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I find this comment curious.
You do realize that once you are pregnant, that “little clump of cells” grows into a human being, right?
Not an amoeba, not a reptile, not an alien.
Pro lifers understand science quite well - we understand that an abortions destroys a human life.

But it's not, it's only a maybe. We don't count birthdays from conception, we don't get to claim fetuses as dependent a for tax purposes, etc. Pro-choicers rightly believe that forced pregnancy and birth can ruin an actual, existing, contributing human life.

More pro-choice, but I now wish that we lived in a world where this didn't have to be a conversation (birth control that works for all and is accessible for all, and the actual resources for people who do have children to be able to raise them right).

Much more pro-choice because pregnancy almost killed me. And I chose to have my tubes tied after so that I wouldn't risk my life again. It becomes infinitely more important that I stay alive now that I have a child to take care of.

Anonymous wrote:I experienced the opposite. I'm still pro-choice but I used to think the fetus was just a clump of cells for much longer. It was shocking to me when I saw my 8 week old fetus flapping its limbs.

Be still my maternal heart! Webbed hands and feet and a tail?

It's the size of a kidney bean at that point. I could see movement, but could pick out nothing in particular. Which OB do you see that you got that high of an ultrasound to see limb buds that were a quarter inch long?

I've always been pro-choice, while always knowing I personally would not choose abortion barring extenuating circumstances. That's every woman's right to decide for themselves.

After two kids, I'm still very pro-choice.

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Anonymous wrote:I experienced the opposite. I'm still pro-choice but I used to think the fetus was just a clump of cells for much longer. It was shocking to me when I saw my 8 week old fetus flapping its limbs.

Shocks me too since it didn't happen.

+1

+2- At 8 weeks the fetus looks like a jelly bean- I know this because I had to have an ultrasound at 8 weeks.

Pro lifers only sort of understand science. Just enough to get emotional about it.
Fwiw- I am pregnant right now and still feel very pro choice. Even after years of infertility and difficulty conceiving.

I find this comment curious.
You do realize that once you are pregnant, that “little clump of cells” grows into a human being, right?
Not an amoeba, not a reptile, not an alien.
Pro lifers understand science quite well - we understand that an abortions destroys a human life.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I experienced the opposite. I'm still pro-choice but I used to think the fetus was just a clump of cells for much longer. It was shocking to me when I saw my 8 week old fetus flapping its limbs.

Shocks me too since it didn't happen.

+1

+2- At 8 weeks the fetus looks like a jelly bean- I know this because I had to have an ultrasound at 8 weeks.

Pro lifers only sort of understand science. Just enough to get emotional about it.
Fwiw- I am pregnant right now and still feel very pro choice. Even after years of infertility and difficulty conceiving.

Yeah, I got way more pro-choice. I have long lasting health problems that were caused by pregnancy and birth, not to mention that Sword of Diabetes that hangs over me; it is morally wrong for the state to require for religious reasons a woman to complete a pregnancy she doesn't want.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I experienced the opposite. I'm still pro-choice but I used to think the fetus was just a clump of cells for much longer. It was shocking to me when I saw my 8 week old fetus flapping its limbs.

Shocks me too since it didn't happen.

+1

+2- At 8 weeks the fetus looks like a jelly bean- I know this because I had to have an ultrasound at 8 weeks.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I experienced the opposite. I'm still pro-choice but I used to think the fetus was just a clump of cells for much longer. It was shocking to me when I saw my 8 week old fetus flapping its limbs.

Shocks me too since it didn't happen.

+1

I'm just as pro-choice as ever, but I was always strongly pro-choice.

Anonymous wrote:I experienced the opposite. I'm still pro-choice but I used to think the fetus was just a clump of cells for much longer. It was shocking to me when I saw my 8 week old fetus flapping its limbs.

Shocks me too since it didn't happen.

I experienced the opposite. I'm still pro-choice but I used to think the fetus was just a clump of cells for much longer. It was shocking to me when I saw my 8 week old fetus flapping its limbs.

ahhh just realized i phrased my title backwards! DAMNIT!!!

I was always pro-choice but mainly for extreme circumstances (rape, mother in danger etc) but knew you can't really separate the issue so always called myself pro choice. However since having kids I am now VERY pro choice in a way that I never would of expected. The fact is this shit is HARD and I have education, money, a supportive community, and access to good healthcare. I can't imagine how hard it is for impoverished teenagers or single parents who already have a few kids or really any un ideal circumstance. Adoption isn't perfect either and I think the "adoption bandaid" is used in theory too frequently. Now as a parent I realized that I really wouldn't want my own teenager to have to carry a pregnancy and delivery and then give up the baby...it just seems like way too much to emotionally endure as a child herself. I keep these feelings to myself because I feel they would come off as inhumane and shouldn't parenting make you more pro life? I kind of wonder if something is wrong with me. For the record I love being a parent and am happy with my life but its just a strange change of views I have experienced and was curious if anyone else has as well?