Last night a friend of mine called me because someone she had met told her I had caused quite a "stir" in the Daily News with a letter I had written. I did not think I had written one recently so I was a little confused about what they were referring to and looked it up. Turns out it was a letter from May.
Here it is:
Pro-life and not ashamed of it
Bronx: I am a pro-life woman and I am tired of apologizing for that. How did we become a society where killing your own child in the womb is acceptable for any reason, at any time, in any way? When did we become so blind that we abort more than 1 million babies a year in the name of so-called women's rights? Why do I never hear outrage from the pro-choice movement when it comes to boyfriends, husbands and parents forcing women to abort?
Why is there continued denial of the harm abortion does to millions of women? Why do we at Lumina/Hope & Healing After Abortion get calls from 200 women a year asking for postabortion help if it is such a wonderful thing for women?
Yes, I am a pro-life woman. I am also a woman who, at 18, was forced to abort. I saw my son. Make no mistake: Abortion kills a baby and it's time society recognized what it is sanctioning. More than 1 million a year – just think about it.
Theresa Bonopartis, director Lumina/Hope & Healing After Abortion
Of course, this made me curious and so I looked for the comments that caused a "stir". Here are a couple of them:
Stay off my body
North Syracuse, N.Y.: Voicer Theresa Bonopartis says she is proud to be pro-life. It is easy to be pro-life when you are not the one who has to be pregnant for nine months. If you are against abortion, then don't have one.
My choice
New City, N.Y.: To Voicer Theresa Bonopartis: I believe in a woman's right to an abortion and don't want your intolerance in my equation when deciding if an abortion is right for me. I had an abortion at 18 because I was ill-prepared to take on motherhood alone. I was able, with good counseling and guidance, to make the right decision for myself and go to college, get a good job and better myself because of that decision. I don't regret having that abortion at all. I respect your right to have an opinion; now please respect mine.
So, having an abortion is "an opinion". It is amazing how people rationalize what is happening and continue to place women above the life growing within them. I think it fits in totally with the whole de stigmizing issue….take the child out of the equation, but the problem is, women know in their hearts what is happening no matter how much they feel that they have no "choice" but to abort.
Yes, Christine, I am intolerant of your choice, because that choice takes the life of a child, and countless women are lied and mislead regarding abortion. Although you may not believe it, one day it may impact you, and even if it does not, that in no way means that it was right.
Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion 
Leave a comment