"Abortion is not just about “a woman and her body.” It’s also about a woman and her God, her sense of what is right and wrong, a woman and her own internal compass, a woman and her life and how she is called to live it."
Finally a nuanced article about the complex morally gray areas of abortion. I agree with it completely. Abortion is usually a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils. Neither side seems capable of seeing it that way.
Wow, just so purely wow! I'm not quite sure yet how, when and exactly where to lend my voice to this most intimate divide, though you are greatly helping me to find the courage to act! Thank you immensely Marianne!!
I believe a woman has a right to what happens to her body, and a right to abort a pregnancy resulting from rape. However while pregnant at the age of 36, I learned of otherwise intelligent women using abortion as a means of birth control. I did find that to be unconscionable. Rather than using pills or IUDs, they chose to have sex without those protections and risk getting pregnant. One woman had four abortions this way. This is an abuse of a right which affects two lives.
Thank you once again, Marianne, for an important and rare perspective. As a pro-choice person, I, too, have been saying for years that acting as if the other side has no valid concerns, there is no middle ground, what's-all-the-fuss-about-just-a-blob-cells, etc., is disrespectful and unnecessarily divisive.
It also contributes to the dynamic in which the professional Democrats and Republicans get to have each other as foils. We've given them a wedge issue to mobilize their bases, while they go on about their bipartisan pro-corporate and militaristic business.
That was the best understanding and use of language to describe the abortion dilemma Marianne and I thank you for your courage to speak of this. I believe it is a difficult decision for most women and one made out of some sense of having no other choice. I also have a spiritual belief that the soul enters more and more over time as the pregnancy progresses. Contraception, education and financial ability to access services both as a mother or as a woman seeking to terminate the life within, are the biggest barriers to equality. In an ideal world no-one would need to abort and probably would not therefore. But we err, or as some say, we sin. We learn and we grow and with age there is often more wisdom and fewer errors. Fortunately God knows our whole and perfect spiritual nature and that is our true identity even though we make mistakes.
"Abortion is not just about “a woman and her body.” It’s also about a woman and her God, her sense of what is right and wrong, a woman and her own internal compass, a woman and her life and how she is called to live it."
Perfect, ty Marianne.
I was in Sacramento that night and you shined a light.
Finally a nuanced article about the complex morally gray areas of abortion. I agree with it completely. Abortion is usually a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils. Neither side seems capable of seeing it that way.
Spot on Marianne! Nuanced and compassionate to all involved.
Wow, just so purely wow! I'm not quite sure yet how, when and exactly where to lend my voice to this most intimate divide, though you are greatly helping me to find the courage to act! Thank you immensely Marianne!!
Brilliant Marianne, I wish I was there in Sacramento.. you're a gift to the human race.
Thank u for sharing this. We need this deep introspection on this now.
Extremely well written ... great job!
Insightful and words of wisdom ❤️🙏
I believe a woman has a right to what happens to her body, and a right to abort a pregnancy resulting from rape. However while pregnant at the age of 36, I learned of otherwise intelligent women using abortion as a means of birth control. I did find that to be unconscionable. Rather than using pills or IUDs, they chose to have sex without those protections and risk getting pregnant. One woman had four abortions this way. This is an abuse of a right which affects two lives.
Amazing = extraordinarily sublime and graciously expressed writing ...
This is so beautiful Marianne ~ amazing, truly awe-inspiring
Marianne, I admire your work. What you wrote was heartfelt and beautifully written ❤️🙏
Thank you
Thank you once again, Marianne, for an important and rare perspective. As a pro-choice person, I, too, have been saying for years that acting as if the other side has no valid concerns, there is no middle ground, what's-all-the-fuss-about-just-a-blob-cells, etc., is disrespectful and unnecessarily divisive.
It also contributes to the dynamic in which the professional Democrats and Republicans get to have each other as foils. We've given them a wedge issue to mobilize their bases, while they go on about their bipartisan pro-corporate and militaristic business.
That was the best understanding and use of language to describe the abortion dilemma Marianne and I thank you for your courage to speak of this. I believe it is a difficult decision for most women and one made out of some sense of having no other choice. I also have a spiritual belief that the soul enters more and more over time as the pregnancy progresses. Contraception, education and financial ability to access services both as a mother or as a woman seeking to terminate the life within, are the biggest barriers to equality. In an ideal world no-one would need to abort and probably would not therefore. But we err, or as some say, we sin. We learn and we grow and with age there is often more wisdom and fewer errors. Fortunately God knows our whole and perfect spiritual nature and that is our true identity even though we make mistakes.