Blog for Choice 2010!
Today is NARAL's Blog for Choice Day, and its theme is on Dr. Tiller and on trusting women. I never met the man, and I wasn't even aware of what he did until he was killed. What I did know was that sometimes, for whatever reason, wanted babies cannot be carried to full-term. Whether it's due to complications, or danger of the mother's, or the baby was already dead in the womb - late-term abortions don't usually occur for shits and giggles, especially if they happen practically weeks away from the actual birthdate. I can't even begin to imagine how devastating that must be, to learn that for whatever reason, I won't be able to carry my baby to full-term, even though I'm almost there. It would be even worse to know it's already dead inside me, and needs to be removed or else I will die. But the last thing I would want happen to me is to be told I can't get the safest option possible for a late-term abortion, that I am required to put myself...