I do think we have a habit of discussing abortion, even in feminist conversations, in deeply misogynist ways. I think there is an impulse to discuss abortion in some form of moral framework, and I think it's incorrect most of the time. The older I get, the more I understand, the more I find troubling the need to cast the abortion seeking woman as someone who can be morally understood in this case of abortion, as if there is little doubt that a woman can be immoral when seeking an abortion. I think the discussion of wanted pregnancies, complicated health issues, familial concerns, ideological desires...I just think at the end of the day it's not important why. I really don't need to understand why a woman wants an abortion, I really don't need her to be a tragic story for me to care. I think her adult autonomy is motivating enough. I think a lot of people struggle to see women as truly autonomous beings in their own right, and so abortion as an issue of simple body autonomy is just too uncomfortable for most people even when they are sympathetic to women. I really truly believe fundamentally in absolute, unconditional abortion. There is not a single condition you could dream up that would cause me pause.






















