Dumitru: Avoid "The Abortion Monologues"
As a part of V-February’s month-long programming, this Saturday will feature a performance of a piece entitled "The Abortion Monologues." The Center for Gender and Student Engagement’s website describes the performance as a series of monologues in which 23 women “reveal the details of their lives, families and relationships as they tell the stories of their abortions.” In my opinion, the purpose of this event is misguided at best. From my understanding, it seems that the performance is intended to destigmatize and promote abortion as an option. Frankly, as a future physician, I find this alarming — even from a purely medical standpoint. As far as I can tell, it seems the focus of the debate on abortion is no longer primarily arguing whether a fetus is a human life. The nature of the debate has shifted to address the question of whose life should take precedence — the mother’s or the child’s.