Breaking news! The New York Times ran a story that was fair to pro-lifers. Seems there was quite a lot of shock and revulsion over this; check the comments.
Came with this photo spread, too. They warn you that the photos are graphic.
Too bad no one warns women that the procedure is very graphic before they do it. (The photos are of aborted fetuses.)
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Interesting reads. Both of them.
Sorry this is so long…
I am a pro-life atheist female who carried a child to term when I was 19 years old. I am now 22 years old and attending University full-time while raising my daughter. I do not understand most of the comments on this article. So-called emotional terrorism is present on both sides of the debate. It IS emotional terrorism to tell a woman she will spend the rest of her life uneducated and living in grinding poverty if she doesn’t abort. It IS emotional terrorism to tell a woman that she will never get to live out her hopes and dreams because she had a child at the “wrong time.” Pro-choice individuals and activists are just as guilty of committing the same atrocities as what they claim the pro-life protestors do. Pro-lifers protest outside of abortion clinics because they want to offer help to women who really do want to carry to term but feel they do not have the resources to do so–resources that the like s of Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics never offer because it would cut into their profits.
The other comments I do not understand if the belief that pro-lifers don’t care about a child once it’s born. The thing is that virtually private charities in the US are run by religious groups, the same groups that oppose abortion. Soup kitchens, homeless shelters, etc are all operated by people who respect life, regardless of age. Pro-choice individuals need to stop pointing the finger if they are unwilling to offer legitimate help to women who want to carry to term. I would love to see a pro-choice maternity home, low-cost prenatal care, or child care center (interestingly enough, the Planned Parenthood closest to me requests that women do not bring their children to their non-abortion related appointments).
We will never see this happen though because pro-choice rhetoric is fueled by fear-mongering and emotional manipulation. Pro-choicers often complain about women not really having a free-choice, but do nothing themselves to make that happen. Organizations like the status-quo because it makes them money. Abortion doesn’t solve any social ills, it merely provides a band-aid for a particular woman. If a woman aborts because she is poor and uneducated, an abortion is not magically going to solove those problems. Nothing will except legitimate action that gets to the root of poverty. Period.
Amanda
Thank you for sharing so eloquently. I was never in the position of being young, pregnant, and faced with an uncertain future if I chose to keep my baby. So although I can advocate for women to choose to bring their babies to term (and either raise them or give them up for adoption) I recognize that my feelings and arguments are less powerful than a voice such as your own — Someone who has been down that road.
You have walked the walk. I do not, for one instant believe that it was easy. But I thank you for making that walk. And for sharing your view – that the walk is neither impossible, nor the worse option.
I gave you a serious round of fist pumps, Amanda. Thanks so much for speaking up about your history and your opinions. I agree with Cynthia- you’ve made that walk. 🙂