Silent No More: an Abortion Post

That's right, Hatandcoat, I went there: an abortion post. I'm gonna leave this one up here on top for you to replace.

I was on campus the other day, and I saw an ad for Silent No More, an event where women "who regret their abortions will be speaking out to the public about their experiences." I thought, okay, whatever. Then I got a Facebook invite to it from a girl I know through class. I don't really know her, though. At all. It was a little strange to get the invite, but I guess people who are active on campuses just invite all their Facebook friends.

So I thought more about it.

On the one hand, I think it's fine to speak about such things. Maybe I'd even say "good." I don't really want to hear about them, but that's because I have to go to school with the girls who would be talking, and I don't really want to think about dead fetuses whenever I see them.

On the other hand... the event is sponsored by a group called "Students for Life." I checked their website, and yeah, it's about what you'd expect. They're anti-choice. So the event "Silent No More" is not about coming together to talk about traumatic events from a choice that these women made; it's about encouraging people to vote to take away that choice altogether.

So the regretful women wish that they had not even had the choice to begin with. If they hadn't had that choice, they wouldn't regret it now.

Don't you think this is strange?

There's a lack of responsibility that just stuns me. It wasn't the doctor's decision; it wasn't the lawmakers' decision; it wasn't the Supreme Court's decision. It was yours. And many of you would have made the same choice were it illegal, and then you'd be regretting it even more than you are now.

It's the same attitude that stuns me when I hear of women treating abortion like any other form of birth control. The same lack of responsibility.

It's fine to regret your abortion. And if your "Silent No More" event is just about telling people about the possible pain of having an abortion, fine. I'm happy to support that. But if your organization is for tearing down Roe v. Wade, and you're only telling your story to do so, then I can't support that. It was your bad choice, so take responsibility for it, and don't place it on the government.