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In reply to the discussion: 'Pro-Choice' Americans At Record Low, Poll Finds [View all]qwlauren35
(6,112 posts)It's such a simple option to what seems like a disaster. If you've never had an unwanted pregnancy, you have no idea of all the things that go through your mind. I got pregnant in the 1980's, right after abortion became legal. I'm not even sure I can put it into words, but totally embarrassed that the world would see my carelessness was one thing. Afraid of how disruptive it could be to my life was another. Unprepared was another. When you're unmarried and pregnant, the entire world judges you. Your sex life becomes everyone's business, like it or not. Your privacy is invaded. Pregnancy is not something you can hide. Random strangers will comment. Some people will want to touch you. And most people will congratulate you on something that you feel nothing positive about. Last, everything about your life will all of a sudden revolve around being pregnant. Your body will change drastically, it will be hard to sleep, you may develop health problems, and you will be expected to put the health of your baby first. This is what went through my mind, not to mention how drastically my life would change if I tried to raise the child myself, alone and single, jobless, unlikely to finish college... it was unthinkable.
But then, I was raised to consider abortion as a first option, and not a last resort.
Today, there are more women and children who are willing to go through all of this. But it's not my idea of a good time.