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For pro-choicers to consider

October 13, 2016 by Andrea Mrozek 5 Comments

This article is about miscarriage. My point in linking to it is to capture the sentiment of the mother, who was married, in a stable, loving relationship and yet, when she got pregnant, she felt fear that she only slowly overcame.

The whole problem with abortion (other than the disrespect for mothers, women and new life) is that a decision must be made very quickly.

So I wonder if convicted pro-choice people ever grapple with this angle. The idea that what appears to be a scary thing could morph into a good thing. This is so often the case. It’s true in moves to new cities, new jobs, marriage. Why not with the creation of new people?

None of it felt real. I nodded while we hugged, but I wondered if the test was wrong. We had been married six and a half years, and even though we had been talking about getting pregnant for a while, I wasn’t excited — I was terrified. Part of me still felt more like child than parent, made even smaller by this news. My heart knocked around in my chest, and I wondered if Zack could see the anxiety on my face. His joy made me more afraid, and more excited.

I use a free image site called Pixabay. I searched for images under the word "fear" and this came up. Perhaps it's common to experience fear in pregnancy, fear that women overcome?

I use a free image site called Pixabay. I searched for images under the word “fear” and this came up. Perhaps it’s common to experience fear in pregnancy, fear that women overcome?

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  1. Melissa says

    October 13, 2016 at 10:40 am

    The whole problem with abortion (other than the disrespect for mothers, women and new life) is that a decision must be made very quickly.”

    I’m really grappling with this right now. One of the stated goals of We Need a Law is to get some sort of gestational limit on abortion in Canada (as if that could happen, but let’s dream for a minute and say it could). In general I think this is a laudable goal, but I wonder if it could backfire a bit. A woman might feel such pressure to get the procedure done quickly that she would not take the time to thoroughly think out the pros and cons. And I’m sure that happens now with the way the current situation is, but I wonder if it might not happen a bit more if we had gestational limits on abortion.

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  2. Andrea Mrozek says

    October 13, 2016 at 11:34 am

    Interesting thought. It certainly does happen already. the question would be whether the benefits of such a law outweigh the risks.

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