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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