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- From: dking@raul.nas.nasa.gov (Dan King)
- Subject: My friend turns two
- Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator)
- Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 17:25:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.172509.6173@nas.nasa.gov>
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- Last weekend I went to a friend of mines second birthday party. I got her
- a little cord-less phone that talks in this little mechanical voice. It
- teaches her letters, numbers, and colors and such. Anyway, she is an
- adorable little girl, reminds me a lot of my own daughter at that age.
- She is a big part of the reason I no longer support abortion restrictions.
-
- About three years ago, her mom, a very good friend of mine, discovered
- she was pregnant. At the time I was a traditional pro-lifer. She told
- me about her dilemma. She hardly knew the father, her father would
- disown her, she was drinking and doing drugs prior to finding out she
- was pregnant. All these things lead her to believe that abortion was
- the only viable alternative for her. I tried to convince her otherwise,
- but I was unable to. She is a very good friend, so despite my feelings
- about abortion, I got her the money and went to the clinic with her.
- At the time, I was thinking about what a wonderful human being I was
- for going against my beliefs and actually accompanying her there. But
- then I came to realize that what I was doing was not so special. I
- was not the one that making the bigger sacrifice. Despite her feelings
- about abortion, she knew it was the only choice available to her.
- What she was doing was much more special than my small sacrifice.
- The abortion was difficult for her. Not as difficult as continuing
- the pregnancy, but difficult none the less.
-
- Later that year, she straightened herself out. She met a reasonably
- nice guy, and I saw her suddenly grow up. She ended up getting
- pregnant, and my two year old friend is the result.
-
- Its not to difficult to imagine how this story might have turned
- out if legal abortions were not available. Its possible my
- friend might have been killed or injured by an illegal abortion.
- Its possible that she would have felt forced to continue the
- first pregnancy. I think her deciding her own fate was a big
- reason why she grew up so fast. I don't think she would have
- faced it as well if the decision was forced on her. I do know
- that if abortion was illegal, there is a very good chance that
- I would not have gone to my friends second birthday party. So
- for selfish reasons in this case, I am glad abortion was safe
- and legal.
-
- Dan King
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