Thank you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hope Lawl <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, September 13, 1999 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: The Abortion/Euthanasia Thread (Long!)


>In a message dated 9/13/99 8:23:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
>writes:
>
><< only 3 percent of abortions are for rape, incest and life threat to the
> mother. that means 97 percent is for convienance, quit ya kidding. the
facts
> don't really support the " hot buttons". the time for choice is before
> conception. we are not dealling with a litter of unwanted kittens. >>
>
>I couldn't agree more. Having worked many years with mothers facing a
problem
>pregnancy, I can say for certain that rape, incest or threat to the
mother's
>life were never once given as the reason that they sought an abortion.
That's
>not to say that those conditions are completely nonexistent, but if I
didn't
>run into it in more than 20 years . . .  Many of these mothers, while
>pregnant under tragic circumstances were very relieved to be offered an
>alternative to an abortion. Usually the instances where an alternative was
>not welcomed were the very ones that were so difficult to sympathize with.
>For instance  -  "I don't want to get fat" (heard that a LOT)," No I didn't
>use birth control, but I don't mind the abortion that much. I've had them
>before and it's only a big deal if you let it be." " My husband and I are
>saving for a boat" "My boyfriend does't like the feel of condoms" My job
was
>to be helpful, comforting and completely non judgemental, but I'd be lying
to
>say that I didn't feel any anger toward those people who would so willingly
>deal their innocent child a death sentence for their own convenience. So
>while there will always be the sad circumstances of an unplanned pregnancy,
>these are the very areas that society could prove helpful with, if it chose
>to. Instead it punishes those mothers who face their mistakes and choose to
>protect their babies by carrying them to term. I wish that people could be
as
>forgiving to an unwed mother as they seem to be to somebody like Bill
>Clinton. Surely a country as strong as the United States can offer a better
>solution to a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy than to tell her that she
>has the "right" to kill her baby.
>Hope
>

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