JMJ
July 29, 2019
It’s time to get the record straight. Basics. Fertility is the norm and the good. Sterility is a negative and and unproductive. If you are married one of the main purposes to choose that state is to have off spring, that is children. Why then do pregnant women have to be on the defensive?
Some reasons given are: Because some women have too many children. What is too many children and who decides? Because some women are too old? For what? And who decides? Obviously if the woman is pregnant she is not too old to be pregnant. It may be harmful for her health. Women and men do all kinds of things that are harmful or may be harmful for their health. But most things are ignored and are in the category of none of anyone’s business unless someone elses’ health or life is endangered. Pregnant women are not endangering anyone’s health
The main reason why pregnant women are expected to be on the defensive is because they invoke guilt on other women and men who have chosen sterilisation, abortion, or artificial contraception. These people want to believe their choice was or is good and other people choosing something else is considered a reproach. Why ? Because they may not actually believe their choice was good, acceptable or necessary. So they have to beat down their consciouse by beating down verbally, silently or otherwise the person who has stirred up their guilt.
Many people regret moral choices they have made. In fact everybody with a healthy conscience does. That is why there is the Sacrament of Confession. We understand that the choice of abortion produces long lasting pain . But part of the healing process is you stop blaming others who made, in this case, the right choice. We can’t expect others to abide by our pain in the course of their life.
So..... Quit persecuting pregnant women who may be older. If people hadn’t attacked their fertility chemically, or surgically for many years there well may be many older women who are pregnant. It is the anti- lifers who insist that people can’t , mustn’t shouldn’t be pregnant after 40 years or 30 or after one child . Now is there anyone who can recommend a good, pro- life doctor who wouldn’t treat a pregnant woman past 39 as a biological monstrosity? It is getting urgent. Gay
