Issues

I have tried to avoid talking about political issues on my blog but one issue has been affecting me so much that I do not wish to stay quiet about it. Abortion. After having my miscarriage and feeling the sadness that comes with losing a baby I started to really consider abortion and how I feel about it. To me it is taking an innocent person's life. I have been having a really hard time understanding why so many girls and women are doing it. I guess I was just thinking these women do it and feel no regret. How ignorant of me. I was talking to my sister-in-law last night and she mentioned to me that there are organizations that help educate women and give them support if they are considering abortion. Today I did a little research online and found a website, Stand Up Girl. It gives women a chance to tell their story, whether they have gone through with it, considered it, or are currently considering it. They get support and insight from readers of the site. It is really great! I got to read about girls who had abortions and found that, at least from the stories I read, some of them were pressured into it by their mothers and the fathers of the babies (and other various friends and family members). Some of them chose to do it themselves. Most of them regretted their decision and almost all of them felt a great deal of sadness when it was over. Anyway, I want to get involved in something like this. I think it would lessen the problem if women were educated about safe sex first and then about the development of a baby in the uterus.