In going through the anti-abortion arguments thread, I found this comment left by reader Emily and just had to share it here:<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s how pro-life (and many other) arguments and positions get constructed. They\u2019re made of narratives which are heart wrenching, anecdotal, and passed verbally. So, it becomes to an individual, post-abortion trauma is real because the volunteer I know at the crisis pregnancy center hears these women\u2019s stories and she told me. And I know that in godless places with socialized medicine abortion is a primary form of birth control because the missionary I heard give a presentation talked about the women he knew of in Russia having dozens of abortions. While anonymous, the stories of women who have had abortions and their partners, family, etc. are canonized and passed on. And since nobody gets up in a Women of Faith conference and confesses, \u201cI had an abortion 9 years ago, nothing negative happened as a result, and I\u2019m sure glad I made that decision,\u201d it certainly appears as if the tearful stories of pain and loss are the only abortion stories. In fact, I think it\u2019s important to consider this social construction of the pro-life position and stories of pain in the treatment of this issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“But that\u2019s how pro-life (and many other) arguments and positions get constructed. They\u2019re made of narratives which are heart wrenching, anecdotal, and passed verbally. So, it becomes to an individual, post-abortion trauma is real because the volunteer I know at the crisis pregnancy center hears these women\u2019s stories and she told me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[263],"class_list":["post-9083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-awesome-comment-award"],"yoast_head":"\n
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