An abortion of logic
This weekend I did my due diligence as a voter and read through the California Voter Information Guide to research the propositions. Everything was making perfect sense until I got to the arguments for Prop 4.
Proposition 4 is a proposed constitutional amendment “prohibiting abortion for unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor’s parent, legal guardian, or in limited cases, substitute adult relative.” I personally think this is a terrible idea, and I (along with the rest of the state) voted down similar propositions in 2005 and 2006. But I decided to read the arguments for Prop 4 to ensure I get all the facts in order to make the most informed decision possible. I swear this is the fucking argument in favor of Prop 4:
“Notification laws in thirty other states are reducing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and protecting young girls from being victimized by older men.”
What. The. Fuck.
That logic doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense. How do abortions lead to old guys raping underage girls? I felt like I must be missing something important so I located the official Yes on 4 website to do some research. Here is the scenraio they present:
- An older men molests underage girl
- Underage girl gets pregnant
- Older man forces underage girl to get an abortion
- Said abortion covers up the older man’s crime
- Older man may now continue molesting underage girl
Therefore, abortions lead to older men molesting underage girls. Q. E. Fucking D.
That is some stupid logic. Lets see if I can take this ridiculous argument to its logical conclusion:
- An older men molests underage girl
- Older man wears a condom
- Underage girl doesn’t get pregnant
- Lack of pregnancy covers up the older man’s crime
- Older man may now continue molesting underage girl
Therefore, condoms lead to older men molesting underage girls. Clearly we need to ban condoms as well.
Yeah, I’ll be voting no on Prop 4.
