Wow, what a topic.

I think abortion/conception is too complicated an issue for black and white slogans. That's why I'm pro-choice.

As some of you may know, I'm an epileptic. For some years I was on a combination of medicine for it. I was seventeen when I was put on them. At the age of 20, Sam and I found out that I was several weeks late for my period. I mentioned this to my neurologist at my appointment. She immediately sent for blood and urine tests. Turns out the medicine I was on "scrambled" fetuses. She told me that if I was pregnant, my fetus would be disfigured beyond all recognition. It wouldn't have a complete spine or limbs. She said that in her opinion, I'd have no real choice but to abort. Thankfully, the tests came back negative.

After that, I stopped taking the medicine. I would rather have a seizure than create a child so mangled and in pain that it would require an abortion.

That really brought home the whole issue of abortion for me. Before that, I'd never thought I'd be capable of having an abortion. I didn't and still don't want to make that decision for any other woman. It's a decision between her, her partner, and their doctor. I don't think anyone ever takes abortion lightly, and I think it's wrong for other people to judge you until they have been in your position.