Get out of my womb.

You know what I find irritating? People in my womb...

Well, not literally, but trying to control what I can and can't do with it. If I want to throw it over my shoulder like a continental soldier, let me. Seriously, though I got heated over what I was reading and hearing about some recent legislature. Yea, this is a commentary on abortion, stop reading if you'd like, but this shit gets me so angry. My friend Anna told me that Illinois is trying to pass a law that requires girls 17 or younger to notify their families before getting an abortion. Now, this morning in the Metro I read that New Hampshire is trying to do the same and another state is trying to outlaw abortion even in the case of rape or incest! (um, what if the person you have to ask permission of is the person who raped you??)

Now I have some questions about this... Okay, so the age of consent in most states in 16 (or lower/ dependent on age difference). However, if you get pregnant from it, you have to ask your parents permission to terminate the pregnancy? Okay so you're old enough to decide that you're ready to have sex yet you can't choose whether or not you want a child before you graduate high school? What the hell? And yea, I know that this doesn't pertain to me but it still makes me angry. At what point is your womb your own? At 17 it belongs to my mother but at 18 I can have a womb of my very own? What right does the law have to regulate what I can do with my body?

Trust me, I'm not saying that I don't take issue with abortion. Most people, at some level, feel that there's a question of morality with it. It's not just the same as getting your appendix out. But, the most important point here concerning laws is that even if it is illegal, people are going to do it. Think knitting needles. Not something I want as a possible choice.


K, that's my rant for the morning.