People have asked my take on Akin, abortion and that whole argument. I’m sorry, but I can’t have a rational debate on the pros and cons of abortion. Let me tell you why…
When I was a young woman, a 21 year old nurse, I was assigned the job of basically cleaning up after abortion. Part of my job was to account for the “remains”. It was so horrible, grotesque, ugly and traumatic, I didn’t last long. A big part of me wishes I had quit the first day. I felt the guilt of even being associated with something so wrong. To ask me to have a civilized debate about abortion is akin to asking troops responsible for the body bags to have a discussion about the theory of “just” war. They just can’t do it. I can see absolutely nothing good in abortion. I admit there may be some hard cases where it is deemed necessary, but it is still bad. Its like shooting someone coming at you with a knife. You acted in self defense, but you can’t call the shooting good. Neither can the person who has to take out the body.
Ironically, about four years later I worked on the mental health unit and had as patients two of the abortion provider physicians. They were being treated for suicidal depression.
