A real pro-choice argument

I was surprised to read the following sentence in an IDS editorial: “If you don’t want to perform an abortion, don’t seek a degree, study the body and undertake a residency to do just that.” 

This surprised me because it sounds suspiciously similar to the pro-life argument that if a woman did not want to give birth, she should not have had sexual intercourse. 

As a truly pro-choice individual, I believe that all people have the right to make decisions regarding their actions, whether that decision is to terminate a pregnancy or to refuse to do so.

I also believe that in certain circumstances euthanasia is justified. Does that mean I think all doctors should be forced against their will to euthanize patients if asked?

Of course not, because it is the doctor’s right to abstain, just as it is the patient’s right to choose to die. Your editorial discusses placing “government back within its proper bounds.” The proper bounds of government are to protect the individual liberty of its citizens. 

And liberty means the freedom to act however one chooses, even if that action is something we dislike.

Ryan Krause
IU senior