I had an abortion. It was the right decision for me and my husband, and it wasn’t a difficult decision.
~ Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards, Elle, October 16
[Photo via Elle]
[tweet_box]Sad that @CecileRichards 3 surviving children will read her abortion “wasnt difficult decision”[/tweet_box]
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I don’t think this strategy of abortion being a casual, everyday decision is working for them. What a vile woman.
I am sad that her child was killed. And the world is sad.
Even if she isn’t.
Cece is a smart and fiercely capable woman. Imagine how much good she could have done, if she had not devoted every day of her life to self-justifying the killing of her own child.
This appears to be a change in strategy for PP, in line with a Washington Post editorial by Janet Harris “Stop Calling Abortion a Difficult Decision”.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stop-calling-abortion-a-difficult-decision/2014/08/15/e61fa09a-17fd-11e4-9349-84d4a85be981_story.html
Sadly in the article, Ms Harris writes, “When I was 18, my boyfriend, whom I was with for more than a year, frequently pressured me into having sex. At the time, I lacked the maturity and experience to exert more control over the situation.”
She then goes on to write two paragraphs later, “This was in the mid-1980s, when abortion was about women having control not just over their bodies but over their destinies.”
In essence she touts abortion as a means to compensate for her own lack of maturity and control.
Hi Eric,
She has sex because she is pressured into having it. Its by some kid who has no intention of taking any responsibility for a possible pregnancy. And she touts abortion as giving her control over her destiny and her body.
Do these women ever listen to themselves?
It sounds like lover boy had his fun and walked away.
Also Eric,
Why do these women feel such a need to shove this down the world’s throat? First its the sob stories, then its we don’t give a damn. Try one strategy then try another.
If you’re comfortable with your decision then shut up about it. Who wants to hear about it?
Are they trying to convince us they are happy with their decision? Or themselves?
“It was the right decision for me and my husband, and it wasn’t a difficult decision.”
Why was her husband involved? I thought it was a woman’s right to choose. She’s not a feminist. She’s a tool for people who want their way. no. matter. what.
“I lacked the maturity and experience to exert more control over the situation.”
No doubt. Most girls (and some boys) are raised with the clear understanding that we better learn how to play nice. If we were not raised that way, “the systems” made it clear that we better “learn how to get along” and “know how to behave.”
We better start holding “lover boys” accountable real fast to learn how to control themselves or our country will be in deeper trouble than it already is.
Legalizing abortion was never about helping women. And if you are a person who believes that, you are both a fool and a tool and probably a liar too.
What I’m saddest about is knowing Richards’ three surviving children will read this. It could have been one of them who was aborted. And they will know to their mother it wouldn’t have been a “difficult decision.” How heartless Richards is.
I haven’t found much info (and haven’t looked much) – has she discussed the circumstances around her abortion?
Don’t worry, Jill. I’ve talked to many siblings of aborted children, and I’m sure they’ve already rationalized this and employed their favorite coping mechanism of dehumanizing their deceased brother or sister into some reviled waste product (with a seeming degree of anger in most cases, for some reason).
When I was 18, my boyfriend, whom I was with for more than a year, frequently pressured me into having sex. At the time, I lacked the maturity and experience to exert more control over the situation…
…I became pregnant. He tried to pressure me to abort, but I finally started standing up for myself, because I had someone else to stand up for, too.
I feel a bit sorry for Janet Harris. I must wonder if aborting her child was just another thing she was pressured into doing, and just tried to imagine that it was her idea in the first place, so that she could pretend to have the control that was denied her.
I’m interested in the circumstances, too. It pretty much sounds like Ms. Richards is confessing to have used abortion for birth control.
Melissa – How did you come to that conclusion? I read the essay and wasn’t able to make that leap.
It wasn’t a difficult decision, because you need a soft heart, not one made of stone!
Just saying…..
PS It will be a decision that you will regret,on judgement day, unless you repent of it!
Ex-GOP, I was just going by the odds. 95% of abortions done are done for elective reasons. That is, more or less, back up birth control. She doesn’t say, but I’m guessing that what happened was some form of the all-too-common she found out she was pregnant, she didn’t want the baby, and so she had the baby killed. Pretty effective, but barbaric birth control.
Is this the part where I’m supposed to go “I’m okay with abortion now that I know the president of Planned Parenthood has had one?”
One of my siblings condones our little brother’s abortion, I dont know how the other two feel about it. I was deeply affected by it. I remember how my mom described being “salted down”, how she felt her son — my little brother — frantically fighting for his life, thrashing and kicking as the saline solution burnt the flesh from his tiny body, but there was no escape. My parents rationalized the abortion by saying that we were going through a hard time financially, but a few years later we were back on our feet again. My Fad even said “we could have that baby.”
Too late Dad.
“Is this the part where I’m supposed to go “I’m okay with abortion now that I know the president of Planned Parenthood has had one?””
Yes, right after she commits to giving up everything she owns other than the clothes on her back and the shoes on her feet.
Void of any conscience. Typical Democrat.
Audie, Do you support legal abortion?
Wow. phillymiss…so sorry. That is heartbreaking. I can’t even imagine…I just…
I’m just so very sorry for your loss. For your family’s loss. For the pain that innocent baby, your brother, went through. And for WHAT? Problems are temporary, abortion is forever.
I am always glad to see you, Xalisae.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
I never know what to say when someone gives financial reasons as the reason.
How about, “I know. I find it okay to kill humans for financial reasons as well.”
I’ve had less than $100 to my name with three children to feed. Which ones should I have killed? Would you tell me to kill all three Jenny?
Stop with the excuses already.
“I am always glad to see you, Xalisae.”
I think we all are.
Oh my, such a hard heart. It reminds me of the Bible verse which speaks of people who have “a seared conscience”.
In her book UnPlanned, Abby Johnson tells of co-workers who had had many abortions. She said one of them told nervous clients that she had had 9 abortions, and laughed about it. :-(
I personally do not believe that Cecile Richards ever had an abortion. She knows too much about it and even though she won’t admit it she knows it would haunt her down the road. She’s content with just selling the myth to others. If ever there was a publicity stunt, this is it.
While I see no evidence of her story being a myth, I understand your reasoning Mike. If I want to sell you a 1986 Buick with 150,000 miles, I’ll tell you I own a 1986 Buick with 200,000 miles and it runs fine.
That’s totally possible, Mike. It is also possible that she is in deep denial. I mean, come on, for a woman to face the fact that she has killed her own child by her own consent, to live with those ramifications must be soul-numbing.
I have carried children in my womb, I have felt them move, I have noticed when they responded to people’s voices, music, and other stimuli. (I also saw how amazingly they responded to the voices they had heard before birth, immediately after they were born.)
I was very aware of how alive they were long before they were born, long before I became a child of God and could understand why.