Archive | September 29, 2015
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Anger still seethes
I remember the girl who sat across from me in sewing class in 7th grade
I remember how she disappeared amid a flurry of rumour
I remember her reappearance to the next school year, a year later
We knew where she went.
It was 1967. And we knew she had been swallowed up with no choice
By St Mary’s Home for Unwed Mothers
When she returned no one ever said a thing.
I remember the ones whose parents in 1970 and 1971
Who were out of school for “medical procedures” because their
Parents had enough money to pay for something that was
Not yet legal
I remember my very straight arrow mother choosing a differnet doctor because the Catholic
doctor in 1969 didn’t believe in abortion and my mom wanted that option
open to her daughters, legal or not.
I remember the friend who later told me about almost bleeding to death
From a back alley practitioner
I remember not once did any one say anything about the boys
who changed a girl’s life and bore no consequences
I remember marching in the pouring rain in 1986
Dressed in white, the largest protest march ever in LA
I remember being elated to be with so many like-minded women and some men
And coming around the corner in Century City to be confronted
By angry screaming men covered in blood and waving bloody baby dolls
And being beyond angry.
How dare they scream at women
How dare they try dictate what I do with my body?
How dare they condemn little girls who were barely out of babyhood themselves?
To being mothers or having to pretend the new baby was their sister and not theirs
How dare this history be repeated?
How dare they???
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Eleven Inane and Insulting Anti-abortion Arguments (and How I Shed the Shamers)
If recent right-wing insanity has driven you over the edge and you’ve decided to tell the world that you think Planned Parenthood is a good place or abortion care is a good thing (or even decided to share a personal story), you will need to get prepared for the muck that’s likely to get slung your way. Fortunately, once you move beyond your inner circle of people who matter, much of what flies through the air will be ignorant comments and insults from people who don’t. As someone who is public about why I am pro-abortion, and about my own story, here are eleven lame shaming themes I’ve encountered, along with my responses.
- You should be against abortion because you exist.
Example: How would you feel if your mother aborted you? (comment)How would I feel? I wouldn’t. Try this exercise: How would you feel if your mother had partnered up…
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