Abortion Control

The People's Countryside Environmental Debate Podcast

Today’s listener question, from Paco in Wimbledon, London, England, was a tricky one for Stuart and William to tackle, as after all they’re two men talking about an issue that they’ll never have direct experience of. They do however try their best to tackle this particular subject from an as objective a viewpoint as possible, as life is rarely black and white.

Here is the question that was set by Paco:

“Heard the conservative Supreme Court in the USA has overturned the Rowe/Wade ruling in 1973, with some hoping abortion is now made illegal in every US state. The US president has said this ruling could set America back 150 years. What are your views on all abortion and do you think these extreme decisions about abortion, gun laws and climate change in the US are a driver for a second US civil war? Not like the first where you had 2 armies facing each other, but more around political violence, like what happened when Trump lost his Presidency.”

During this episode Stuart in particular recounts a powerful story about his own Mother, and how he himself could have been aborted. They both go into how making abortion illegal will make it more unsafe potentially, and how giving up a child must be one of the hardest things to do in life, particularly when you have no support from your family.

William also has strong views that the ultimate choice is down to the women, or should be at least. It’s an ethical and unethical choice but shouldn’t the mother decide that?

Both Stuart and William feel regarding abortions, it’s not what is done, it’s the way it’s done, particularly when it’s done in secrecy. They question if there’s a social, economic or race divide?

Is the abortion debate too much about telling women what to do with their bodies? When does an outside opinion step in? When is it right to allow it to happen? When is the right time to step in? When is it right to take a step back? When do we step in? Should we step in? It feels to Stuart and William that society has an opinion about abortion yet when you’re born and out of the womb, you’re on your own.

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