Kasey, you do pose some interesting questions. Thank you for posing them in a non-confrontational way.
> Lori, you chose to have an abortion, and say you regret it but it was > the right thing at that time, no one can contest that. The only > questions for RTL is was there other options? Where you given a > choice or an easy out? Of course there were other options, and yes, since I was working with a Planned Parenthood clinic, I was advised of all the possible choices. Choosing to terminate was certainly easier in many respects: financially, physically, probably emotionally as well. I won't dispute that. > There are many kids not adopted, this is true, but mostly older kids > taken out of abusive homes. Which is exactly the point I tried to make in my "confessional" post. I know who I was at the time, and I know that if I had tried to raise my child, there was a HUGE possibility that I would have become an abusive parent. I hate admitting that, but it's true. And due to all the drugs (including LSD) and drinking I was doing, the developmental health of the fetus was questionable at best. The discussion of genocide notwithstanding, I could not in good conscience bring that child into the world. Maybe I'm narrow-minded and selfish, but there are so many miserable lives already, and I believe in quality of life, not just life itself. Lori
