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serai1

I shudder to think it could happen again

Aug 26, 2012 22:54

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My Illegal Abortion

One woman's story of pre-Roe abortion, and her terrible fear that we're returning to that dark, deadly world.

Please read, and pass it on. I cannot express how important this is.

(I commented briefly with my story. It's on the first page of comments, if you're interested.)

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biting_moopie August 27 2012, 11:33:49 UTC

Thank you for posting this. The comments wouldn't open for me so I couldn't read your story, but I hope that all is well.

I live in a country where women have easy access to abortion and other forms of birth control and it's not really a political issue. The hatred of women in the US is terrifying. It's horrifying that so much of it comes from other women.

serai1 August 27 2012, 16:45:46 UTC

Ah, sorry about the comments. Both Salon and Slate have opted for horrible comment systems that don't work half the time. Here's what I wrote:

I was 26. It was 1984, it cost $100 (the local PP had sliding scale). I talked it over with my boyfriend, who basically said whatever I wanted to do was good to him. He came with me, held my hand, drove me back to his house and stayed by my side all night, bringing me tea and making sure I was okay. (He was a good guy, luckily ( ... )

claudia603 August 28 2012, 02:13:45 UTC

*hugs you a lot*

I didn't read the article (yet), but your story really moved me.

By the way, I was conceived by accident when it was illegal, and yet I STILL would have fully supported my mom to have an abortion should it have been available to her.

serai1 August 28 2012, 20:04:46 UTC

Thanks! But really, there was nothing in the least traumatic about it to me. It was an obvious decision, and I felt good about it - still do. The whole point of women getting the right to an abortion is that it is (or is supposed to be) a procedure available to any women for any reason. Nobody else's opinion counts at all, unless the woman herself wants it to count. But somehow, anything having to do with reproduction is up for grabs in this country as being EVERYONE'S business. That is simply, flatly, wrong. Our bodies, our decision.

And I agree with you - had my mom wanted an abortion and been able to have one, then I have no beef with the thought. 'Tis the beauty of being a pagan - the thought of not having been born holds no horrors for me. I'd have just popped up somewhere else!

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