The Choice. Pro makes a controversial case that abortion can be an act of love

摘要

PRO on the wall of our family room hangs a picture of me, pregnant, carrying a sign at an abortion-rights march in 1989. The sign says, pregnant and prochoice. The phrase sums up my not uncommon history-youthful years of fearing birth control failure, later years of fertility treatments, miscarriages and, eventually, pregnancy and my three beloved children. At that march, protesters screamed at me. They seemed unable to believe that anyone could love children and also be "pro." To be truthful, I had private questions-about those tears at miscarriage, the grainy ultrasounds-but was on some level too squeamish to think clearly about what felt like contradictory ideas.