Wonkette: David Brooks's Abortion Column Should Have Been Aborted

[liberalhistorian]

4. When I was unwed and pregnant

nearly thirty years ago, it infuriated me the number of people, male AND female, who, without really knowing me and before having any idea what I planned to do, railed at me against abortion and thought they had the right to dictate to me what I should do.

The only person who had ANY right to decide was ME (my fiancé had decided he didn't want to deal with any of it and had kicked me out of the house. Biology allowed him to "not have anything to do with it", while I, quite literally, had no choice, I had to decide what to do, though I, too, "didn't want to deal with it."

I did not choose abortion, and ultimately raised my now-grown son, but at least the option was available. I'm also amazed at the number of people who have used me as an example to women in similar situations: "see, she also was abandoned and had it rough but she chose to carry the pregnancy to term, you can do it too!" Excuse me, but just because I made a particular choice, based on what I thought was right for me, does not mean that it would be right for everyone else and they, too, should make that decision, that choice. Because that's what it's all about, CHOICES, based on what the individual thinks is best for her under her own circumstances.

Fuck David Brooks, and the hell with his bullshit "character". I'm sure his dumped wife would have some "choice" things to say about his so-called "character." I'm so tired of these hypocritical RW fucks always lecturing us when they know shit about it.