Re: A woman’s body
Let’s take it a step further…what if the mother has a terminal illness or someother physical ailment that would make pregnancy life threatening for her?
I totally agree with you Sahar…it’s not for me or any of us to impose our beliefs on anyone else. When I was a teen (16’ish) I found out that my mother had an abortion when I was a few years old. I automatically assumed the worst about her (was already nursing wounds from my parent’s divorce)treated her with such disdain and anger, that now, as a mother myself, I am down right ashamed of my thoughts and behavior. When I finally “had it out” with her regarding this revelation, I found out that the reason my mother chose to abort the pregnancy (in the first trimester) is because she was suffering from a chronic kidney ailment (which I did vaguely know about) and her doctor warned her the another pregnancy could cause her to have to go on dialysis (which was not an option at all as she was the sole support of the family). With my mother’s first pregnancy with my eldest sister, her kidney problems were so major, she nearly lost her own life…so yes, my views are abortion have changed significently in that I hesitate to take a stance either for or against because not all situations are the same. Who am I to make black and white of something that obviously can have so many shades of gray…