I originally posted this as a comment in another diary, but it got rather long, so it was suggested I post it as a diary. Let me say at the outset that I do not presume to think that my feelings are universal. I don't think that every woman should feel bad or sad about having an abortion, or find it a difficult decision. Some don't, and that's fine. We are all different, but I am specifically speaking here of those who find it difficult.
Often, in talking to pro-lifers, their stance is rooted in their own emotions, in their own feelings about pregnancy. Statistics aren't going to change those feelings. How can they feel the way they do and not be against abortion? I'm not speaking of the hard core loonies, but mostly women who would vote pro-choice if they could get past the thought that being pro-choice negates their personal moral feelings. So I try to show them how you can love babies and treasure even the unborn, and still be solidly pro-choice. I give them one concrete example. I sit them down and tell them about who really has abortions, and it's not just the people they think. I tell them my own story. Sometimes I sway them, because I am very much like them.
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