Today is the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and all around the blogosphere, folks are taking a moment to write about the importance of a woman’s right to choose.
You can read what Doc had to say, or Elishevah, or Toni, just a few of the bloggers who turned up with this button on my Google Reader today.
I was much more vocal on this topic when I was in college, but being a stay-at-home mom in the comfortable semi-suburbs leaves me with less opportunities to discuss heady philosophical issues, and more opportunities to discuss the everyday issues. (Seriously. I couldn’t make this up. As I was typing the last sentence, my husband wandered into the office and asked, “Is the peanut butter in here? Because I can’t find it in the kitchen.” Those are my issues now.)
But before I sign off to track down the peanut butter, I will say: IT IS A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE. Choosing to have an abortion is not an easy decision, and I don’t think any woman could make it lightly. Whatever the outcome, a pregnancy, planned or unplanned, will forever change that woman’s life. A baby. A baby given to another to raise. An abortion. A miscarriage. None of those are things a woman can ever leave behind; those events help shape who we are, and what our life becomes. It’s not the place of the government or any outside group to choose for me, or for you, or for the women down the street what our life becomes.
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