Who said it?

In response to an article from the NYT about “I had an abortion” T-shirt creator Jennifer Baumgardner creating an “I was raped” t-shirt, this blogger wrote:

I appreciate the idea that visibility is critical to getting people to understand that women who get abortions or rape victimsβ€”two groups dehumanized and demonized in an effort to strip them of their rightsβ€”are human beings. I was in full support of the “I had an abortion” T-shirt, because to me, it’s not complicated. The anti-choice movement tries like hell to erase women’s existence, or at least our individuality, and the T-shirt undermines that. It also clarifies that abortion is nothing to be ashamed of. For me, “I had an abortion” should be as morally loaded as “I had a Pap smear”. The underpinnings of the moral angst about abortionβ€”the idea that a woman has no right to pry loose a flag a man has planted in her (even if he agrees with her decision, as most men in this case do), or that she should be punished for having sexβ€”offend me to the core, and that many women go through anguish over getting abortions depresses me. They shouldn’t feel bad for having sex or having autonomy. In fact, they should be proud of themselves for taking care of themselves despite all the misogynist messages out there that women don’t have a right to take care of ourselves. People balked at the idea that the “I had an abortion” T-shirts smacked of that mortal female sin of pride, but I applaud it. Women should be proud of doing right by themselves in a world where that’s socially disavowed.

Let’s play “spot the straw men” – how many do you see?

Oh, as to the answer to the question of “who said it” – here’s a hint. Or you can just read Ann Althouse’s response to the above “argument” here.

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