Pro-abort blog encourages pregnant mother to jump off abortion cliff

Yesterday "abortion-positive" blogger Melissa at Shakesville posted a request from reader Kirsten, soon to be undergoing an RU-486 abortion, for affirmation with her decision because "she's a little anxious about the actual procedure." Careful wording, I thought. Not guilt that she will be killing her baby, just fear of the "actual procedure."

Anti-choice Melissa didn't allow any, "Don't do it; everything will turn out ok" or "I regret my abortion" posts, so I'm hoping commenters here will fill that gap.

Meanwhile, 3 of the comments struck me.

From Red Queen



    Since I'm one of "those women who use abortion as birth control" I can totally give you the run down on my experience.

    The pill was great. I took one at the clinic, the other at home a few hours later. Sometime after that I had some (relatively) mild cramping and tada. The only thing that was hard about it was that I bled for nearly 3 weeks afterwards.

    Surgical abortion (early - like 8 weeks) I have a heart shaped uterus which made the procedure take longer than it should have. It was bad, but it was only bad for a little while. It took so long that the anesthesia ran out and they couldn't give me more. But as soon as it was over i felt fine. No bleeding, no cramping.

    Surgical abortion (late, very late term) this one was rough, but only because I was so far along. I was a 2 day procedure using sea weed lamaria to dilate my cervix. That night was difficult, crampy, exhausted, ect. Having to spend 2 days in a clinic with a (then) toddler was rough. I didn't have childcare, but the clinic staff were awesome. When it was over I slept for 14 hours straight and then was perfectly fine.

    Emotionally, the hardest one was the late one, but only because i felt like a tool for not figuring out I was pregnant earlier. These pregnancies were nothing like when I got pregnant with my son. I knew before the stick even turned that I wanted to be his mom. With the other pregnancies (both before and after giving birth) I didn't have that overwhelming sense of want that I did for the Kid. So I didn't have a problem with the abortions. I would have felt much worse bringing a kid into the world that I didn't want with my whole being.

I read Red Queen's backstory at the link she provided. Rough life.

From Jadelyn



    I had a medical abortion 3 years ago. On Mother's Day weekend. With my mom taking care of me. We still giggle about my "Un-Mother's Day" every now and again....

    I was 21, in college, busy with my life, and I don't even want kids at all ever anyway....

    Saturday morning came around. My mom had shooed my younger brother out of the house for the weekend to give me some peace and quiet. She made me breakfast, then I went upstairs and took the second set of pills. She had bought and had waiting for me a couple boxes of pads - they tell you DO NOT use tampons for this - and had laid in some of my favorite DVDs and stuff. She had cleared her weekend to take care of me.

    At the clinic they'd warned me that it would hurt, like menstrual cramps but worse. Honestly, I didn't think it was that bad.... I just laid around on the couch all day, watching movies and bleeding and occasionally cramping. By Sunday night, the bleeding had subsided to more or less my normal period level, and I went back to school.

    I am so grateful that I had the support I did. My mom took care of me....

Jadelyn is a self-described "pagan feminist, and the name of her blog is WitchWords. Jadelyn's latest Twitter post:



Aborting on Mother's Day weekend? Joking about "Un-Mothers Day"? Man.

From phredrika

    I've had three abortions (2 surgical, and 1 sort of herb-induced miscarriage when I was very young and in college). I have never regretted it. Never. I've been trying to write about the experiences and it is difficult....

    Reading all of this just makes me cry, I guess that there is such support. The 1-month anniversary of my last abortion was last week, on my first day of law school - I was in a new place, with no friends and no support physically with me. And it was ok. I am in such a conservative place, and I think I've always kept these things secret because when I've shared, my friends have not been supportive. And I don't want to keep this quiet, and I don't want anyone to be ashamed about having an abortion.

I'm sorry, it sure sounds like phredrika regrets her abortions, despite the brave face. Writing about it difficult? Remembering the anniversaries of the abortions?

The comments were all so heartbreaking. It is not the fault of "conservatives" that pre-abortive mothers fret and post-abortive pro-abortive mothers bury negative emotions and encourage others to be like them, to prop themselves up. Maternal instincts to protect one's own children and not kill them are built in.

I pray Kirsten changes her mind. Don't do it, Kirsten.

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Publish Date: August 18, 2009
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