- ugh! — nichole, Wed Aug 21 13:22
Me
Re: response
Tue Aug 20 13:28:25 2002
I totally agree with you. Some ignorant people complain how single mothers conjest the welfare system, then they turn and say that it's a shame for one to have an abortion. I can't predict what the future could have held for me but I can guess that in my present situation the child would not have had the life I would have wanted for it. I had an abortion because I had a choice. My grandmother bore my father during a time when unwed mother's were ostracised and abortion was out of the question. She raised him by herself working and slaving to provide him with the bare necessities in life. Today my father suffers psychologically because although she tried (and did a great job) it was not enough. She couldn't give him everything that two parents could, he did not know a whole part of his family because of the stigma attached to the 'unwanted' pregnancy. Not saying that there isn't single families that can do everything for their children...I admire them that can...they are inspiratioanl! I do not consider myself that strong to be able to do EVERYTHING cause I am only one person!
I will have children someday...they will be planned, wanted and loved. I do not feel the need to bring children into this crazy world when it isn't their time...it will come again when it is right. Meanwhile, there are many hypocrites out there that will try to enforce their viewpoints about Pro Life on myself and others faced with this situation. My response to that would be to look at everyone as individuals...no two people are exactly alike...everyone is affected differently by events occurring around them...some are powerful strong people, others are not. By offering a woman a free choice, you are giving her at least an opportunity to decide her own fate in the capcity she is willing to accept...not being enforced upon her. Last I checked we lived in a democratic society...not a dictatorship!
