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No one ever said that abortion was pleasant or easy or not a tramatizing thing. Life is difficult and things aren't so pretty. Birth isn't so clean and fabulous either, and death.. Well try and watch your best friend being eaten by cancer as I did this year. Leo, how about a period? Ever have one? Didn't think so. Ever seen blood splattered on the bathroom floor as you try and find a tampon. Didn't think so. How about having a screaming 6 month old, shitting itself and drooling with baby vomit and sour milk. Not so pretty either. Life is dirty and difficult and morally complex. Nothing is as easy as people like you wish it was. How many kids have you taken out of foster care? Better yet, how many kids of color are you supporting? None, right? Thought so. Much easier and a lot safer to talk about the evils of a medical experience then the harsh and horrible realities of the real world.
--Susan McIntosh
