My
passion to be an advocate for the Pro-choice movement is kept strong because my
family has been affected by the very thing that would have continued to happen
if Roe vs. Wade had not gone in our favor. The same thing could also happen if abortion
becomes outlawed in the future.
When
my grandmother was two years old, she had an older brother, a younger brother,
and her mother had discovered that she was expecting again. Her parents
struggled to make ends meet as it was and it was even worse because they were
living during the Great Depression. Her mother felt she had no other choice but
to try to end her pregnancy since her husband and herself were already trying
desperately to feed the family they already had. We are unsure whether or not
she resorted to a back-alley abortion by some person she didn’t know, asked a
trusted friend to assist her, or bravely tried to take on this feat by herself
but an abortion was performed and she died soon afterwards. She was so
desperate to try to make the right decision for her family that she risked and
lost her own life.
She
would not have lost her life and left her husband and three children to survive
on their own had abortion been available, legal, and performed by a trained
doctor. My grandmother was passed around between different family members,
where she and her brothers endured abuse, while her father scrambled to find
work. Once she was around ten years old, her father found a job in Baton Rouge
and they all moved to the area. The children were placed in an orphanage in New
Orleans while her father saved up enough money to be able to support his
children.
Not
only would many women lose their lives but many children would lose their
mother and many men would lose their wives if abortion was completely outlawed.
Abortion is a last resort not something that someone plans to do. It should
always stay a viable option that could be considered by the families and women
in a desperate situation.
Dana
Carbo
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