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Pre-natal testing not totally accurate

December 15, 2014 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

Many women do abort on the basis of what they consider to be a bad prenatal diagnosis. I know of one. Please think of them when you read this article, because they are highly likely to already be conflicted over their decision, and this is a very hard thing to read:

A report from Beth Daley at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting explores the story of a Rhode Island woman named Stacie Chapman, who very nearly terminated a much-wanted pregnancy at three months after a prenatal blood test called MaterniT21 predicted that her baby probably had Trisomy 18, also known as Edwards Syndrome, a serious chromosomal disorder that can lead to severe birth defects. (The median lifespan for a baby with Edwards is 15 days, and many die long before that.)

Chapman called her husband sobbing when she heard the news, then scheduled an abortion for the following day. Her doctor urged her to wait, and a follow-up test showed that her baby didn’t in fact have Edwards; her son Lincoln Samuel just turned 1 and is perfectly healthy.

Angel

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Questions for pro-choicers

December 5, 2014 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

Katha Pollitt in an article in which she sought input from pro-lifers. At the end she writes:

I wonder what answers pro-lifers would get if they asked similar questions of pro-choicers.”

The questions I’d have for pro-choicers would be (and from my experience, they are similarly reticent to compromise or dialogue):

Why are relationships a zero sum game to them?

Put differently, why can’t the mother and the child both thrive?

Are they resolutely confident that unwanted pregnancies always remain unwanted?

Are they resolutely confident that human life in the womb doesn’t have any cosmic significance?

If they had every assurance that the law would be kept out of it, would they campaign against abortion and increase support for women in all circumstances including pregnancy?

Since female biology includes the ability to get pregnant, why are they so down on that?

Can they see the point that pro-lifers make that access to abortion requires women to be like men?

Well those are some of my questions. I’d be glad to get non-snarky answers. Katha found that hard and to be sure, the snark goes both ways.

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A review of The Birth of the Pill

December 3, 2014 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

Great, great read:

The cardinal tenet of the Contraceptive Regime is that The Pill safely sterilizes the sexual act. As a result of this belief, we accept the idea that we can have sex with anyone we want, without regard for potential consequences. We think we can have sex with a person who would be a disaster to parent with. And when the inevitable pregnancy actually occurs, we act surprised every time. Women are then faced with the choice of becoming a single mother, having an abortion or placing the baby for adoption. None of these choices is particularly good for the child, nor in the end, for the woman.

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On the unconsidered realities of future children and abortion

December 2, 2014 by Natalie Sonnen 2 Comments

009c72fc571390faa0aadd9fabde6683Any woman considering an abortion should read the quotes of these women who have been there and done it.  They are heart-rending, tragic testimonies to the unexpected and often unconsidered long-term consequences of abortion.  My heart goes out to these women and their families – so many of them were just never told the truth.

Abby Johnson, Founder of And Then There Were None:

One day in the car, my daughter (out of nowhere) asked if some day she would be able to see her siblings in Heaven. I asked her what she meant…honestly, hoping that she was not talking about my own two abortions. She said that she knew I had two abortions and she wanted to know if she would ever get to meet those babies because she said, “in my heart, I miss them.” I never knew I would pass that sort of heartbreak on to my children.

When I had my abortions, I never thought about how it would affect others. I didn’t think about my future children. I never thought about how I would have to explain my selfishness to them.

My abortions live in me, and unfortunately, they live in them. ”


Ashley Granger, Wife, mother, sonography student:

Now that my son is 4 years old, I sometimes look at his sweet face and wonder what features my other child would have had. I still have dreams about holding him or her and it makes me so deeply sad to think that I have robbed my son of a sibling. Why not just try and conceive a sibling for him today you may ask? Well, I would love to but my husband and I have been struggling with infertility for two and half years. I never once dreamed that I wouldn’t be able to conceive when I wanted to! Every night my sweet boy prays to God for a sibling and every time I hear those precious prayers my heart aches over what I did. Because in retrospect an abortion isn’t an easy fix or a solution to a problem….it is the problem, and it leaves a lasting effect on generations to come.

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This struggle is not the end of your story

November 13, 2014 by Faye Sonier Leave a Comment

I just read another great article over at Brain, Child. The writer, Suzanne Palmieri, was a single mother, living in poverty with her daughter. In her article, she looks back over the last 20 years that they spent together, commenting on how their lives had changed.

Our life’s circumstances are seldom static and often changing. We don’t know what is just around the corner; beautiful things may be just beyond the bend. Or they may already be before us if we look closely. She did.

During the darker days, I read poems by Mary Oliver. One shining quote made the difference: “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

My answer, then, now and always is this: I will not drown.

Mother, Child

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