tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post338140953758852876..comments2023-12-27T23:42:45.680-05:00Comments on The Abortioneers: I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-42071846787643525662009-11-04T21:38:51.554-05:002009-11-04T21:38:51.554-05:00Soclose, thanks for asking. If you'd like to ...Soclose, thanks for asking. If you'd like to share your story online, consider checking out the following: <br />http://www.womenonweb.org/listpublish-162-en.html<br />http://www.imnotsorry.net/<br />http://www.fwhc.org/stories/story1.htm (link at the bottom)<br /><br />As you can see from this list (in addition to the handful of "I'm having an abortion" blogs on our blogroll to the right, documentaries like "The Abortion Diaries" and "I Had An Abortion", the anthology "Abortion and Life", and the play "The Abortion Monologues")...there ARE women willing to share their experience with this very private matter, and we'll appreciate their help forever. I just wish that it were perfectly OK to tell your church members or your coworkers "Hey, I had an abortion" when they say cruel things about abortion patients or providers, the same way you might say "Hey, I have a special-needs sibling" or "Hey, I went to a state school"...or whatever. Experience should trump ignorance! <br /><br />*ahem* anyway. You can also become a contributor at RHRealityCheck or Feministing and post on topics of your own choosing, including this one. Or hmmm, I wonder if any congressperson has ever received a constituent's abortion story?placenta sandwichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-91343802176956428932009-11-04T10:05:47.217-05:002009-11-04T10:05:47.217-05:00But where can we write? As part of the provider si...But where can we write? As part of the provider side of the equation you can be villified as cold and removed but where are the women who have gone through the experience allowed to stand? Our crdibility is stripped (three-fold for being women, having abortions, and being vocal). There is no divide. There is no support from a community at large. <br /><br />I can't speak for 1/3 of all women but I can speak for myself. I appreciate that you (all of you) take the time to speak from a position of relative power. <br /><br />And I am going to try to find a place for my voice. I promise.Little Miss Know It Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723137596956762784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-87794886515233743312009-10-03T22:48:49.319-04:002009-10-03T22:48:49.319-04:00When I was visiting my grandmother in the hospital...When I was visiting my grandmother in the hospital, that Anna Quindlen book was in the waiting room. As I was surrounded by Fox News and other characteristics of my anti-choice midwestern community, I found the book to be very comforting. Both my grandma and mother suggested I take it with me.crystalsaurus rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205678817972927888noreply@blogger.com