{"id":299580,"date":"2023-10-03T12:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T17:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=299580"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:31:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T02:31:37","slug":"ms-magazines-abortion-stories-women-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ms-magazines-abortion-stories-women-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Magazine’s abortion stories prove women need support, not abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ms. Magazine has <\/span>collected<\/span><\/a> a series of abortion stories in order to prove that abortion is \u201ccritical\u201d to women and girls. ‘Our Abortion Stories’ shares the abortion experiences of Ms. readers and appears to be an ongoing project of the magazine. <\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the stories show that women and girls don\u2019t need abortion \u2013 they need support. That support exists, but the pro-abortion media and politicians are attempting to conceal it and disparage it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pregnant at 17<\/b><\/p>\n

Veronika shared her abortion story, explaining that she got pregnant at age 17 after acceptance into college. She said she \u201cwas ready to change cities and start working toward a career in electrical engineering. I knew I was definitely not ready to start a family.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, in her home state, she would need parental permission to have an abortion and she felt her parents would not allow it. She even feared her mother would kick her out of the home. Veronika contacted the pro-abortion group Jane\u2019s Due Process, which helped her \u2013 a minor \u2013 undergo an abortion without her parents\u2019 consent, and possibly without their knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What Veronika needed was support and to be made aware of the resources that were available to her \u2014 including for adoption and parenting. There are colleges that provide housing for parents, as well as childcare so that young mothers can continue their education as planned. For example, <\/span>MiraVia<\/span><\/a> is a pro-life pregnancy center that offers a residence for expectant mothers on the campus of Belmont Abbey College, though students who live there can be attending a different college. The young mothers stay there free of charge until their child turns two. They also receive meals, childcare, case management, referrals for services, and are ensured prenatal care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pregnant in college<\/b><\/p>\n

A woman named Yamani shared her story of becoming pregnant while in college at the age of 19. It had only been a month since her grandmother had died and though she \u201cwondered if it was her spirit coming back to me,\u201d she had an abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to have an abortion,\u201d she explained, \u201cbecause I didn\u2019t have the support I needed to be the parent I wanted to be. I didn\u2019t have any barriers to [abortion] access, but I regret my abortion and for many years, I did not talk about it publicly. I am staunchly in support of abortion access without any barriers and never want anyone to try to use my regret against my advocacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yamani had an abortion only because she felt she didn\u2019t have access to the support she needed to be a good mother \u2013 but she <\/span>did<\/span><\/i> have access to abortion. Rather than point out the clear issue here, she argues that though she regrets her abortion, she wants women and girls to have open access to it and fails to speak out about ensuring access to pregnancy and parenting support.<\/span><\/p>\n