CoD and Women's Freedom

Being pro-life does not necessarily mean you are anti-woman/feminist. Most women, such as sister of the Church, do not agree with abortion. Having an abortion is a choice of a woman. It does not define a gender, even though a majority of supporters for pro-life are men. Being pro-life is not about the women and their own personal choice. Its about how its wrong to kill a living being and the Church and supporters of pro-life want there not to be a choice of killing that being.

I totally agree with Sara, being pro life does not mean that one is anti-women's rights.
If someone believes in an unborn child's "pro-life rights" then both the mother and the child have separate rights: the rights of the child and the right of the mother. This may appear to be anti-woman's rights because the mother does not have total control over the situation. However, the argument can be made that a mother NEVER has the right over her child's right to life because only God decides when someones time is up, and it is not right to play the role of God. SO, if the mother never has the right to take away an unborn child's life then you are not taking away any of her rights and therefor it is not "Anti-woman's rights"

Like Nick Dawdle, Sara and Frank have said being "pro life does not mean that one is anti-woman rights. Yes it is true that than the people believe that the unborn child's life should have rights and it is true that the child itself and the mother have their own rights. Since everyone is born with the right to live, like mentioned by Nick, since than being pro life isn't necessary being anti-feminist.
Even though like mentioned above man are more in favor of pro-life, i think that is not directly inherently to be said that the person has to be anti-woman rights. I think that just those people choose the decision, that abortion could be avoided with different types of procedures. They fallow the belief of the Magisterium, that abortion takes the right to live, and everyone has that right. Also i think that most pro-life supporters sometimes think woman that choose abortion do it just to kill the baby and not get pregnant, i don't think sometimes they understand the conditions that woman are in, and that sometimes a choice of abortion ends up being the best resolution, because of economics and other problems, like education. I feel like pro-life supporters shouldn't be described as anti-woman and anti-feminist, but are because don't consider the consequences and the situation of why abortion is done.

I agree with ania and fran because the woman's right is not being violated. Also, they have their own freedom and choice to have an abortion. Its not going against life, it is the condition or situation they are involved in that causes them to seek an abortion.

I agree with Amy on how pro life is not completely anti-feminist but pro life does not exactly support woman rights. Pro life takes away the choice of a woman and i don't think anyone can have that authority because it is her own body so she should be able to make that decision. That doesn't make that decision any less horrible, and i'm not saying i believe in abortion but taking away a woman's ability to make a decision about herself should only be made by her and no one else.

Saram, I must make a point of the fact that you speak for "most women" when you say that most women do not agree with abortion. But may I ask how you would support that statement? You must provide a survey, a website, at least some little bit of evidence to back your claim. Otherwise, I would not like to be spoken for as such. I am not implying that you are wrong or right, only that you provide no evidence.

I got to say when it comes to these threats, I disagree with some people that say that a woman should never kill or abort a child, because sometimes it is needed, for example even in a situation where either the mother can be saved or the new born baby, its a risk and a decision that has to be made in order to keep one life alive.
Also there is other situations, where for example rape, if a woman is rape, she should have the ability to abort her child because if she gives birth looking everyday at her baby, she might remember the most devastating moment of her life and become very depressed. Yes if abortion could be avoided it should, but in extreme circumstances people need to respect the decisions of the woman that have chosen to have an abortion.