I can understand your point. In this specific example she'd mentioned smoking/drinking/taking medication in the first trimester. So if the child had been born, and had FAS or some other defect, it might not have been able to grow up to be a contributing member of society. Or perhaps the mother wouldn't have loved her little mistake and been cold or abusive, and the kid grows up to be a serial killer or something. The "what if" game could go on forever, and is essentially moot I guess. It's just all part of what goes into the decision to terminate the pregnancy.
I've just always felt that abortions should be cheap and accessible to everyone. What I really liked about this article wasn't necessarily the health care stance, but the idea that her emotional state was shattered by it and that it will affect her for the rest of her life. I liked reading a candid account of the entire process.
I think a lot of women who have abortions are slut shamed and made to feel eternally guilty for killing their baby. Maybe some guilt should be there, but I think when it comes right down to it the decision to abort isn't made lightly and shouldn't be so stigmatized. That's what I feel excluding abortion from federal funding does.
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Date: 2010-04-14 08:59 pm (UTC)I've just always felt that abortions should be cheap and accessible to everyone. What I really liked about this article wasn't necessarily the health care stance, but the idea that her emotional state was shattered by it and that it will affect her for the rest of her life. I liked reading a candid account of the entire process.
I think a lot of women who have abortions are slut shamed and made to feel eternally guilty for killing their baby. Maybe some guilt should be there, but I think when it comes right down to it the decision to abort isn't made lightly and shouldn't be so stigmatized. That's what I feel excluding abortion from federal funding does.