Mary Schmich (C-Tribune): Coming to grips with abortion's new vocabulary

[Tweed]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0502180103feb18,1,391970.column?coll=chi-news-nav

"Years ago when I was living in northern California, I wandered into a church and ran into a stack of brochures about abortion.

Growing up Catholic, I'd been taught that abortion was murder, but when I moved to California, I was surrounded by people schooled to believe that abortion was a woman's right, free of government intrusion. For the first time I met women my age who had had one.

It was also in California, in my 20s, that I met women who lived through the days when abortion was a crime. To those women, back-alley doctors and bloody coat hangers were fresh memories and not, as they are now, just cliches and distant legends.

So there in the cool church vestibule, barely a decade after abortion had been legalized throughout the country, I picked up a leaflet, wondering if there were something in this house of worship that would clarify my thinking."

Usually Schmich's articles are pretty light, but this is a good one.

[il_lilac]

1. Great article

Thanks for posting!