Choice or No Choice?

Pro-Abortion is NOT Pro-Choice. Choice means that a woman can choose to not have an abortion, but every person that I have encountered who favours "choice" does not support a woman's right to choose to have her baby. Not only are they reluctant to support adoption rights or provide economic support to women in difficult situations, they also reject the basic right of "informed consent". I know many women who have had abortions and they sufferred dearly for their "choice" because of the decision of their medical practitioners to withhold basic information that might have altered their decision to have the abortion. Sometimes, the information might have only made the abortion process safer, but it was not deemed important to the abortion provider that the "silly" woman know the little details like how to care for yourself after a second or third trimester abortion. I nearly lost a friend because the hospital staff didn't consider it important to teach her how to prevent an infection after the abortion, nor what signs to watch for should there be complications - she owes her life to two pro-life friends with first-aid training, including one who served as an army medic.It was never about "choice", it was always about "money", and I am tired of women being victimized by this ancient and barbaric practice known as abortion.
Posted by me on another blog on 5/16/2006 2:50 PM