I think people like to pretend that carrying a baby to term will have no negative effects on the woman. They act like all she has to do is sit there and wait for the baby to grow and then poof the baby is born.

I'm not a woman but from what I have observed the entire experience is life changing in both positive and negative ways. People like to focus on the positives.

Women die in childbirth. Their bodies change in permanent ways. Their feet get fucked up. Their pussies get fucked up. Their hips change. Their hormones go crazy. They go through wild mood swings. They experience excruciating pain during childbirth. The vagina often tears and has to be stitched back up. It is a fucked up mess.

Like Bill Burr my politics falls somewhere in the middle of this debate. I don't think it is black and white. If a woman is raped (especially an extremely young one) they shouldn't be forced to carry that child to term.

The metaphor that I like to use is that if someone breaks into your house (aka rape) you should have the right to defend yourself and kill the fucker and throw his ass out on the street.

The cake metaphor is hilarious, but it ignores the fact that after you bake a cake you eat it and then it is gone. It’s a bit more complicated with children.

I don’t like the super “lefty” perspective either, which aims to make it seem like abortion is no big deal akin to taking a shit or having your period. Which it obviously isn’t especially the further along in the pregnancy a woman is. That’s when things get really dicey, but even then miscarriages happen all the time.

I wish the whole debate wasn’t just this moronic left vs right bullshit that our “leaders” have weaponized in order to trick people into voting for them.