a woman's body is her right . . . right?

I have always believed that a woman's body is her right, and no matter your political agenda, and your left OR right wing views, you have no right to impose your beliefs "onto" anyone.

So why am I even trying to tackle this one? Well, like the song says, I'm "torn between two lovers" (feeling like a fool). Like most, I care about a lot of issues, but where the road goes one way for some, mine detours to another town. Welcome to my head, population me.

As an adult we have certain responsibilities, one of which is governing ourselves, self regulation. So why the rant? Recently something I have been observing, which never really bothered me before, has begun to fester and although I believe in the right to govern our own body, I can't help but to feel the pain of an unborn infant. I have oserved an expectant mother who is well along her pregnancy continue to smoke as if the child she is growing inside has no right to be there. Although she has done this the entire time she has been pregnant, I have never really been bothered by this until recently. So where am I wrong? Are my beliefs of self regulation clouding my mind from the reality of the situation?

The answer is no. Shocking as that may sound, and as harmful my opinion is to this unborn child, my beliefs need to remain my beliefs. Freedom is a choice that we all take for granted, and although this woman treads on hers without disregard for others, the choice is still hers. My feelings, and my beliefs are mine and mine alone, and I have no right to impose them onto her. As much as I disagree with what she's doing, she has every right.