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This is an interesting essay from a woman who helped her teenage sister get an abortion without telling their parents.
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder why, if abortion is so nifty, why she still naturally felt shame about anyone knowing she had one....hmmmmm...food for thought....
my liberal family was similiarly hypocritical...abortion is a "right", its important to have BUT none of "our kind of people" would be in a position to have one. kinda makes one wonder a bit about why such a double standard would exist about something that is so wonderful it is practically a liberal sacrament.

Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 7:15:00 AM GMT
Anonymous said...

Oh please. No one is saying abortion is nifty, wonderful, or a sacrament. Are you joking? Please post where you have heard that. It is always an unfortunate event, yet sometimes a necessary one. Have I had an abortion? Yes. Was I sad about it? Yes. Do I regret it? No. Could I ever have another one? No, I have a child now and have changed my mind, for myself only. Do I support to the utmost the choice for other women? Absolutely.

Monday, October 10, 2005 at 11:31:00 PM GMT
Anonymous said...

ditto jane!

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 at 12:55:00 PM GMT
Anonymous said...

Jane exemplifies a very interesting dichotomy in the pro choice camp; one that seems to encompass the majority, i.e., that abortion is wrong for them, but not for 'other women.' The usual explanation for this dichotomy (I'm not putting words in Jane's mouth here; she may have an entirely different rationale for her decision. I'm generalizing from surveys and such.) is that many women find abortion as birth control to be an immoral choice, but they aren't willing to enforce their moral judgments on others.

What is it that makes us think it's fine to legislate some moral issues, but not others? Every blue law on the books, from selling alcohol on Sunday to laws regulating vice are all based on an attempt to legislate morality. The Knoxville City Council just passed regulations severely limiting the ability of adult businesses to operate in Knoxville, justified by crime statistics from San Diego. While I'm sure the good citizens of San Diego will sleep easier in their beds knowing that folks in Knoxville won't be checking out strippers after midnight, shouldn't a right to privacy strong enough and broad enough to allow a woman to terminate a pregnancy at will also allow her to take her clothes off if she wants to?

And isn't it strange that we're perfectly comfortable legislating morality where sex is concerned, but not where an actual life is concerned?

Personal disclosure: One of the reasons Jane's story resonates with me is I have a similar one. I paid for an abortion many years ago. The child was not mine, and I'm not going to go into detail, except to say that the woman involved was determined to get the abortion, and if I hadn't helped her, she faced public humiliation, and at the time, I figured she was going through enough hell already.

To this day, I still don't know if I did the right thing or not.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 4:27:00 AM GMT
Anonymous said...

"State law says if you are old enough to get pregnant, you are already a mother, to some extent, and you get to choose what course your life will take." -Peg Johnston, clinic director in New York.

I thought this was interesting, how can you already be a mother when you`re pregnant if its not a baby? If it is a baby then its a baby. The best writings on not being afraid to be pro life are by Jeannine Parvati Baker IMO.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 5:42:00 PM GMT

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