Anti-Choice Abortion
November 11th, 2009 | 
Author: If you’ve been checking out our patient forum, you may have already seen a post in Share My Story by use2be. Her story is one that is not that uncommon - an anti-choice person finds herself facing an unintended and unwanted pregnancy.
Sometimes like use2be, the anti-choice person decides her best choice would be to have an abortion. She may reconsider her belief system and become pro-choice.
“My views and opinions are now very different and I feel very blessed and very glad that women still have a choice”
Or she may not. In an article, “The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion,” Joyce Arthur collects and shares stories of anti-choice women who’ve sought abortion care.
Here’s an excerpt from her article:
“I’ve had several cases over the years in which the anti-abortion patient had rationalized in one way or another that her case was the only exception, but the one that really made an impression was the college senior who was the president of her campus Right-to-Life organization, meaning that she had worked very hard in that organization for several years. As I was completing her procedure, I asked what she planned to do about her high office in the RTL organization. Her response was a wide-eyed, ‘You’re not going to tell them, are you!?’ When assured that I was not, she breathed a sigh of relief, explaining how important that position was to her and how she wouldn’t want this to interfere with it.”
Whether or not an anti-choice woman reconsiders her belief system, she is still able to have the choice. Thanks to the millions of pro-choice activists, voters, legislators, and providers who work to protect and provide that right. THANKS to all of them and all of you!
With the Stupak ammendment advancing the anti-choice position, it is more important than ever for all of us to stand up for women’s rights.
Planned Parenthood believes in compassionate care for all women when making life’s most profound decisions.
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This speaks of a greater understanding and compassion that is required when people must make difficult choices that are not on board with everyone around them. Pro-choice does not have to mean you, as an individual, will ever decide to have an abortion . Pro-choice gives you, as an individual, the ability make the choice that is yours to make. Just as it gives others the same others the right to decide for themselves what is best for them. There is a fundamental feeling of societal imbalance when a country, group, or individual presume the responsibility of telling women what they can and cannot do with their body, and reproductive parts.
As this article suggests, the ability to learn, grow, and expand our thinking is allowed through pro-choice, and may be necessary for those who have previously vehemently fought that right.