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The story kind of made me angry. I felt I was reading a string of justifications. There are harsh realities of unwanted children, and it is nice to plan children in healthy stable environments, but life is messy, and the responsibility now lies on our hands as potential parents. I completely understand how she feels about her two children now, they are joys. But when she was first pregnant they weren’t nonexistent beings, they didn’t wait around in limbo to be born.
Kirsten Fischer
You and I both faced the same hard dilemma, as particular individuals, in differing, specific circumstances. I chose the path right for me and for my children who were born later. You chose the path right for you and your child. It can feel threatening for each of us to look at the other on the path not taken and be reminded of the price and the lost possibilities. But that doesn’t mean we must scorn or condemn each other. We could extend our sympathies and support to each other, and wish each other well along the way.
