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Originally posted by UMgirl
Truthfully, if i got pregnant unexpectedly, Id have it or put it up for an open adoption.
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UMgirl,
I admire you for saying that. I really do. But in doing so you kind of emphasized my point.
If you got 100 unmarried women together in a room and asked them what they would do if they found themselves pregnant unexpectedly, the vast majority -- probably 90% -- would answer the same way you did. People are so quick to say, "If I got pregnant, I'd have it." And I have no doubt that, at that particular time, they staunchly mean what they say. Yet there's NO WAY to prove that statement until it truly happens to you. It's so easy to say, but 100 times harder to do. That's why many times when women find themselves in that unwelcome position, their minds change faster than you can blink. And that's why I don't think that someone should be able to make a blanket statement like that and call themselves pro-life unless they have actually walked in the shoes of a pregnant woman.
UMgirl, if next month you get pregnant and still decide to keep the baby -- and firmly believe that it is the best decision for you and your child - then I APPLAUD you, wholeheartedly, for standing up for your convictions!
However, I just don't feel that anyone really earns the right to protest abortion until they have the unfortunate opportunity of being faced with the decision themselves.
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