Today I'm going to do a Blog for Choice because I am pro-choice and I believe that makes me pro-life. I know that abortion is a controversial topic and people feel incredibly passionate about it, I am one of these people, but I know that we all have common ground. Each side is going to have to compromise (ew, I know!) in some way. Abortions will always happen and some people will always consider abortion to be murder. And that's okay. Where I think we can come together is keeping them safe and rare and legal. Safe and legal go hand in hand. I know and have known women who have had abortions. I have never had one but I would not be ashamed to admit that I had. I know that their lives would be different if they would have carried a pregnancy to full term and had a baby. But I also know that all our lives would be heart-crushingly empty if they would have had to have an unsafe abortion and lost their lives because of it.
I am responsible about my birth control and at this point in my life I do not want to be a parent. I honestly don't know if I ever will want to be. I don't believe I am the downfall of society and I don't believe that if my birth control fails me I should have to carry a pregnancy to full term. And, as of now, I have the law on my side. That being said, I'd like to think that society can come to terms with this situation in a way that makes most people kind of happy. All of us have to accept certain realities in dealing with abortion and all of us, no matter what we believe, have to live on this planet together. So let's stop calling each other names, let's be compassionate to each other, and let's work together to keep women alive and safe and surrounded by honest and comforting resources.
I will step off my soap box now! Have a good day and try to be more silly.
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