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The Spirit of Abortions Silenced Legacy
concludes the story
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| Turn to face Dr. Smith |
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| Dr. Smith isn't a baby
killer. She's a good moral being and a caring doctor
who understands that a desperate and determined
need for all women to decide for themselves if,
when, and how many children they will have will
lead them to circumvent a law that criminalizes
abortion with dangerous and deadly consequences
to themselves and their families. |
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| Dr. Smith knows there
are things in life she has the power to change and
affect and things she cannot and she has the wisdom
to know the difference. |
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| She knows she can save
women's lives by helping them safely terminate their
unintended unwanted pregnancies and she tries to
help women plan their families and help them prevent
unintended pregnancies. |
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| Despite great peril to
herself and her family, Dr. Smith does what she
knows is the only right and moral thing to do. She
is indeed a heroine. |
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| Turn to face Mrs. Jones |
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| Mrs. Jones is one woman
and she is all women. She's every woman who has
and every woman who will struggle to be in control
of their own fertility, no matter the risks. It
is that vital to her very being and to her struggle
for equality. She is brave, she is scared, and she
too is a good moral being who will make the best
decision possible for herself, her family, and the
potential life she is responsible for - a law against
such be damned. |
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| In me, the Spirit of Abortion's
Silenced Legacy, is all women who faced illegal
abortion. |
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| If I have to - if you
need me one day soon to be with you when you face
an illegal abortion, alone on your bathroom
floor or in the care of someone like Dr. Smith,
I will be there for you. I will be there to share
your pain, fear, and desperation. I will hold your
hand in a public trial, share your humiliation at
the exposure of your most intimate sexual self,
cry with you, bleed with you and cradle your maimed
bloodied bodies in my arms as you suffer and die.
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