Reply #112: Abortion is not an easy out... [View All]

Where is this mind set that abortion is an easy out coming from?

Speaking from experience it is not an easy out. It's not an easy choice for women. From the second the stick says pregnant there's not even a minute that goes by that you don't think about it - and the three options if you aren't planning for a child in the first place. Analyzing over and over which one is best for you. When you do finally make a decision it's not one that is chosen lightly or easily... it's the decision for you that seems the best choice of the three, because believe me with an unwanted pregnancy, none of the choices seem good.

But in my experience (and for what it's worth I am adopted) it was the best choice for me. Regrets? Sure, but at the time this was the best choice for me and I don't regret the decision I made, it's more of "I wonder what would of happened if I didn't do it" kind of thing. But it's just that - wondering - almost like wondering what would have happened if I moved to Colorado instead of Dallas after I graduated college kind of thing. I'm lucky that my Republican, Catholic, Conservative parents were there for this 25 year old, broke, irresponsible girl at the time. I had no other way to get the money either, and my boyfriend at the time dumped me. He came back later, after the abortion, but I told him to take a hike.

And also for what it's worth, the abortion was a wake up call for me to end all wake up calls. My family and I became so much closer afterwards, and because they helped me out so much when I really needed it, I straightened up my act.

Abortion isn't an easy way out, but sometimes it is the best way out. I have first hand experience and have seen with some of my friends (almost all my friends have had abortions themselves) it can definitely serve as a wake up call for past behavior.