Does he look like he would have wanted to be aborted?

Final exams are over, which means I will have more time to write now. Hooray.

This semester I took a Pathophysiology class. My professor was some lady in her 60s, who just happened to have 5 autoimmune diseases and ALWAYS had a close friend or family member with whatever disease she was currently lecturing about. The other day, while discussing congenital conditions in newborns, she got onto the topic of abortion, saying that women had the option of testing to see if the fetus would be born defective.

Oh boy, here we go. Now you see, I really don't give a shit what anyones views on abortion are- as long as you know how to shut the fuck up about it. If you don't believe in abortion, don't have one. Enough said.

It was obvious from the beginning of the semester that this professor was a conservative christian. Fine. I go to class to learn about diseases, what the fuck do I care what your life views are? But of course- she just couldn't help herself.

This was a portion of that days lecture:

"Now, with the many years of experience that I have in nursing, I have come to the conclusion that abortion is a terrible thing. I mean look at him (points to a smiling kid in a wheel chair on the screen). Does he look like he would have wanted to be aborted? Oops, I probably shouldn't have said that *giggles* "

I don't care how many years of nursing experience you have, your views on abortion stem from your personal and religious beliefs and there's a 99% chance that those beliefs were intact BEFORE you became a nurse, so don't use your authority as my professor and an experienced nurse to tell me that MY personal views are wrong. Of course that child on that screen doesn't want to be aborted now, he's already fucking here! And he's probably so mentally challenged that he doesn't even know how fucked up his life really is, and his parents will probably have to care for him until they die, then he will be put in a permanent care facility. Sounds like a great fulfilling life doesn't it? Yeah, your damn right you shouldn't have said that you self righteous, ignorant cunt. For all you know, someone in our class room has had an abortion- and you are making them feel like shit about it. You are a Pathophysiology teacher! This is not any kind of philosophy class or biomedical ethics and I don't come to class to hear your personal views on life.

If someone knows they are going to have a retard baby and they choose to keep it, wonderful! But how dare you look down upon the people who don't believe they have the financial and/or emotional capacity to care for a permanently sick child?!?! Don't you think the situation is hard enough for them to deal with without people like you judging them? You don't know- you haven't been there. Take the stick out of your ass and get off your high horse.

Ugh, people. Needless to say, I'm glad that class is over- I learned very little in her class the entire semester between her unnecessary personal tangents and boring read-straight-from-the-powerpoint lectures.

This cartoon is unrelated- I just thought it was funny.....