Abortion is not a Freedom

The New York Sun ^ | 1/25/05 | Alicia Colon

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Teresa was a 14-year-old from South Carolina when she came to New York City with her mother for a lateterm abortion in 1971. Her story is one of many testimonies of women who regret having abortions and have posted their experiences in detail on the Web site of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, which began in late 2003. I first became aware of this nonprofit organization when I went to Washington last year to cover the annual March for Life.This year,the terrible weather and my crippling arthritis kept me home, in body but not in spirit.     Not many New York women want to hear me discuss my pro-life views. They have been indoctrinated in the belief that abortion is a woman’s right. I get e-mail messages from women who have achieved high positions in the business and academic arenas, claiming I am anti-choice and anti-woman. I am amazed that these women, who are obviously intelligent, aren’t clued into the fact that it is men who have benefited the most from Roe v. Wade.