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irisblue

(36,317 posts)
Thu Jul 14, 2022, 04:03 PM Jul 2022

The sexual abuse I suffered as a child made access to abortion a necessity

source-https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/roe-abortion-rights-consequences-1973-20220628.html
The sexual abuse I suffered as a child made access to abortion a necessity




snip-"It began in the bathroom. First, there were showers. Then, one evening when my mother went out, he laid me flat on the bed and got on top of me. It was the heaviest weight I had ever felt. I laid there still, staring at the red and white box of Marlboro’s peeking out of some sweaters stuffed on a shelf in my mother’s open bureau. She had tried to quit; I suddenly realized she had failed, and this scared me."


snip-"Meanwhile, he became more brazen. I started menstruating and began to wonder what would happen if I got pregnant. My first periods were erratic, and I never knew if I had conceived. One month went by without a period, then two. I didn’t know what to do. I began to make elaborate plans: I would run away and live with my cousin in Miami. Then I remembered I had no money to fly to Florida. To protect my brother and my mother, I decided I would have to kill myself so no one would ever find out. I considered this every day for several months while I waited for my period. And I waited."


snip-" The doctor examined me and told my mother he did indeed find scar tissue, but the amount suggested I was having sex on a regular basis; this was not a one-time thing. He shook his head and declared that my story just didn’t make any sense. He decided I had a boyfriend. “In any case,” he said as he frowned, “she’s not pregnant.”

snip-"Not being pregnant was my salvation. When pregnant people were given the right to bodily autonomy, all the kids like me were granted that salvation, too. And now, we might lose even that. Every child deserves a better future."


more there.

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The sexual abuse I suffered as a child made access to abortion a necessity (Original Post) irisblue Jul 2022 OP
I heard Debbie Millman's interview on WBUR show Here & Now today irisblue Jul 2022 #1
What a stupid doctor. Say what you want about the state of things nowadays, raccoon Jul 2022 #2

raccoon

(32,089 posts)
2. What a stupid doctor. Say what you want about the state of things nowadays,
Fri Jul 15, 2022, 06:04 PM
Jul 2022

Thank goodness our society has gotten better about talking about things such as incest, rape, domestic violence. Instead of sweeping it under the rug. Which was done for decades no, centuries.

DENIAL: It ain’t a river in Egypt.

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