Kevin Ware's injury yesterday was called gruesome and horrific by hardened sports reporters. Coaches and players openly cried and fell on the floor. The audience screamed at the sight. Yet. Unborn babies who could live outside the womb, are sliced and diced everyday trying to push away the instrument that chops their flesh and bones. For that we are told it's a woman's choice. It's a right. And there are meanies and fanatics trying to stop the pain and agony the babies experience.
At book club today we're discussing "The Girls from Ames" a non-fiction piece following a group of 11 women from their pre-school friendships to their 40s. The first to have an abortion (p. 85) was Kelly, who with her boyfriend decided she wasn't ready to parent in college. When I read that I wondered if she knew that an abortion during a first pregnancy puts a woman at higher risk for breast cancer. By the last chapter we have a description of her breast cancer (p. 282) and worries about deformity and whether she's still attractive to men.
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