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Originally posted by valkyrie
I'm totally and completely pro-choice. I'll bet you $5 that I'm the only one on this site. 
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I'll take that $5 and think of you when I spent it, val.
I'm writing this with a precious, cooing baby staring at me adoringly. SHE IS MY CHOICE. As much as I love her, I openly admit that there was a time in my life when, had I become pregnant, I probably would have not carried the child. I was neither emotionally or financially able to care for myself, let alone another person.
My best friend had an abortion when we were 19. She was immature and self possessed, and knew she wouldn't have been a good mother at that point in her life. I applauded her honest assessment of herself, and supported her wholeheartedly.
I'm a trained social worker. I've walked into homes where small children lived in filth, watching their parents mainline drugs, and were frequently sexually, physically, and emotionally abused. I've seen how it can f*ck up a kid. You know what? I'd rather see a mother have an abortion than expose a child to that kind of life.