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Abortion and Gay Marriage: Time to Rethink Them

Abortion and gay marriage are difficult issues for most of us.  In fact, I would say they are for all of us.  They are often so misunderstood and those dealing directly with them are many times dismissed, condemned, or otherwise mistreated because of it. Abortion. Abortion is always complicated.  I have known couples, families, individuals who have been through this.  None of them ever took it lightly or thought of it as some easy way out of a difficult situation.  They each one agonized over the whole process.  And they all carried afterwards a wound, a deep feeling of remorse, free-floating guilt for years, the burden of second guessing their decision, and the grief and loss that come from going through something like that. We should have the greatest compassion for women and those closest to them who choose to have an abortion.  Why do we often forget or refuse to do that? Abortion clinics should be places of solace, quiet care, and sympathy.  Not places of pro