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Feb. 17th, 2011 04:25 pmThis came up on twitter, and it's hard to say complicated things in tweets, so I'm going to lay it all out here.
Here's the corrected Bieber quote, on the Rolling Stone website today:
I'd thought that all the uproar was over what he said about rape, which was misquoted at first. But apparently people are angry that he said that he doesn't believe in abortion.
The thing is, I don't believe in abortion, either. ( Read more... )If a friend came to me asking for help, I'd give it; if they were asking for advice, I wouldn't, because I've no right to tell someone else what they should do.
I also don't think that the state has any business telling any of us what to do with our bodies. That's why I'm pro-choice.
It used to be that you could be personally against abortion, or at least personally uncomfortable with it--like HRC's "legal but rare"--and still call yourself pro-choice, but in the past few years that seems to not be true anymore, which puts me in a strange position. I'd never vote for any politician who doesn't believe in a woman's right to choose. I've given money to that effect. I can't even say that I'd never have an abortion--maybe there would be a circumstance in which I would.
It's just, you know, it's really personal.
Here's the corrected Bieber quote, on the Rolling Stone website today:
He isn't sure what political party he'd support if he was old enough to vote. "I'm not sure about the parties," Bieber says. "But whatever they have in Korea, that's bad." He does have a solid opinion on abortion. "I really don't believe in abortion," Bieber says. "It's like killing a baby." How about in cases of rape? "Um. Well, I think that's really sad, but everything happens for a reason. I don't know how that would be a reason. I guess I haven't been in that position, so I wouldn't be able to judge that."
I'd thought that all the uproar was over what he said about rape, which was misquoted at first. But apparently people are angry that he said that he doesn't believe in abortion.
The thing is, I don't believe in abortion, either. ( Read more... )If a friend came to me asking for help, I'd give it; if they were asking for advice, I wouldn't, because I've no right to tell someone else what they should do.
I also don't think that the state has any business telling any of us what to do with our bodies. That's why I'm pro-choice.
It used to be that you could be personally against abortion, or at least personally uncomfortable with it--like HRC's "legal but rare"--and still call yourself pro-choice, but in the past few years that seems to not be true anymore, which puts me in a strange position. I'd never vote for any politician who doesn't believe in a woman's right to choose. I've given money to that effect. I can't even say that I'd never have an abortion--maybe there would be a circumstance in which I would.
It's just, you know, it's really personal.
