tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566969531312189254.post4933638474823640516..comments2023-06-10T01:03:47.150-07:00Comments on Reviews, Rants and Reflections: Reflections on the A wordIen in the Kootenayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566969531312189254.post-9400147281171271672012-08-28T15:46:32.310-07:002012-08-28T15:46:32.310-07:00Ieneke:
I'm always amazed how this topic evoke...Ieneke:<br />I'm always amazed how this topic evokes such polarized opinions . Life is about the choices we make and I certainly feel that a woman should have a choice in bringing a child into this world when it involves her life and her body. The choice to me is neither good or bad but one that is based on individual circumstances....and these circumstances never fit into a one fits all category. <br />While I say I am pro choice, I also think it's a terribly difficult choice for any woman to have to make. I've never known a woman who didn't struggle with the decision of pregnancy termination at some point.<br /> In the perfect world all children would be planned and have a wonderfully supportive life awaiting them at birth~ in reality we are imperfect and therefore need choices when life hands out these surprises. My choices aren't those of others and vice versa...neither is necessarily a better one just a different one.Catherine Sweetpotatonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566969531312189254.post-90440902432437775812011-04-08T21:09:33.916-07:002011-04-08T21:09:33.916-07:00Thanks for your thoughtful reply. The reality is s...Thanks for your thoughtful reply. The reality is so much more complex than ideology.Ien in the Kootenayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766317652520657570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1566969531312189254.post-72199293734625605132011-04-06T06:00:22.200-07:002011-04-06T06:00:22.200-07:00I have been unwillingly pregnant and while on the ...I have been unwillingly pregnant and while on the birth control pill (one later recalled) and while dating a man who thought he was sterile.<br /><br />I have always hated the pro-lifers that make it sound like abortion is the easy way out. That us "irresponsible" women think it is a walk in the park to end a pregnancy. They never mention the number of years you will see a child of about that right age and burst out in tears.<br /><br />Or the times you will doubt the decision you made, only to have to painfully review all the evidence behind that decision. I made the right choice for me at that time. <br /><br />My family bred and showed dogs. And when 12, doing a genetics paper for biology class, asked my parents about family medical history. There is TB, stoke, asthma, lupus, RA, alcoholism (not all of these identified as genetic at that time). I considered the evidence and announced to my family that if we were a linage of dogs we would not breed them, stunning confirmation or no.<br /><br />That was one leg of the internal conversation a decade later but also I had to consider the economics, the unwillingness of the sire, my family's likely reaction, and my own immaturity. <br /><br />Would I make the same decision later in my life? Maybe not. Fortunately I did not have to. I never again believed a man (doctor or no) when he said trust me. And I would defend to the bitter end a woman's right to make this decision for herself.<br /><br />Very good blog, Ien. You show that it is by no means an easy decision.JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.com