A 22 year old pregnant woman asks NY Times readers for advice.
Maybe a good mother knows when it’s time to terminate, for her sake and for her child’s.
I’m sure the terminated child will thank her in years to come. Oh wait…
Anyway, six days and countless comments later, the woman has decided on a course of action. After all, babies aren’t all just about cute photo-ops:
My parents have also been reading through the comments and they’ve gained a new insight too. Sure, a baby would be wonderful to have at the Thanksgiving table, but what about the rest of the year?
Oh boy, would it be a pain in the neck, that baby sitting at the table day after day wanting dinner. It’ll probably cry too. Best to terminate it now. And Mother disapproves of pregnancy out of wedlock:
“Honey, this isn’t what I imagined for you. Being pregnant is such a wonderful experience and I wanted you to be surrounded by family and friends. Not like this.”
Ouch. If only we could pretend it never happened. If only we could unscramble the egg. If only life were like a video game, where we can just terminate the current game and start again.
Anyway a woman who works for a charity would be just selfish to stop saving lives just to create one of her own:
If I’m not there to turn in a policy paper or a memo, someone else’s child might not get their mosquito net or child support check. What I do matters, not just in my own small world, but in the big picture.
But you know the worst thing? Pregnancy is hell on your social life.
My phone is oddly silent and I’m not surprised. It’s hard to be pregnant but, in some ways, I think it’s especially hard to be friends with someone who is pregnant.
Besides, there’s plenty more where this one came from:
I’m focusing on the child I’ll have in a few years from now with someone I feel safe with and supported by. The life of that child will be infinitely better than this one
I’ve got some bad news for you, lady. That other child of your fantasies for whom you’re killing (sorry, ‘terminating’) your current child, that child whose life will be “infinitely better,” doesn’t exist yet, and who knows, may never exist. This one does… for now.
(via the Corner)
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Pathetic, amoral twits.
Just my opinion, of course.
If she knew she was to suffer a legal punishment for such a murder, she would have focused a bit harder at the time of conception. Even prior to getting into that situation.
She would also not be discussing this life she created, as if it was a blouse that didn’t fit when she got home from the shops. If she’s blogging about the potential abortion, then hopefully the local authorities are following her shallow ramblings with some interest.
Mehaul, the authorities won’t be following her ramblings, as abortion is legal in the US. Legally, she has the right to choose.
What amazed me was the logical gymnastics she went through to arrive at that decision, including the claim that she was doing it for the child.
The disappointing thing about the whole issue, to me, is that there seems to be a social consensus. Opposition to it is seen as being in the same category as believing in Creationism. For someone who doesn’t believe in creationism, this is frustrating. The consensus view flies in the face of the science, which shows that the foetus is viable long before birth, that it has unique traits, characteristics, and even personality due to unique DNA, and in general, is a human.
State-sanctioned killing happens in many contexts such as the death penalty, police work, and war. I’m not a big fan of it but I can understand that there is a case for it. But it seems ironic that a political movement that opposes state killing in most other contexts such as the death penalty, and opposes pretty much every war, is so gung-ho about the ongoing carnage with unborn children.