Posted on Thursday, 23 February 2012

In the US, abortion is framed as a deeply moral and highly emotional issue. In the public imagination, the choice to have an abortion is a wrenching one, one that often leaves [people] feeling emotionally fragile for months and years afterward. No doubt this is sometimes the case. But for many [people], my friend included, it is not a wrenching or painful decision, but an easy and obvious and matter of fact one.
But we don’t have a cultural script for those [people]. When [people] speak publicly about their abortions – which, given the stigma around abortion, happens very rarely – we expect them to speak with reverence, not relief. We expect to hear stories of excruciating indecision, not of easy, obvious choices. We don’t have a blueprint for [people] who weren’t wracked with indecision, [people] who felt emotional attachment neither to the fetus nor to the decision to terminate it. And as a result, we also lack a script for supportive friends that doesn’t somehow frame abortion as a tragic illness.

via Feministing, “A new script for talking about abortion”

(thanks to keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus for sending this to me!)

Corrections mine.

(via ceasesilence)

(Source: stfuconservatives)

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    I haven’t had to make that decision, but if I did, it wouldn’t take long.
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    Never thought of that before. Interesting point.
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