lilyismyspiritanimal:

You know why I really think most people are pro-life? They’re scared to think about not existing. They think that, if their mother had chosen not to have them, they would have felt pain, and that the world would have been worse off. Guess what? We aren’t that important. If Barack Obama had been aborted, someone else would have been president. If Lady Gaga had been aborted, someone else would be a huge pop star. That’s just the way life is, and the way it should be.

well…that was terrifying and true and brilliant.

Even if you’re pro-life, I think we can agree that people overestimate the importance of individuals, at least in part because we want to be important ourselves.