Under Din of Abortion Debate, an Experience Shared QuietlyNY times, 9/18/05
Far from Washington and the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Judge John G. Roberts Jr., here in Little Rock on an August weekend, 26 women from as far away as Oklahoma joined the more than one million American women who will probably have abortions this year.
Their experiences, at one of only two clinics in the state, offer a ground-level view of abortion in 2005, a landscape altered by shifts in technology, law, demographics and the political climate ... (more)
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I have thoughts...but too many for the comments box. Perhaps I will be inspired to write about this on my own blog. Perhaps I should leave well enough alone. I'll have to weigh it carefully before I decide.
This is a side of the story that people often forget, how sad and heartbreaking the experience can be, regardless of the circumstances. If the death of a wanted baby in utero is a taboo subject, abortion is a hundred-fold.
Well, that's what I thought. Read "Waiting for Gabriel" and listen to the story of Rick Santorum. They chose to see their children to term when they knew they would die. Some people cannot live with idea idea of prolonging suffering for their child. The subject is far more complex than either side chooses to make it.
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