I had an abortion in 1987. By about 1992ish, I was pretty pro-life. Since '95 I have been ardently pro-life, from conception on. And still I get the "baby killer" tag thrown at me from a select few freepers. The thing is, it doesn't bother me personally--I did, in fact, commit murder. The name fits. The really big problem I have is that the whole "baby killer" rhetoric does far more harm to the pro-life cause than it does good. There are a lot of women on this forum who have told me, via freepmail, that they cannot publicly admit that they have had an abortion. If they fear fellow pro-lifers, they will NEVER be able to share with the coming generations of young women how abortion has changed their lives. Winning situation for the pro-death crowd, eh?
Hildy, we have very different beliefs when it comes to the issue of abortion but you shouldn't have to put up with that crap.
Love your forthrightness. Love your honesty. Got a feeling you understand where I'm coming from.
I'm telling you, it was the most difficult thing I ever did putting that post up there. I had butterflies in my stomach for a week. Still do.
So I guess you're right. Yeah I think my story's fairly compelling. In that I was BINGO, right in the thick of a changing world and was affected by it.
I'm not a Senator. I never clerked for the Supreme Court. I was never Secretary of the Interior.
But there a million ME's out here in la-la land and frankly I am sick to death of these people.
MS magazine wants women to be proud of their abortions. The freaking nerve of these people.
Man, I'm not going to sleep tonight.
I think the distinction between those who had committed an abortion and are now pro-life and those who remain pro-abortion is very important here. It is un-Christian in the extreme to hurl invective at a murderer who repented of her act. It is important to convict an unrepentant murderer morally, especially since we cannot convict them juridically.
..but if they are truly Christian, they will not be calling anyone a 'baby killer'....
...unless it's George Tiller, who gets a perverse pleasure in aborting babies in the 2nd and 3rd trimester....and has for over 20 years, in Wichita, Kansas.