an abortion nurses story
Since there has been a lot of talk about abortion on here I thought I would share this link. I will warn you though that it is difficult to read and I would not recommend it if you've recently lost due to miscarriage. This nurse witnessed abortions including partial birth and it changed her life.
http://www.priestsforlife.org/testimonies/1132-statement-of-brenda-pratt-shafer-rn-before-the-subcommittee-on-the-constitution
http://www.priestsforlife.org/testimonies/1132-statement-of-brenda-pratt-shafer-rn-before-the-subcommittee-on-the-constitution
Comments
@DawnwaarsBaby. I definitely agree that our youth need help but in this age abortion is presented as a normal option and shouldn't be. There's an oh well if I get pregnant ill just get rid of it mentality and its not right. I went through it myself at 15. I was told by a clinic worker at nearly four months that I needed to have an abortion and she even scheduled one in New York without my consent. Basically when she told me I told her off and left.
There are a lot of people out there who say its an acceptable option, but there are a lot of women who are told that its not really a baby yet and all kinds of junk. Unfortunately it is a baby whether anyone likes it or not. We have also made it only the woman's choice which is stupid. A young man I worked with begged and pleaded with his ex to not abort their child around 4 months and she did it one day while they had been fighting. He told her he would raise her by himself and sign something saying he'd never file for child support (which was her excuse). He was never the same after that and fell into severe depression. Its not a quick fix, its a life.
The "you better not have sex" route doesn't work but neither does the "I know you're gonna do it so" route. Kids need to be made aware that the biological purpose of sex is to create life, not because our society has made it glamorous and the best thing ever.
I guess a lot of the problem is that we have become a society of speed and convenience. You want Mexican for dinner you just go buy it. You don't want to be brunette you go buy hair dye. You want anything you can find it, unlike in other countries. I view abortion in the same way. Its more convenient to not be pregnant, its just where we've come to as a society.
I think what you're doing is great. The more kids learn about life and consequence the brighter hopefully our nations future will be. Birth control is so important. When I think of what my life would have been like had a listened to that clinic worker... I can't even imagine where I would be today.