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“In other words, rich moms need an out if their wayward daughters get knocked up. Sickening, I know.“

I actually sympathize with moms in such a plight, believe it or not.

I know people who have had abortions and I don’t shun them as murderers.

I am not here to judge people - that is above my pay grade.

All I ask is that the “conversation” about abortion become more honest. A LOT more honest.

Calling their position “pro choice” is a deception.
Saying the fetus is not a human being before x weeks is a deception.
Even calling it “abortion” is a way of dehumanizing the fetus.
Calling it “biological tissue”, etc.. is a deception.

Steering a young mother away from alternatives such as adoption, or keeping the child, with the false argument that those alternatives would be forms of suppression of a woman’s equal status - is a lie.

If women are going to make that choice - it should at least be an honest and educated choice.

For example, the subject of euthanasia, or “mercy killing” always comes up in the context of the very sick and/or elderly, especially when there is suffering. Opinions vary... not everyone will agree with me - and that doesn’t bother me because at least it is debated honestly.

Nobody is making up pleasant sounding names for it. It is a death..and if it is deliberate it is taking an innocent life. Nobody is denying that - which is a very effective deterrent.

I would just like the same to be true of abortion.

Young mothers considering an abortion should be shown an ultrasound, and be fully aware of the life-and-death decision they are making. That decision should not be sugarcoated, dehumanized or politicized.

I mean, seriously... calling themselves Planned Parenthood? The whole thing is a big deception.

When we talk to children about pet euthanasia, we often say “put to sleep”, and that’s OK. They are children being told a “white lie” regarding a beloved pet.

But a young mother considering an abortion is not a child, and the life being taken is not a pet.