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tion. In addition to the guilt that mothers face overabortions, fathers face similar guilt. Many times thefather does not support the abortion, but since itis the woman’s choice, he has no say. The abovementionedarguments are strong in the anti-abortionmovement.I believe inpro-choice,meaningthat it is everyindividualwoman’sright tochoose andcontrol herown body.Allowingthe governmenttomake decisions about a woman’s right to an abortionopens the door to further governmental controls. Bygiving the government the right to control a woman’sbody, society opens the door to taking away personalfreedoms, guaranteed by our Constitution. Whoknows what other controls the government maylegislate in the future? Could it force sterilization,mandatory motherhood or even other birth controlmethods such as the pill?Just becauseabortionsaremade illegaldoesn’tmean thatthey willcease toexist; itjust meansthat theywill haveto be doneillegally. Ifthis happens, back-alley abortions would increase,severely endangering the lives of women. When thishappens, sometimes not just one life is taken, buttwo. If we criminalize abortion, many women willsimply look for other ways to get rid of the children,at the risk of endangering themselves. A brief mistakecan take away a woman’s childhood and trapher for life. Pressure to have sex at an early age cancreate mistakes, mistakes that have life-long punishment.These mistakes can shatter the life dreams of ayoung individual. When these mistakes happen, thewoman’s right to terminate that pregnancy should beavailable as a choice.Abortion is one of the most debated topics inour government today. Pro-life advocates cite the moralwrongdoings of abortion, taking a viable life and the emotionaltraumas that accompany an abortion. Pro-choiceadvocates,on theother hand,strongly believethat itis a woman’sright to havecontrol overher ownbody andthat governmentshouldhave no say.I believe inpro-choice,in givingwomen everywhere the right to make choices when itcomes to their personal body.
To Pants or not toPants?by Federica JonasI I am being forced to buy pants. Before this schoolyear started, I had worn pants approximately three timesto school, and now, I have been coerced into wearingthem at least once a week. Why must I wear pants? Andmore importantly, who is forcing me to wear them? Well,in reality I don’t HAVE to wear pants. But really, how manydresses and different skirt and shirt combinations canI wear before the cold winter air finallypenetrates my will? Not very many. Afew weekends ago, I did the thing I saidI would never, ever do: buy pants thatare in dress code. I now own two pairs ofpants, corduroys to be exact. And I despisethem. I am not proud for having renegedon my sophomore proclamation to neverwear pants as long as I studied at Liggett.You may be wondering why I would eversay such a thing, and the answer is quitesimple: pants do not meet my standardsto battle the Nordic hell that falls overMichigan October through May. They haveseams and a zipper, which let the cold inand make life oh so uncomfortable fora tropical person such as myself. WhereI come from, not even our industrialfreezers reach the temperatures that arereached here. Last year, my leggings andyoga pants kept me from becoming just another iciclethat hung from the eaves of Liggett. This year, they haveno such opportunity. They are destined to live out theirlives only on the weekends and under my field hockeyskirt after school. This is unfair. Leggings haven’t doneanything to anyone; they are simply an essential part ofthe average foreigner’s winter wardrobe. They keep thefreakish winds at bay and make me a feel warmer thanany sort of pant ever would.I do understand where the administration iscoming from. They are trying to keep us looking snazzyand nice and apparently leggings do not fit the criteriabecause they are ‘body hugging’ and ‘tight’. They showoff women’s bodies and are much too revealing. In a way,aren’t pants the exact same thing, just made of differentmaterial and with rivets and ‘patch pockets’? I believethey are. Do people think that just because they’re pantsthey’re not form-fitting? They are. Pants show off the humanfigure as much as any garment, leggings and yogapants included. So to those of you who do not understandmy dislike of pants know that it is not so much adislike, but it is a sign of the misery to come. The greatsnows shall come down from Canada or the North Poleor wherever it is they come from, and they will turn meinto a hollow shell of my former self. Okay, not really, butthey will make me cranky because of random gusts ofwind that will wind their way into the nooks and cranniesof my pants. I shall have to forge on without my leggings,my ‘security blanket’ if you will. I must learn to finally becomeAmerican and leave behind the leggings and customsof the old country in favor of the new customs andpants of the United States. In a way, by wearing pants, itis as though I have given up my foreign background andhave become an American. But the only things that keepme from becoming a legitimate American now are thosepesky immigration laws, but those arequite another story. However, you shouldall know this: I shall not try to be sneakyand fool the powers that be into thinkingthat my leggings are tights without feet orsomething equally ridiculous. I shall wearmy pants with dignity, I shall shake off theice that will inevitably form around mynostrils and eyes, and I shall sit close to theradiators that are probably highly unstablein a vain effort to warm up. But if one dayI do not show up to class, know that it isbecause the frigid Arctic winds have finallygotten to me and that I have turned intoan ice statue and am being shipped downto the tropical places to be defrosted. Eitherthat or I caught the Swine Flu or someother weird disease that is constantlysending the United States into pandemonium,mass hysteria, and chaos.BOTTOM LINE: In the end, pants, leggings, Hardtails, yogapants, they’re all the same. They’re cozy and warm andthey are ALL body hugging. If you don’t want us to bewearing clothes that show our shapes, then buy everyonea potato sack and call it a day.25
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