When Abortion is Used as Birth Control

Recently I've had an opportunity to read an article on abortion I reflected on a once close friend of mine. Abortion in her family was common. It was practiced as a means of birth control and a way to keep "sinful" things secret. My friends quest for love started early, when we were prepubescent she would search for love in the arms of older men. I know now that those men would be called pedophiles. Her first abortion was at the tender and early age of twelve it was enforced by her mother who thought she was doing the right thing. Having a baby at that age would have bought shame and humiliation to her family. They did not want to hear the accusations against their parenting. Surely if they were paying attention it would have never happened. I recall how fast she grew up with her desire to be loved or given attention by an older man growing stronger. These men were in there late twenties to early thirties when she was only twelve, thirteen and fourteen. The older she got the older her selection became. I use to think her father was not around but I later found that though her parents divorced he was still a positive force in her life.

I recall the early confessions of her third and then fourth abortion filled with sadness and grief. she felt remorse but appeared as if she didn't have many options, which she didn't at the time. She was still mentally a child being used by older men who prey on the innonocence and naivete of young girls. Those men appreciated her mother's decision of abortion, it allowed them to continue with her child free of consequence. Of course her mother did not know the ages of these men or what she thought were boys but she never stopped to find out either. Even after all of her "sinful" behavior was swept under the rug my friend was never reprimanded for her part in the sexual relationship. She was never told that it wasn't right to have sex outside of marriage and so she grew up with the notion that abortion was a form of birth control. She practiced this repeatedly hardening her heart with each abortion. She no longer looked at it as her fault but the responsibility of the men she slept with to protect them both.

Her and I were talking a few years back when she casually began to count how many abortions she had up until that point. They were being counted by the relationship. She may have had three or four abortions per boyfriend and that was to keep him coming back. We both lost track around twenty six or seven. As I got older and I was openly exposed to what abortion actually was I was completely disgusted. I almost felt responsible for not speaking up on her unborn children's behalf. I was so use to hearing her say she was pregnant and having an abortion that it was common. When she chose to have her daughter it completely took me by surprise.

She was in a caring relationship and the child would have been born in love is what I was told. The father told her to keep it, that is what I know. A few years after the birth of her daughter and a few more abortions since I finally took a stand when I received the call that she was once again pregnant but this time she was four and a half months. She gave me her song and dance on how she would keep it. I knew she was lieing it was in her to kill and kill she would. I asked her how she would feel if someone hired a hit man to kill her daughter would she grieve over that? Would she think that as murder and her answer was yes. I begged her not to kill her unborn baby I even offered my help. A few weeks later she called to tell me she had a miscarriage but I knew that was untrue. I remember crying after hearing that news.

When will enough be enough? when will people see that babies are still babies whether born or growing in the womb. It is just like me saying you are not human while you're in your house but does it give me the right to take your life. When will the doctor's and nurses who help these women with their "Choice" realize that they are no better than a hired hit man. When will the women who allow their children to be ripped from their stomach's know that they can prevent pregnancy. They can prevent the murder of an unborn child. It only takes a second to protect yourself, It only takes a second to protect the child by not conceiving the child in the first place. When is enough enough?