2:43 p.m.2005-08-17 A Moment of Truth
New Older Email Guestbook Host Design		Let me tell you what changed me, I was raised and believed that abortion is always wrong. As I grew I came to understand that maybe jumping to conclusions and judging was no way to live. I then accepted that I believed it was wrong and it was something I would never do if ever faced with. I didn't have to worry I was a virgin when I got married at 19; I wanted kids so I thought it wasn't an issue that applied directly to me. Then I got divorced at 22, suddenly a lot changed. I changed my beliefs on religion and reconsidered the stand on abortion. I felt badly for a little girl who is 16 and pregnant. But I wasn't young; I was educated and practicing safe sex. We have been together 3 years; he has a little one from a previous marriage. It breaks my heart all the drama he has to go through because of a split home (and it could be different for him but not all the adults involved act like adults) Things are going well and I am late, I am NEVER late. But there it was a choice. Do I have a child when I am not emotionally ready? Do I force a child onto this man? (Because he believes that it is my body my choice) Do I force this situation and more likely than not create another child from a broken home. Do I force my stepson�s life onto another child? I am mature, I am educated, I have parents who would have supported me, and I am in a relationship that I feel we are equals. SO together we decided to have an abortion. I got the flack from the protesters (years ago I had been one myself) I was terrified in the waiting room. I cried when the tests confirmed it was true. I was asked if I was positive if I wanted to do this, they could provide me with other options. I was accepted when I made my decision. I choose the medical abortion; I felt it was appropriate for me. Never believe the agenda says that it will make abortion "as easy as taking a pill" it is terrible, your body loses a pregnancy and for all the rhetoric you know that you lost a child. I mourn but I don't regret what I did, the world doesn't need to be repopulated by me. No woman wants to have an abortion, ever, no matter what you think. I now believe that abortion should be a private choice but a woman�s choice, I believe that parents should be informed, I believe that sex education and honesty are the answer to the problem. My like changed and I realized that until I have been in someone�s shoes I don't want to judge, this all has been so humbling.
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