The abortion debate in the United States is unique for its vitriol and polarity.
One side is a bunch of misogynist, anti-women bigots, the other a bunch of child murdering libertines.
While there is no agreement on which side is right, perhaps we can all agree that the most vocal and politically active proponents of each side--which also coincides neatly with their political affiliation--are, generally speaking, wildly hypocritical.
Was the pro-life camp so deaf during the Iraq War that they did not hear any reports about the thousands of innocent and defenseless children that were killed with our money and guns?
Is the pro-choice camp so blind that they have not seen any reports about the Pakistani women that are denied their right to live, let alone to choose, by our money and drones?
Is it not remarkable that pro-lifers are more concerned about a non sentient, group of cells than they are about children who have actually made the journey through the birth canal?
Is it not remarkable that pro-choicers are more concerned about waxing philosophical about the right to choose than they are about confronting a certain leader who regularly denies it to Pakistani and Afghan women?
Perhaps we need less pissing contests and more introspection.
We do, indeed, live in strange times.
Brian Beyer
Junior Middle Eastern studies major
