I’m sorry you felt attacked by people’s responses; I think the trouble is that there are some underlying assumptions in your comment that aren’t clear to you, but that were clear to a lot of other people because they’ve seen them before. The main one would be that most abortions at 32 weeks aren’t like this — that…

This is a really powerful, and well-written article, and I thank you for it. I am saddened by all that I know of this subject, what “Elizabeth” (and so many other women) have to go through, and the direction our politicians seem to be heading: back to the 13th century. And I am equally saddened by your and others’…

I understand where your initial response to the headline is coming from. I think that it is also something Elizabeth might have explained for you already, as she has said in the interview: “It was interesting to me, as a liberal, non-religious person, to see how much of that anti-choice rhetoric I had internalized.”

I was thinking that too. Her husband seems like a really wonderful partner to have. This is horrific for the woman, but there is also something truly terrible about standing on the side, helpless, as the person you love goes through this.

ok. maybe you think this person doesn’t have a point. but you are not being the thing you wish they were. best of luck.

It’s really valuable to hear that an exchange like that actually helped to change your opinion. Sometimes persuasion seems so unlikely that it seems like a better idea to just try and block anti-choicers the best we can, instead of trying to convince them. (I think a lot of people on the left also tend to demonize…

THIS. When I was younger, still living at home with my conservative parents, I took a political science class at the local college. We had weekly debates, and for the reproductive rights debate, I took the anti-abortion side, because that’s what I believed. The professor asked if I thought abortion was murder and…

How selfless and incredible of this woman to share such a painful, heartbreaking yet insightful story. So much love going out to her.