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Deary me, did anybody read this piece about abortion by Caitlin Moran?

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emkana · 20/04/2007 21:03

Dare I post this link

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Pruni · 20/04/2007 21:09

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LaDiDaDi · 20/04/2007 21:14

I read it and I thought it was interesting. I really don't think that she wrote it to shock.

Pruni · 20/04/2007 21:22

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Adorabelle · 20/04/2007 21:26

I thought the Miramda Sawyer Travels with
My camera programme was fascinating.

I have always been pro choice on abortion, but I do agree with Sawyer when she states that once you become a mother yourself the whole 'Abortion debate' does become very emotive.

Pruni · 20/04/2007 21:30

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DimpledThighs · 20/04/2007 21:38

tahnks emkana - good article. Not want to be drawn into whole abortion thing tonight, but am very grateful fr you linking.

Lizzer · 20/04/2007 21:41

Yep, whole heartedly agree with Caitlin M and Pruni on this one. Certainly more than ever now, I am early pg now but this is very much wanted future baby but I would be helpful and supportive if a friend was booked in for a termination should it not be the right time for her.....

I'll always be pro choice, I would never force my opinion onto anyone so I ask that prolife opinions should not be forced on me. Good article, wish I'd seen Miranda S program to comment on that.

vixma · 20/04/2007 21:45

I feel also her peice was to shock. It was intresting and if the news item is true very shocking. It is a difficult subject with many different views. I am personally for the choice of the females to make their own desision and do support abortion as a desision to be made as a last resort, ie rape, abuse etc. Abortion should not be used as a form of late contaception, however it depends on the situation. I do not mean to offend anyone.

Adorabelle · 20/04/2007 21:45

I can see why having a baby & knowing all
the hard work, emotions & difficulties having a baby entails could make you consider having an abortion if you already had kids & an unwanted/enexpected pregnancy came along.

But in my mind along with all the bloody hard work would also be all the joy & the wonderful aspects of having a child.

An abortion on any woman, mother or childless is going to be hard (unless you are Caitlin Moran) & you have to be at peace with yourself in the choice you make.

I am still very pro choice, but it has made me think differently since becoming a mum myself.

vixma · 20/04/2007 21:45

sorry for the crap spelling

Adorabelle · 20/04/2007 21:46

Many Congraulations Lizzer

fishie · 20/04/2007 21:48

well everyone's views on this are going to be as individual as themselves. i am relieved to have missed miranda's take and pleased to have heard caitlin's but that doesn't neccessarily mean i feel the same.

Adorabelle · 20/04/2007 21:52

vixma, I could not agree more. I have heard
so many women talking about having abortions because they've become pregnant because of laziness (not using contraception) & having a termination is just something they have to do.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/04/2007 21:57

Great article.

Adorabelle · 20/04/2007 21:58

A woman who has become pregnant and who has been using contraception must feel totally of having to decide wheather to have a termination or not.

A woman using no contraception & then discovering she has an unwanted pregnancy, unless she has no idea how babies are made is in my mind playing a very dangerous game.

hunkermunker · 20/04/2007 21:59

I am pro-choice. I wish nobody chose abortion. I would find it nigh-on impossible to have one, more so since having the boys, because I would be haunted by their potential sibling. I found the article uncomfortable reading - I can understand why she was so sure as she knew what motherhood entails, but I find it hard that she compared it with choosing kitchen worktops. Don't know why, just hard.

Pruni · 20/04/2007 22:00

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Chocolateface · 20/04/2007 22:03

This may seem ignorant, but if somebody is so sure they don't ever want any more children, why not make damn sure they don't get pregnant?

VeniVidiVickiQV · 20/04/2007 22:03

Chocolate face - find a sure-fire way of doing that and you'll be a very rich lady.

mummytosteven · 20/04/2007 22:07

I am pro-choice but also felt uncomfortable with parts of the article, in particular the worktop analogy, I also felt slightly uncomfortable with her feeling that she was a better mother for having chosen a termination.

chocolateface - I assume that sometimes it's a case of not wanting more children in the foreseeable future, rather than being 100% certain. Accidental pgs can be down to sheer bad luck as well as carelessness.

MerryMarigold · 20/04/2007 22:10

Just as mothers must pretend that they love other people?s children, never wish to be violent, or get hog-whimperingly drunk, wear a cowboy hat and ride one of those bucking mechanized rodeo cows, so they must pretend that they are loving and protective of all life, however nascent or putative it might be.

Ladidadi - do you really think that wasn't written to shock? Shocked me!

I am pro choice, but I don't agree with her saying abortion should be considered a positive thing, just because it may have some positive consequences (her argument: less unwanted kids = less messed up people). That's like saying the floods and earthquakes are a positive thing because they help reduce the global population. Errrrr....NO.

Piffle · 20/04/2007 22:13

I loved the article, I share many of her emotions tbh.

I also adore Caitlin Moran as does my Dp after her piece on some damn web game...

Heathcliffscathy · 20/04/2007 22:17

fantastic article.

FluffyMummy123 · 20/04/2007 22:18

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