I will tell you right now that I haven't seen the movie "Knocked Up", though based on
Mike's assessment of it, I totally want to. Looks really funny! Everything else I know about the movie is based on
this Slate piece that points out an alarming subtext in the movie, that abortion "is a really horrible thing to do."
Before
you start taking sides here, hear me out. As I see it, the issue of
abortion is vastly complicated. I'm the mother of four wonderful
children. My youngest is still as adorable as when you last saw him,
but he was a complete and total surprise at a really inconvenient time
in my life, as he came along just as I was strongly considering leaving
his father I didn't, at least not then). The feeling then of having no
choice but to "stick it out" and "make the best of it" was degrading,
to say the least. Did I consider abortion? No. Perhaps following my
intuition about it, knowing my life would be forever changed (but in a
good way), I chose Eric, not even knowing yet who he was.
But
I've had an abortion, long ago. Am I haunted by it? No. It was a
choice, and it was a different time. And I have no regrets: if I lived
my life over again I wouldn't choose differently next time, not based
on who I was and the circumstances.
I've been on both sides of the fence, then.
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