As the State of Georgia proceeds with it’s law to deny women the ability to have an abortion under any circumstances and basically from the very beginning of one’s pregnancy, I am reminded of a comment made by Senator Marco Rubio when he was running for president in 2016. A journalist asked Senator Rubio about how he would react if his wife or his daughter told him that she was pregnant but that her doctor had informed her that if she continued with her pregnancy, she had a 98% chance of dying. Senator Rubio’s immediate response was to extend both of his hands out and say that he could never choose between one life and another. Essentially he was saying that in this instance, he could not choose between the life of a fetus and the life of his daughter.
My reaction to the question posed by the reporter was very different. If my daughter had made the same comments to me, I would have expressed my hope to her that she would see her doctor and do whatever was necessary to take care of her life. If her pregnancy had to be ended and if she continued to want a child, there would most likely be an opportunity in the future to seek the birth of a child.
For those who believe that abortion should never be an option, I accept their belief and would fight for their right to never have one. But we live in a democracy uncontrolled by any one religious belief, and for those of us who support the rights of a woman to have control of her body under any and all circumstances, I ask all of my fellow Americans who respect the rights of their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, female cousins, female friends and all of the women of America to accept the concept of their right to control their bodies based upon their individual ethical and moral beliefs.
My reaction to the question posed by the reporter was very different. If my daughter had made the same comments to me, I would have expressed my hope to her that she would see her doctor and do whatever was necessary to take care of her life. If her pregnancy had to be ended and if she continued to want a child, there would most likely be an opportunity in the future to seek the birth of a child.
For those who believe that abortion should never be an option, I accept their belief and would fight for their right to never have one. But we live in a democracy uncontrolled by any one religious belief, and for those of us who support the rights of a woman to have control of her body under any and all circumstances, I ask all of my fellow Americans who respect the rights of their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, female cousins, female friends and all of the women of America to accept the concept of their right to control their bodies based upon their individual ethical and moral beliefs.
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