Official Abortion Thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

Thanks for posting this touching story, pp. There are so many more like yours.

And no one wants to force women in these situations to have abortions if they don’t want them. We just want to keep it available for the women who don’t want to be pregnant.

+1

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

How was your mom’s life? Did she ever go to college or become happily married? Did she struggle at all? Shouldn’t the quality of her life be another consideration when evaluating her choice? Not just your quality of life.

That’s why I called to thank her for going through the struggle she did to give me life. So we lived in a crappy apartment in a crappy neighborhood and she took the bus to her retail job while I was at a home daycare, she met my stepdad and got married and we moved to a small house in a slightly better neighborhood, she started her own home daycare, had my siblings, eventually moved again to a better neighborhood. She is very happy with her life choices. They were full of selflessness and love. She considers her life to be of great quality, even when it was a struggle. She’s a strong and proud woman now and doesn’t dream of a different life where she made different choices.

Funny how you didn’t really acknowledge that - just “fast forwarded” to your own quality of life.

I feel like I did acknowledge that, but regardless, not everyone has the same definition of “quality of life.” She feels like the decisions/sacrifices she made then, have lead to the very fulfilled and abundant life she gets to live today.
And she also made clear, that even during the hard times, our home was full of love and that’s what was most important to her. The adversity made me a stronger, more independent person as well, which makes her proud and happy too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

Thanks for posting this touching story, pp. There are so many more like yours.

And no one wants to force women in these situations to have abortions if they don’t want them. We just want to keep it available for the women who don’t want to be pregnant.

Right... Legal, safe, and rare.
And, then we have the women who cheer the idea of killing the unborn. Absolutely gleeful that they had an abortion. #SoProud

How lovely to hear how “extremely proud” the girls are of their abortions. Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

Thanks for posting this touching story, pp. There are so many more like yours.

Agree 100%. I am one more who refused to abort, in spite being single and on my own. Never for a second regretted my sacrifice for my child. Never.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

How was your mom’s life? Did she ever go to college or become happily married? Did she struggle at all? Shouldn’t the quality of her life be another consideration when evaluating her choice? Not just your quality of life.

That’s why I called to thank her for going through the struggle she did to give me life. So we lived in a crappy apartment in a crappy neighborhood and she took the bus to her retail job while I was at a home daycare, she met my stepdad and got married and we moved to a small house in a slightly better neighborhood, she started her own home daycare, had my siblings, eventually moved again to a better neighborhood. She is very happy with her life choices. They were full of selflessness and love. She considers her life to be of great quality, even when it was a struggle. She’s a strong and proud woman now and doesn’t dream of a different life where she made different choices.

Funny how you didn’t really acknowledge that - just “fast forwarded” to your own quality of life.

I feel like I did acknowledge that, but regardless, not everyone has the same definition of “quality of life.” She feels like the decisions/sacrifices she made then, have lead to the very fulfilled and abundant life she gets to live today.
And she also made clear, that even during the hard times, our home was full of love and that’s what was most important to her. The adversity made me a stronger, more independent person as well, which makes her proud and happy too.

So given her struggles I’m sure you and her are more sensitive to women who struggle and you fully support them to do what is right for them.

[Anonymous]

What’s wrong with “struggle”?
As if it’s a bad word or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with “struggle”?
As if it’s a bad word or something.

Without a doubt, the people I know who’ve been through significant life “struggles” are the most interesting/smart/funny/awesome people I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with “struggle”?
As if it’s a bad word or something.

Without a doubt, the people I know who’ve been through significant life “struggles” are the most interesting/smart/funny/awesome people I know.

How about the millions trapped in the cycle of poverty? Pretty sure their struggles aren’t fondly remembered as character-building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with “struggle”?
As if it’s a bad word or something.

Without a doubt, the people I know who’ve been through significant life “struggles” are the most interesting/smart/funny/awesome people I know.

How about the millions trapped in the cycle of poverty? Pretty sure their struggles aren’t fondly remembered as character-building.

Perhaps vote for politicians who don’t believe poor people should stay poor. Perhaps get excited about our jobs leaving China, and coming home.

Thank you, Williams Sanoma and Pottery Barn for bringing manufacturing jobs back home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with “struggle”?
As if it’s a bad word or something.

Without a doubt, the people I know who’ve been through significant life “struggles” are the most interesting/smart/funny/awesome people I know.

How about the millions trapped in the cycle of poverty? Pretty sure their struggles aren’t fondly remembered as character-building.

Perhaps vote for politicians who don’t believe poor people should stay poor. Perhaps get excited about our jobs leaving China, and coming home.

Thank you, Williams Sanoma and Pottery Barn for bringing manufacturing jobs back home.

SMH.

How does adding a small amount of factory jobs help a pregnant teen nowhere near the factory? Is she supposed to get on a bus with her newborn and hope she can get a job there and find affordable childcare and housing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s wrong with “struggle”?
As if it’s a bad word or something.

nothing wrong with struggle. there is a LOT wrong with forcing someone to struggle by making them be pregnant when they don't want to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

How was your mom’s life? Did she ever go to college or become happily married? Did she struggle at all? Shouldn’t the quality of her life be another consideration when evaluating her choice? Not just your quality of life.

That’s why I called to thank her for going through the struggle she did to give me life. So we lived in a crappy apartment in a crappy neighborhood and she took the bus to her retail job while I was at a home daycare, she met my stepdad and got married and we moved to a small house in a slightly better neighborhood, she started her own home daycare, had my siblings, eventually moved again to a better neighborhood. She is very happy with her life choices. They were full of selflessness and love. She considers her life to be of great quality, even when it was a struggle. She’s a strong and proud woman now and doesn’t dream of a different life where she made different choices.

Funny how you didn’t really acknowledge that - just “fast forwarded” to your own quality of life.

I feel like I did acknowledge that, but regardless, not everyone has the same definition of “quality of life.” She feels like the decisions/sacrifices she made then, have lead to the very fulfilled and abundant life she gets to live today.
And she also made clear, that even during the hard times, our home was full of love and that’s what was most important to her. The adversity made me a stronger, more independent person as well, which makes her proud and happy too.

serious question - what do you think your story has to do with the right to abortion?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

How was your mom’s life? Did she ever go to college or become happily married? Did she struggle at all? Shouldn’t the quality of her life be another consideration when evaluating her choice? Not just your quality of life.

That’s why I called to thank her for going through the struggle she did to give me life. So we lived in a crappy apartment in a crappy neighborhood and she took the bus to her retail job while I was at a home daycare, she met my stepdad and got married and we moved to a small house in a slightly better neighborhood, she started her own home daycare, had my siblings, eventually moved again to a better neighborhood. She is very happy with her life choices. They were full of selflessness and love. She considers her life to be of great quality, even when it was a struggle. She’s a strong and proud woman now and doesn’t dream of a different life where she made different choices.

Funny how you didn’t really acknowledge that - just “fast forwarded” to your own quality of life.

I feel like I did acknowledge that, but regardless, not everyone has the same definition of “quality of life.” She feels like the decisions/sacrifices she made then, have lead to the very fulfilled and abundant life she gets to live today.
And she also made clear, that even during the hard times, our home was full of love and that’s what was most important to her. The adversity made me a stronger, more independent person as well, which makes her proud and happy too.

serious question - what do you think your story has to do with the right to abortion?

Her experience doesn't fit your narrative. Diversity of experiences are important here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

How was your mom’s life? Did she ever go to college or become happily married? Did she struggle at all? Shouldn’t the quality of her life be another consideration when evaluating her choice? Not just your quality of life.

That’s why I called to thank her for going through the struggle she did to give me life. So we lived in a crappy apartment in a crappy neighborhood and she took the bus to her retail job while I was at a home daycare, she met my stepdad and got married and we moved to a small house in a slightly better neighborhood, she started her own home daycare, had my siblings, eventually moved again to a better neighborhood. She is very happy with her life choices. They were full of selflessness and love. She considers her life to be of great quality, even when it was a struggle. She’s a strong and proud woman now and doesn’t dream of a different life where she made different choices.

Funny how you didn’t really acknowledge that - just “fast forwarded” to your own quality of life.

I feel like I did acknowledge that, but regardless, not everyone has the same definition of “quality of life.” She feels like the decisions/sacrifices she made then, have lead to the very fulfilled and abundant life she gets to live today.
And she also made clear, that even during the hard times, our home was full of love and that’s what was most important to her. The adversity made me a stronger, more independent person as well, which makes her proud and happy too.

serious question - what do you think your story has to do with the right to abortion?

Her experience doesn't fit your narrative. Diversity of experiences are important here.

What narrative?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom accidentally got pregnant with me her senior year of high school. She said she remembers sitting at her high school graduation, knowing she was, and trying to figure out how she was going to do it. Her own mom was a single mother and wouldn’t be able to help much. She and my dad moved into a tiny apartment in a crappy area and she got a job. He struggled with addiction and she had to leave him when I was a toddler. Fast forward a few decades, I’m a successful college-educated adult, happily married with children.
I was overcome with emotion the other day because it hit me that she could have so easily just had an abortion like it was nothing.
I and my children would be lost to oblivion.
I called her to ask if she’d considered it and she said not for a second. I thanked her for taking the hard road and giving me life.
She cried and said while there were some hard days where the future was uncertain, she never once regretted it, I was her purpose in life and now she has beautiful grandbabies that she loves to pieces.
I don’t know why I wanted to share this here, but I guess I had never considered that a different choice could have been made and I wouldn’t be here today. And I’m so grateful that I am.

How was your mom’s life? Did she ever go to college or become happily married? Did she struggle at all? Shouldn’t the quality of her life be another consideration when evaluating her choice? Not just your quality of life.

That’s why I called to thank her for going through the struggle she did to give me life. So we lived in a crappy apartment in a crappy neighborhood and she took the bus to her retail job while I was at a home daycare, she met my stepdad and got married and we moved to a small house in a slightly better neighborhood, she started her own home daycare, had my siblings, eventually moved again to a better neighborhood. She is very happy with her life choices. They were full of selflessness and love. She considers her life to be of great quality, even when it was a struggle. She’s a strong and proud woman now and doesn’t dream of a different life where she made different choices.

Funny how you didn’t really acknowledge that - just “fast forwarded” to your own quality of life.

I feel like I did acknowledge that, but regardless, not everyone has the same definition of “quality of life.” She feels like the decisions/sacrifices she made then, have lead to the very fulfilled and abundant life she gets to live today.
And she also made clear, that even during the hard times, our home was full of love and that’s what was most important to her. The adversity made me a stronger, more independent person as well, which makes her proud and happy too.

serious question - what do you think your story has to do with the right to abortion?

Her experience doesn't fit your narrative. Diversity of experiences are important here.

Being pro-choice means being ALL ABOUT diversity of experience. I'll wager that every single pro-choice activist would agree that it's a huge failing that a woman might have an abortion because she can't afford to support it. We want to support families; not force women to have families when they aren't ready.