The war on Abortion is not The War. There are not two armed sides rumbling in another country where we send our people in camouflage and tanks. Therefore, we don’t get a Memorial Day. We get a Roe day—an observation of a single Supreme Court decision that allows Abortioneers and pregnant women to proceed with great caution while riddled with pure sensibility and an overall desire to eradicate danger.
Lest we remind ourselves why abortion is a vital occurrence in every society 'til Kingdom come:
The reasons women give for having an abortion underscore their understanding of the responsibilities of parenthood and family life. Three-fourths of women cite concern for or responsibility to other individuals; three-fourths say they cannot afford a child; three-fourths say that having a baby would interfere with work, school or the ability to care for dependents; and half say they do not want to be a single parent or are having problems with their husband or partner. (Thank you, Guttmacher Institute for getting real, Facts on Induced Abortion in the United States)
Lest we forget the compelling casualties in this zealous, self-righteous, clinically-cookoo, schoolyard bullying that drives our otherwise hot president to ask us to find common ground as if we had fashioned our desire to provide sound health care on a battle field with intent to fire our canons and have sword fights WHILE ALSO trying to shepherd families through the whack-ass abortion process in the United States, care of the Anti-abortion, pro-war, sweet-baby-Jesus-fetishizing movement…
The women who die when they can’t access a clean, safe abortion with a skilled professional.
In remembering that each year about 67,000 women die worldwide due to unsafe abortion procedures, almost always occurring in countries where abortion is illegal,—therefore, leaving about 220,000 children motherless—the Abortioneers would like to honor the mothers who give their lives every year to preserve the dignity of life. (Facts on Induced Abortion Worldwide, the Guttmacher Institute)
Of course, Abortioneers never forget that about 2,700 women died in the United States in 1930 due to clandestine abortion.
Common ground? How about all the anti-abortion folk move to Tanzania?
Where Life’s Start is a Deadly Risk from the NY Times
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I don't mean to be rude or malign your screenname of choice, but I gotta say, the term "abortioneer" might be a little counterproductive to your mission.
eresbel: thank you for your input--we believe that safe and simple abortion care is an asset to every society but a battle ground in this country. We are multi-disciplined abortion-care activists who struggle to define ourselves in most social circles :(
*Abortioneers* seemed a reasonable blanket description of who we are and what we do...
Why Tanzania, out of curiosity? I mean, there are plenty of other countries out there with restrictive abortion policies. Some have even made the international news lately. Why pick that one?
Indeed, Yoshimi. Tanzania was coincidentally featured in the NYT's. More so, we wished to highlight the absurdity of discussing finding common ground with those who oppose abortion but similarly have little regard for those who struggle to simply live.
Please feel free to replace, Tanzania, with any country of your choice.