FWIW

[nex0s]

On the anniversary of Roe V. Wade

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[rm]

Thank you for this.

If everyone could tell their story around this issue, there could be so much less shame and harassment.

[nex0s]

Thank you too. Your post inspired mine :)

N.

[etcet]

*echoes*

I wish that folks on the other side of the argument would hear us when we say "Just because I am in favor of choice doesn't mean you, or anyone else, has to have an abortion. But we all should have the chance to for ourselves."

I've tried every analogy I can think of - freedom of religion, buying a new car, having a favorite television show or sports team...

... and then I get annoyed with their invisible friend. *sigh*

[nex0s]

"Just because I am in favor of choice doesn't mean you, or anyone else, has to have an abortion. But we all should have the chance to for ourselves."

That's the whole point of CHOICE.

I'm at a point in my life that abortion would not be my automatic first choice. But my choice has no bearing on another's choice - to keep, to abort, whatever.

N

[miss_adventure]

Well said.

[la_directora]

As my mother always points out when I accidentally use the phrase "pro-life" in front of her, "So what does that make me, pro-death?" In our family, we use the term "anti-choice

[ellenlindner]

Thanks for this post. I never had an abortion but I have had to take the morning after pill three times. It annoys me that even access to an birth-control backup like the morning after pill is often curtailed. Reading your post reminded me of going to a Planned Parenthood - in Manhattan, for an ob-gyn exam - and seeing all the security required to keep staff safe. Like my mom would say...it's a crazy world.