Women have a right to choose whether or not they’re going to have a baby. So what…because society says that abortion is wrong because you’re ending human life, that automatically means that I deserve to suffer? What about my life? What if I was raped? What about my hopes and dreams that I want to accomplish? What if I didn’t plan on having this child? I used to be on the other side of things because I was conservative. I was raised by conservative parents who do things the old fashioned way. I used to think that having an abortion meant that you didn’t care about the baby’s life but in reality, bringing someone into this world who you KNOW you can support emotionally and financially is WRONG. And it doesn’t matter what picture society depicts for us. It doesn’t matter who’s he father. Women deserve to choose their fate and what they wanna do. Especially when it deals with her body.
So I have a friend who got pregnant. She told me that she told the guy she had hooked up with that she was pregnant with his kid. The guy was ecstatic because he was going to be a dad. But my friend, she wasn’t so. Why? Because she didn’t mean for it to happen. She was impregnated by a one night stand, someone who didn’t even mean a thing to her. I guess you could say it’s her fault and that she was drunk. She didn’t consent though so it wasn’t rape. Anyways, she told the guy that she was going to get an abortion and the guy goes… “but that’s my kid! That baby is 50% me! You can’t do it!” And to think my friend would consider talking about it with him (because she’s very understanding) but she didn’t. She told him. “You may be the father of this baby but it isn’t your decision. You are no more than some guy who I hooked up with at a bar because I was drunk. You say you want this kid but I’m the one who’s gonna stay home and take care of it. And for what? I have to go through the whole 9 months and then the rest of my life? Taking care of a child I didn’t ask for. I deserve to make this choice. It’s my body and no one can tell me what to do with it!” she also used many vulgar vocabulary that I won’t mention. The point is, the guy thought that just because he was the dad that his opinion mattered. My friend didn’t ask for your opinion bruh.
So a couple of days after that, I followed my friend to the procedure. She was scared and most of all, having second thoughts. But it was what she wanted. After the procedure, we went out for lattes and I can tell you, she was happy. She was content. She knew she couldn’t raise a kid and I knew she couldn’t either. It’s been 3 years and she is now in college, working at a pet shop.
This is a message going out to all the women in the world who feel that they have to live by what the conservative society has to say. YOU DON’T. YOU HAVE A CHOICE AND I PROMISE I WILL STAND YOU, whatever choice you make. You are strong.
You are kind.
You are important.
Your body belongs to you.
You. YOU. YOU.
& I love you, Beautiful.
