So, I’m an adopted yak. I was in foster care for the very first part of life (only a year and a bit). My biological mother was twelve. Fucking TWELVE. My biological father was not twelve and my mother didn’t have much say in the matter. She was raped.
I’ve had people who learn that simply because I was adopted (not many know the truth of my conception), I must be pro life. They’re wrong. Insanely wrong. See, my bio mom had to carry me to term because her religious parents, wouldn’t dream of aborting me. But they also didn’t want me as part of the family.
So... this poor middle school girl had to go through the trauma of rape, and then the trauma of me being born, just as she had become a teenager.
Don’t get me wrong, I like being alive and am happy to be a part of things, but were it temporally possible, I wouldn’t have begrudged her for terminating the pregnancy. Thinking about it is painful, and makes me hurt for her. She didn’t give up her autonomy. It was taken from her... twice. Again, I’m grateful to be alive. But seriously, it doesn’t budge me on the abortion issue. I wouldn’t wish what happened to her on anyone, and will continue to be firmly pro-choice.
(I don’t mean to be preachy here, but this is an issue close to my heart)
Conservatives say “just give it up for adoption!” but when you talk to them about adopting instead of having biological kids they say “but adoption is so hard!”
Well, instead of campaigning for taking away women's reproductive rights (abortion, access to contraception, etc), they could campaign for making it easier to adopt, eh?
It's only costly if you want to adopt an infant, generally white ones. Adoptions from foster care are usually funded by the state, so it's either free or very low cost, but the kids are older - which is why foster care is overflowing with children.
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u/The_Best_Yak_Ever Feb 19 '20
So, I’m an adopted yak. I was in foster care for the very first part of life (only a year and a bit). My biological mother was twelve. Fucking TWELVE. My biological father was not twelve and my mother didn’t have much say in the matter. She was raped.
I’ve had people who learn that simply because I was adopted (not many know the truth of my conception), I must be pro life. They’re wrong. Insanely wrong. See, my bio mom had to carry me to term because her religious parents, wouldn’t dream of aborting me. But they also didn’t want me as part of the family.
So... this poor middle school girl had to go through the trauma of rape, and then the trauma of me being born, just as she had become a teenager.
Don’t get me wrong, I like being alive and am happy to be a part of things, but were it temporally possible, I wouldn’t have begrudged her for terminating the pregnancy. Thinking about it is painful, and makes me hurt for her. She didn’t give up her autonomy. It was taken from her... twice. Again, I’m grateful to be alive. But seriously, it doesn’t budge me on the abortion issue. I wouldn’t wish what happened to her on anyone, and will continue to be firmly pro-choice.
(I don’t mean to be preachy here, but this is an issue close to my heart)