"In a weird way, I owe my life to an abortion."
So goes one of the sentences in this honest piece by Aarom Traister on abortion. Aaron is the sibling of an aborted baby and also a post abortive man. His thought process is not unlike other siblings who feel like they would not be alive were it not for the abortion, or sense of guilt for living when their sibling did not.
I am sending Aaron the info on our sibling day, and our next men's day who knows, maybe he will come.
In college Aaroms girlfriend had an abortion without telling him. He struggled for years down a self punishing road he had become all too familiar with in his life.
But here is where Aaron goes wrong. In describing his wife he says he owes "Planned Parenthood an unqualified debt of gratitude," for teaching his wife sexual responsibility so that they are now able to share they life they do.
There is no question that Aaron understands the destruction of abortion, he lives it and he has made a call for men to become involved. What he fails to get, is that Planned Parenthood is the leading pusher of abortion, killer of unborn children and destroyer of life. That they exploit minors allowing this life changing decision by young people often without the support of anyone who loves them.
I hope that Aaron truly begins to hear the voices of those of us who are post abortive and who know Planned Parenthood is no hero. How they have destroyed millions of lives. I also pray Aaron finds the support he deserves in working out the hurt and pain from abortion in his own life. I know he can work through it like so many have before him...
Why men need to speak up about abortion
For years, I considered it a "female issue." But the truth is, it affected my mom, women I've loved -- and me
My mother doesn't hide the fact that she had an abortion, but she also does not talk about it freely or with ease. I did not find out that she had an abortion until I was in my mid-20s. Asking her for permission to include her experience in this story was one of the more difficult conversations I've had with her in recent years, but I wanted to, because this conversation has become important to me, a fact I'll explain later.
The story goes like this: A year and a half after my mother and father welcomed my sister into the world, my mother found herself pregnant for the second time. Early in the pregnancy there were complications that put the health of the fetus and my mother at risk. After careful and difficult deliberation my mother and father chose to end the pregnancy. No one was happy about the choice, it was not approached in a cavalier fashion, but my mother and father decided it was the safest course of action, and the one that was in the best interest of the entire family.
read the rest here: http://www.salon.com/news/abortion/?story=/mwt/feature/2011/02/22/men_must_speak_up_on_abortion_debate
