Opinion of women who have abortions and later...

[Inverted Things]

My knee-jerk reaction was to say yes, it's hypocritical. Then I gave the matter some thought.

I am my father's third child and third son. He believed in spanking until I was about 13. So I would get the occasional spanking. Not that I was abused by any stretch of the imagination, it's just that I was occasionally physically disciplined. He had a change of heart with regard to spanking, and now believes that it is a terrible thing to do to a child. Does this make him a hypocrite? I don't think so... he looked back and decided that spanking wasn't the best way to handle the situations. Indeed, he would probably support a law making spanking illegal.

So, to summarize, he engaged in a legal act (spanking his child), later decided that his act was wrong, and would now support illegalizing that act.

Similarly, these women engaged in a legal act (abortion), later decided that their acts were wrong, and would now support illegalizing the act.

Now, my dad is a flaming hypocrite in many ways, but I've never thought him hypocritical on this issue. In fairness then, I must ignore my knee-jerk recation to call these women hypocrites and say that they are not.