bility could be threatened. Following my abortion, I have experienced a miscarriage. The one pregnancy I carried to term was threatened by a bowel obstruction, which almost took my life, and my daughter's. When she was delivered, it was by emergency C-section because my cervix was too damaged too dilate and give birth naturally. Further, my third (wanted) pregnancy was an ectopic which threatened my life so severely that I was forced to undergo a complete hysterectomy at 27 to save my life. Not many women would choose to be rendered completely sterile so young. This is what I owe to abortion. What she had to say about her experience had a very big impact on me, and the decisions that I make and will continue to make in my life. She ended by saying something that I will never forget, I beg you to abandon the stereotypes because educated, intelligent people usually realize that these are products of ignorance. As profound as what she said may be, I will continue to believe in the pro-choice decision.In conclusion, I will not be choosing sides, I will just be explaining about how I feel about each side. What the two sides have in common is this: each of us would like to see a world where women no longer want abortions. I don't believe that even among the most fervent pro-choice people there is anybody who rejoices over abortion. I think we both wish that there were better solutions that could make abortion unnecessary, or prevent pregnancies in the first place. We'd like to see the demand for the procedure reduced, by resolving women's problems and alleviating the pressure for abortion. We can go along this road together as far as we can, and there will come a time when pro-choicers are satisfied and pro-lifers want to keep going, but that doesn't mean we can't go together for now....
