Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, I agre 100%. There is a thread on expectant moms right now about women who are terminating for medical reasons, and some posters have noted that such women should not have to be in the same room, clinic, etc. as those not terminating for medical reasons. This is just hypocrisy. They are exercising their freedom of choice, even when choosing to end a pregnancy because of down syndrome, etc. It is simply not appropriate to feel that your choice is special and should be protected, and other womens' should not. There is no place to draw these lines -- what, women can abort if they have discovered their baby has an extra chromosome, but not if they, say, are a drug addict or a raging alcoholic. It needs to be understood that ALL WOMEN THAT CHOOSE TO END A PREGNANCY ARE USING THEIR FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
I'm pro choice but, I think there is an emotional difference between being forced to term a wanted pregnancy because of a problem and choosing to term for non-medical reasons.
I was horrified when I went into the hospital to have a DNC because of a miscarriage - and found myself in the maternity wing! Pictures of storks with bundles. My doctor was delivering a BABY in the next room. It added enormously to what was a very traumatic experience, the loss of a wanted baby. I even remember after my OB told me my baby had died in utero, I had to go sit out in his waiting room while the nurse scheduled my DNC - surrounded by big, swollen bellies. Awful.
I can see that it would be very painful to have to go to a regular abortion clinic to term your wanted pregnancy and be surrounded by all these women who are terming what are likely perfectly healthy, routine pregnancies. Definitely salt in the wound.
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