desperate now
no real choice
no viable option
he’d already left her
she birthed other babies
what else could she do
but have child removed?
…the one she’d never celebrate
Abortion is a tragedy to grieve, not an occasion to celebrate. Author Leslie Leyland Fields writes an open, compassionate letter to “celebrants” of abortion here.
a poem in my pocket 
Jan 28, 2019 @ 12:59:48
Yes it is a tragic choice that is made often in very desperate straits!
Jan 27, 2019 @ 09:36:26
Difficult decisions and if a woman cannot cope with more its even sadder as we do not support women enough with either birth control or the issues these decisions can create.
Jan 29, 2019 @ 10:00:54
We certainly need more compassion for all involved…
Jan 26, 2019 @ 14:08:47
How sad is this situation. No, not a time to celebrate them.
Jan 25, 2019 @ 14:58:02
I doubt that there is anyone celebrating abortions…
Jan 26, 2019 @ 19:40:59
Mario Cuomo, governor of New York, celebrated Tuesday by signing a bill and ordering spire of Twin Towers lit pink 😦
Jan 25, 2019 @ 13:49:50
It is the one to grieve over not celebrate.
Jan 25, 2019 @ 08:32:05
Indeed, no one celebrates an abortion — no one. It is a hard, painful choice, often brought by hard painful circumstances. I had a close evangelical Christian woman friend, married the man of her dreams — a preacher. They worked in the inner city. Their home was broken into when her husband was away, she was raped and got pregnant. She was told abortion was a horrible sin and the pregnancy, though hard to understand was god’s plan for her. So my friend, at 24 years old, killed herself.
Jan 25, 2019 @ 09:25:00
Awful…
Jan 25, 2019 @ 07:44:33
I do have to wonder at the culpability we all share reflected in the words, “no real choice, no viable option.” I suspect anyone who has had an abortion would have celebrated it, this world forces so many false dichotomies and blind corners. In a world of competing imperatives, I hope we can find a way to help people support life affirming possibilities, while standing in compassion with those who truly felt they had no other choice. You present life crying out within the scales of both views, underscoring the essence of tragedy. I do think Cider House Rules are often written by people who did not live in the Cider House.
Jan 25, 2019 @ 07:48:03
Thank you for this thoughtful comment, Lona. I believe we all share some culpability in this tragedy.
Jan 24, 2019 @ 22:25:31
i think about neil young’s song rockin in the free world and my heart aches. life is cruel and death is crueler, especially for an unborn
Jan 25, 2019 @ 06:59:06
Yes, abortion is a cruel practice.
Jan 24, 2019 @ 20:34:02
Amen 🙏🏽
Jan 24, 2019 @ 20:00:13
So heart wrenching. Suffering that no one else but the woman who is going through can understand.
Jan 26, 2019 @ 19:42:11
…and other post-abortive women who ache from their loss.
Jan 24, 2019 @ 18:46:40
So many possible answers in today’s… and yesterday’s news. So little truth… but more devastating, so little love on either side. And isn’t it sad that I had to say, “either side.”
Jan 25, 2019 @ 07:02:22
A lack of love any way you look at it. An excellent organization called CareNet reaches out to help women and their children in difficult circumstances.
Jan 25, 2019 @ 20:21:13
I know about CareNet, and other organizations that do similar work. We can’t make people tune into something they may not have… or be aware they have. That’s someone else’s job.
Jan 24, 2019 @ 16:05:02
Sigh 😦 it is like Calvino says; “In abortion, the person who is massacred, physically and morally, is the woman.” 💔💔
Jan 25, 2019 @ 07:04:50
Yes, abortion can devestate a woman.
Jan 24, 2019 @ 15:19:15
Hey lynn. You reminded me of this one I wrote but didn’t publish:
You would have been 22 today (Not really, but close enough) If we had let you If our fear hadn’t driven us To snuff you out Before you had begun
Sent from my iPhone
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Jan 24, 2019 @ 15:39:13
Thanks for your comment. My heart goes out to you! I do think fear motivates many abortion decisions.