Posted on 10/21/2014 2:22:33 PM PDT by Faith Presses On
- "Hanna Rosin is the founder of DoubleX and a writer for the Atlantic. She is also the author of The End of Men. Follow her on Twitter.
I had an abortion. I was not in a libertine college-girl phase, although frankly its none of your business. I was already a mother of two, which puts me in the majority of American women who have abortions. Six out of 10 are mothers, which makes sense, because a mother could not fool herself into believing that having another baby was no big deal.
I start the story this way because Katha Pollitt, author of Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights, would want it this way. In fact any woman whos reading this piece and has had an abortion, or any man who has supported one, should go in the comments section and do the same thing, until there are so many accounts that the statement loses its shock value. Because frankly, in 2014, it should be no big deal that in a movie a young woman has an abortion and its no big deal. We shouldnt need a book explaining why abortion rights are important. We should be over that by now.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
Frankly it’s none of your business... But I’m going to make it your business.
“In 2014 abortion should be no big deal..”
Yet she writes this article, because deep down she knows it is a big deal. Killing a human being always has been a big deal.
Killing your own baby will always be a big deal.
If its none of our business why doesn’t she keep her dirty little secret to herself...
the author
There, I said it. (h/t Levin)
Is it fair game to say people like this should be swinging? Just askin’
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