The Way it Was

Good article. GRAPHIC PICTURE BELOW

When a woman does not want to be pregnant, the drive to become unpregnant can turn into a force equal to the nature that wants her to stay pregnant. And then she will look for an abortion, whether it's legal or illegal, clean or filthy, safe or riddled with danger. This is simply a fact, whatever our opinion of it. And whether we like it or not, humans, married and unmarried, will continue to have sex -- wisely, foolishly, violently, nicely, hostilely, pleasantly, dangerously, responsibly, carelessly, sordidly, exaltedly -- and there will be pregnancies: wanted, unwanted, partly wanted, partly unwanted.

 A society that does not accept the facts is a childish society, and a society that makes abortion illegal -- and I believe that the PBAB is a calculated step in exactly that direction -- is a cruel and backward society that makes being female a crime. It works in partnership with the illegal abortionist. It puts him in business, sends him his customers, and employs him to dispense crude, dirty, barbaric, savage punishment to those who break the law. And the ones who are punished by the illegal abortionist are always women: mothers, sisters, daughters, wives.

It's no way to treat a lady. 

Read more:  http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2004/09/way-it-was?page=1


Picture featured in Ms Magazine in 1973   ------>
The name of the woman is Gerri Twerdy Santoro. She was just 28 years old. She was a sister, a daughter, and she was the mother of two daughters when she died a very painful and frightening death.

I can't get Gerri out of my mind.  I know I believe abortion is wrong. But that is my belief and my faith.  That is not the same for everyone, it might not even be the same if I were raped.  I don't think "pro-life"-ers think about the outcome of banning abortion.  What would really happen to women if abortion were not an option?

Why can't we focus more on preventing pregnancies,educating teens about birth control and sex in general?  I think the fight against abortion is targeting the wrong thing. We should be starting at the root of the issue, not the outcome.