If people really wanted to do something about the abortion rate, they'd raise the minimum wage and provide more social support for children and women. Much of the abortion debate is "punish those sluts" not "Every child wanted, loved, and supported", and often ignores the fallout of their positions on the average person and on people of varying social classes.
Abstinence within a marriage can be very emotionally problematic on both sides. For us, given that we were abstaining anyway due to being apart five days out of seven, the pressure to actually be intimate when we were together was pretty strong.
Seven pregnancies, six years. Three children born, one adopted out, three abortions, one first trimester miscarriage. I am neither embarassed, regretful, or ashamed. Being pregnant messed me up worse than having the abortions did.
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Date: 2009-11-12 09:23 pm (UTC)Abstinence within a marriage can be very emotionally problematic on both sides. For us, given that we were abstaining anyway due to being apart five days out of seven, the pressure to actually be intimate when we were together was pretty strong.
Seven pregnancies, six years. Three children born, one adopted out, three abortions, one first trimester miscarriage. I am neither embarassed, regretful, or ashamed. Being pregnant messed me up worse than having the abortions did.