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Abortion is Selfish and Should Be Banned
Though I really am pro-choice
I know that sounds ridiculous. I can hear you raging from here. Is she for real? Is she out of her fucking mind? Did she really just say that?
Yes, I’m for real.
No, I’m not out of my fucking mind, and
Yes, I just said that and here’s why…
My story
I was 40 years old. My son was 14. I was single and dating. I was having unprotected sex. I was also not on any form of birth control. I was, at the time, dating one man in particular whom I had known since I was 18.
We had sex. He planted a seed. 11 weeks later I was sitting in a waiting room at the hospital with 20 or so young girls, waiting to have an abortion.
It was the most selfish thing I have ever done in my life. Aborted a child. There were a few reasons why I didn’t want to have this baby:
- I already had one and didn’t want another one
- I was too old (in my opinion) to start raising a baby
- I had other plans in my life and having another child wasn’t one of them
Yup. Looks pretty selfish to me.
I’m not a stupid woman. I know that when you have unprotected sex one of 2…
