made the decision to go to war. Now, let's compare that with the French Revolution, the French who were also looking for freedom, and what happened? Their country was thrown into turmoil, terror and ended up in a dictatorship. Both countries wanted the same thing, so why did only one succeed? The French were looking at freedom the wrong way. They thought that by killing off the monarchy, they would gain their freedom, but it never came so they kept on killing those they thought responsible.
With the idea of freedom already endowed upon us, let's return to the issue at hand, a woman's right to her own body. I am a woman. No one has control over my body, I choose what I do with it. Do you see that? It's that word choose. I have the choice of what I do or not do. Now here's where I think people get mad. We all have choices and all those choices come with strings attached called consequences. With our freedom, we have the ability to choose what to do. For example, I have made the choice not to have kids yet. I just got married and my husband and I have decided to wait for a little while. In order to make that choice, we take precautions and have preventative measures in place. We are taking responsibility for our choice. I do my part and he does his. I honestly think that this is the big issue, woman don't want to take responsibility for their choices and want to get out of the consequences. You already have the freedom ladies, so it's time to step up to the responsibility it comes with. If you choose to not have kids then take responsibility of using birth control. If you are raped then choose to fight, choose to go to the police and do everything you can to put the rapist behind bars. It is your body, it is your choice, but it is also your responsibility, it's part of being an adult.
Now this brings me to another subject, a very touchy one, the subject of abortion. The two sides have come out Pro-life and Pro-choice(because Pro-death was just too obvious). I am a woman. I believe that women are every bit as great as men in regards to equality, but I do not agree with abortion. The declaration says that all men are created. We are all created, including those still in the process of being so and because they are, they are also given the right to Liberty, the pursuit of Happiness, and Life. I once saw a picture that had a woman with a sign about women's rights, a gay couple with a sign about gay marriage and underneath was a picture of a fetus with the words "You want the right of choice and you want the right of marriage. I just want the right to live." Just a Thought....
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