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My partner and I had only been together for a month and a half when I found out I was pregnant. I was in shock. I was simply not ready. I knew immediately that I wanted to terminate my pregnancy.
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Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
The heroine of this piece did the right thing, but was she ever wronged! It is bad enough that she had a hell of a time finding a clinic, but when the first one didn't tell he about the damn staff meeting, and the doctor at the second clinic was nasty, that makes the story even sadder. And what if she hadn't been able to find a clinic in time? What then - a knitting needle, an "accidental" fall down some stairs, a dirty back alley? All the more reason to fight anti-choice hypocrites and their villainy with every peaceful, and preferably legal, means.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
I'm always a believer in a what a woman does with her body is her choice. I do, however, find that the father usually gets left out of the decision. While she may not want the responsibility of a child..maybe he does and is fully willing to take custody and pay everything required. While I understand 9 months of pregnancy takes it's toll on a woman's body, in this day and age of where women wish to be treated equally, a man is told that he has no choice about a child that is biologically his. It just doesn't seem fair. And if girls do not want a pregnancy, there are more means than just abstinence. You have Mirena, Norplant, pills, shots and other means of preventing pregnancy. It's not 100% fool proof..but it's pretty close to guaranteeing that you won't have to go through the horrible experience of having an abortion.
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Janina Smit 6 years ago
The USA are worse than I ever imagined... and my opinion wasn't that great to begin with :-/
DP von Icecream 6 years ago (edited)
Hold that thought & then consider that the USA has never ever had real separation between church & state.......... That makes sure your original thought is actually 10 to 50 times worse.
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Georgia Valentine 6 years ago
I feel so bad for women in the states who have to go through this. To get a pill termination here you have two appointments, about 3 days apart, they check you aren't being forced and that's it. There's a sexual health clinic who can provide these pills in every large town and for surgical you are unlikely to have to travel more than a few miles from your home. If you read this I hope your horrific experience lessens in your mind one day. You did the right thing for you and I'm so sorry you had to fight for it and go through what you did.
Mae 6 years ago
Where I live (Europe) you only require a doctor's appointment where they check if you're pregnant, then they'll give you the medication for the termination (if you're not too far along and will need surgical one).
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Night Owl 6 years ago
BTW, the US federal government is bringing back the death penalty after 16 years https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/politics/federal-executions-death-penalty.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/death-penalty-capital-punishment-us-justice-department-resumes-executions Where are the protests from those who call themselves "pro life"?
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
Because the name "pro-life" is wrong, they are just "anti-womens-rights". They don't give a s**t about born people. They only want to force women to do what they want. Death penalty? That is fine, but abortion is murder! The US has far too much religious extremists who like to treat women badly.
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Rachael Klein 3 years ago
Congratulations on your angel baby. Maybe it's siblings will get to live.
MissDemeanour 6 years ago
Not everybody wants kids & not everybody should have them. Unfortunately, any idiot can breed.
Victoria Swift 6 years ago
Abortion IS NOT birth control. There are lots of other options before it gets to the point of conception.
Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago
How we do sex ed in Denmark: https://www.norden.ee/images/heaolu/info/heaolu/line_anne_roien.pdf
Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
The heroine of this piece did the right thing, but was she ever wronged! It is bad enough that she had a hell of a time finding a clinic, but when the first one didn't tell he about the damn staff meeting, and the doctor at the second clinic was nasty, that makes the story even sadder. And what if she hadn't been able to find a clinic in time? What then - a knitting needle, an "accidental" fall down some stairs, a dirty back alley? All the more reason to fight anti-choice hypocrites and their villainy with every peaceful, and preferably legal, means.
Carol Emory 6 years ago
I'm always a believer in a what a woman does with her body is her choice. I do, however, find that the father usually gets left out of the decision. While she may not want the responsibility of a child..maybe he does and is fully willing to take custody and pay everything required. While I understand 9 months of pregnancy takes it's toll on a woman's body, in this day and age of where women wish to be treated equally, a man is told that he has no choice about a child that is biologically his. It just doesn't seem fair. And if girls do not want a pregnancy, there are more means than just abstinence. You have Mirena, Norplant, pills, shots and other means of preventing pregnancy. It's not 100% fool proof..but it's pretty close to guaranteeing that you won't have to go through the horrible experience of having an abortion.
Load More Replies... Janina Smit 6 years ago
The USA are worse than I ever imagined... and my opinion wasn't that great to begin with :-/
DP von Icecream 6 years ago (edited)
Hold that thought & then consider that the USA has never ever had real separation between church & state.......... That makes sure your original thought is actually 10 to 50 times worse.
Load More Replies... Georgia Valentine 6 years ago
I feel so bad for women in the states who have to go through this. To get a pill termination here you have two appointments, about 3 days apart, they check you aren't being forced and that's it. There's a sexual health clinic who can provide these pills in every large town and for surgical you are unlikely to have to travel more than a few miles from your home. If you read this I hope your horrific experience lessens in your mind one day. You did the right thing for you and I'm so sorry you had to fight for it and go through what you did.
Mae 6 years ago
Where I live (Europe) you only require a doctor's appointment where they check if you're pregnant, then they'll give you the medication for the termination (if you're not too far along and will need surgical one).
Load More Replies... Night Owl 6 years ago
BTW, the US federal government is bringing back the death penalty after 16 years https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/25/us/politics/federal-executions-death-penalty.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/25/death-penalty-capital-punishment-us-justice-department-resumes-executions Where are the protests from those who call themselves "pro life"?
Uwe Theiss 6 years ago
Because the name "pro-life" is wrong, they are just "anti-womens-rights". They don't give a s**t about born people. They only want to force women to do what they want. Death penalty? That is fine, but abortion is murder! The US has far too much religious extremists who like to treat women badly.
Load More Replies... Rachael Klein 3 years ago
Congratulations on your angel baby. Maybe it's siblings will get to live.
MissDemeanour 6 years ago
Not everybody wants kids & not everybody should have them. Unfortunately, any idiot can breed.
Victoria Swift 6 years ago
Abortion IS NOT birth control. There are lots of other options before it gets to the point of conception.
Jesper Rasmussen 6 years ago
How we do sex ed in Denmark: https://www.norden.ee/images/heaolu/info/heaolu/line_anne_roien.pdf
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