“For every woman, each pregnancy is an invited guest into her body and a welcome addition to her family.” (Dr. George Tiller, The Declaration of Reproductive Independence)
Oh, merely a few reasons why a woman may seek an abortion beyond the limits of our commonly pointless fascination with conceptions of viability:
1) Lupus
2) Hypertension
3) Diabetes
4) Esophageal atresia
5) Gastroschisis
6) Hydrops fetalis
7) Placental abruption
8) Congenital heart disease
9) Chromosomal disorder
10) Down syndrome
11) Structural/neural tube defect
12) Spina bifida
13) Anencephaly (a condition in which the brain is incomplete or missing--picture vanilla pudding)
14) Metabolic disorder
15) Severe Rh incompatibility
16) Infection
17) Lung immaturity
18) Conjoined twins
19) Cancer
20) Pharmaceuticals
21) Freak accident or severe injury
22) She was raped by a stranger
23) She was raped on a date
24) She was raped by her boyfriend
25) She was raped by her husband
26) She was raped by her father
27) She was raped by her brother
28) She was raped by her cousin
29) She was raped by her uncle
30) She was raped by her grandpa
31) She was raped by her biological father
32) She was raped by her foster brother
33) She was raped by her priest/pastor/minister/rabbi/life coach
34) She was raped by her boss
35) She was raped by her coach
36) She was raped by her neighbor
37) She was raped by her teacher
38) She was raped by a soldier
38) She was gang raped
40) She’s nine
41) She’s ten
42) She’s eleven
43) She’s twelve
44) She’s thirteen
45) She’s fourteen
46) She’s fifteen
47) She’s sixteen
48) She’s seventeen
49) She’s pregnant with an extraterrestrial being
50) Fetal death
51) Other (also known as: none of your business unless YOU perform third trimester abortions)
I’ve been thinking about this—why we wish to be born in spite of our mothers
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