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Dear Camilla . I cannot help but to extern here my deep respect and admiration for what you do and write in this list demonstrating your life of being of a woman brave , kind , honest and courageous and great wife , mother and friend . I have to say this because with yours example of life gives to me a renewed hope for the best destiny of mankind and humanity that sometimes I need very much . . Sincerely , Joao Paulo Camilla Flintermann wrote: > SNIPPED > > I hope that none of my pro-choice friends have that on their > >conscience. but I am so sorry that abortion became an option. If it had > >not been available. we would have managed. So that is why I would like > >to see the day when abortion is extremely rare. and allowed only for > >truly life threatening situations. > > SNIPPED > > Dear Friend-- I appreciate the courage it took for you to share your > daughter's experience on the list, and also the response from Charlie > Meyer, which is reflective of my own position. > We too have a daughter who became pregnant while still a teenager, and had > an abortion--they were legal then, as they are now. I accompanied her to > the clinic, and we supported her decision, difficult as it was for all of > us, since there was no way she could have handled motherhood at the time. > As a social worker I have counseled woman over the years who chose very > different paths in this difficult situation--some kept and raised their > babies, some chose adoption, and some chose abortion. I always explored > all the options with them, in the context of their own feelings and > situations, including their religious beliefs. I never tried to influence > them , but only to explore and then support what was their own best > choice....it's not something everyone can "manage". > I might add for your information that both our beloved daughters are > adopted, and while I am of course glad that their young mothers chose to > carry them to term, and surrender them , I understand the great stresses > this can present for the birth mother, and why some girls/women simply > can't make that choice. > I too will welcome the day when abortion is extremely rare, but I can't > support making it illegal again, since that would only mean that women are > driven to dangerous alternatives, as used to be the case. > One way to make abortions rare , of course, is to support responsible > family planning. > Well--that's enough of that--as a religious person myself, I certainly > respect your right to your views, but also ask that you respect mine. +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+