Abortion is Normal (A COVID-19 unexpected pregnancy)

She called for religious absolution.
I didn’t need to give it to her, but still she called.
Pregnant.
She’s not who you think:
She’s married.
She’s a mother.
She’s well educated.
She’s successful.
She’s pregnant.

A lima bean I told her. 
Not even a lima bean.
Not a baby. 
A mass of cells.

99% effective that birth control! 99%!
How can I be the 1%?
I’m done having children. 
I cried when the second pee stick said positive again.

She was clear. She doesn’t want another child. 

Do I have to go to some clinic?

No clinic.
Go to your doctor. 
Give thanks you are in a safe state.

I am so mad. How can other women not have this choice?
Remember, abortion is normal. 
Normal.
They want us to think it’s awful. 
It’s not awful. It’s a minor medical procedure.
You aren’t the first woman who got pregnant on birth control.
Abortion is normal. Say this to yourself over and over again.
And this is not a gift from God.

Thank you for saying that.

It isn’t. 
God didn’t cause COVID-19 to remind us about community.
God didn’t decide you should get pregnant so you can love being a mother.
We can’t interpret everything as God’s challenge or invitation.
Things happen. Cancer. Pandemics. Pregnancy.
They aren’t good or bad. They aren’t from God. They just are.

Minor medical procedure. Safe.
Lima bean.
Abortion is normal. 
You have your life to lead. 
You matter to God. 
You are loved. 

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