Abort the Notion of "After-Birth" Abortion.
In last month's blog, I discussed the vast importance of the upcoming November election. In this month's post, I want to discuss one of the main issues that should be of major concern for most voters, a woman's right to her own bodily autonomy. But first, I want to share a short story with you to give you some perspective and food for thought. When I was sixteen-years-old, I was living in Southern California and working at a local Jack in the Box restaurant, flipping burgers and making fries and shakes. I was just a high school student, living in my own very naive world. I befriended a co-worker named Jim, who was seventeen at the time. I enjoyed working with Jim, he was silly and had a great sense of humor. Shortly after our friendship started, he confided in me that he'd gotten his fifteen-year-old girlfriend, Amy, pregnant. I asked him quite candidly what the two of them were going to do? Jim admitted he was unprepared to be a father. And Amy at fifteen,