Lately I've been trying to search for pro-choice art, and the only way I can do that is type 'abortion' into the search engine because I swear, you don't find a damn thing when you type "pro-choice" in the search And of course, I always find a bunch of pro-life stuff, which I can't help but glance at. And so...I ended up getting a little pissed off by the vast majority of art being pro-life and so I quickly whipped this up.

I actually did another piece months ago...but it was really a bit more disturbing than this and I never got around to finishing it. I'm sorry for the crappiness of this piece. But that's what happens when I do traditional media.

Yes, I am pro-choice. I support a woman's right to choose whether or not she wants to carry a pregnancy to term. I do not believe the government has any right to determine if a woman should have a baby, as they cannot possibly know every woman's situation and whether or not it permits her to actually raise a child. I understand where pro-lifers are coming from, however. I think both sides have commendable and valid arguments. I was once pro-life myself, and only budged on the idea of abortion in cases of rape and health concerns but as time went on, and I did more research, I could no longer stick to those views. I believe pro-life is anti-woman.

And I am tolerable of those who understand that a woman should at least be able to choose if she was raped or if she'll die. It's when people believe a woman should be forced to go through with a pregnancy even if she was raped that I get pissed. Making abortion illegal won't make it go away, but instead will put womens' lives in danger. I think instead we need better sex education instead of this abstinence-only bullshit. We should make birth control more accessible, and we should also stop telling teens that masturbation is a sin. And parents should also be more open with their kids about sex instead of acting like it's the worst thing in the world for kids to be having sexual feelings. Seriously, parents, grow the fuck up.

Also, regarding the adoption card that pro-life people like to pull, they say that abortion can cause emotional trauma for women. Yes, this is true. I won't deny that. However, so can adoption. So really, if it's the woman's mental health you're concerned about (though I doubt it), it really makes no difference whether she has an abortion or chooses adoption. The woman can still suffer great emotional trauma afterwards, so it really doesn't make any difference. So I say let the mother decide which is the better choice, as only she can make such a decision.

From ReproductiveRights.org:

Before Roe, it is estimated that "between 200,000 and 1.2 million illegally induced abortions occur[red] annually in the United States."1 As many as 5,000 to 10,000 women died per year following illegal abortions and many others suffered severe physical and psychological injury.

You know...I've seen so many photos of monuments for aborted fetuses:

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I'm just curious...are there ANY monuments out there that honor the memory of those women who had to die a horrible death because of unsafe abortions? I want to know Because all I ever see is monuments for the fetuses. Why is it that microscopic cells are honored, but not the women who didn't have a choice? It can be debated all day whether or not those fetuses felt pain, or suffered, but there is no doubt that those women felt pain. They died horrible, lonely deaths, and no one seems to give a shit.

*braces herself for the hateful comments*

Medium: watercolor and prismacolor pencils, and Paint Shop Pro 9.