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 Abortion
I am for Love.
I am for
abortion.
I am for woman having choice over her body and her life.
Pro-life
– no matter what - seems to be anti-nature. Because the human body normally
rejects 60-80% of fertilised eggs. And because nature aborts.
Then there are esoteric angles.
Nature Aborts
Spontaneous abortion, also called miscarriage, is vital to healthy
reproduction.
This may be due to genetic abnormality or environmental dangers.
For animals, abortion can be an adaptive response to resource
scarcity.
Caribou are aborting big-time because oil-searching humans are stripping bare the forest and meadow.
Orcas are aborting massively because fish-hungry humans have depleted the salmon.
For humans the scarcity of resources can be emotional, financial and spiritual.
Women cite emotional and financial scarcity as the most common reason why they
choose abortion (Valerie
Tarico, AlterNet, posted 4 May 2016, accessed 19 April 2017).
If you consider life to
be a sperm or an egg, then why does nature often discard them?
The future viability of eggs is already being established when they are
developing (Stephen Hall,
Discover, posted 29 May 2004, accessed 19 April 2017). So, nature is already preparing natural abortion before the egg is even formed!
Must we stop
menstruation and ejaculation because so many spermatozoa and eggs are destroyed in natural life cycles?
If you believe life starts at fertilisation, then why does
nature routinely reject most
fertilised eggs? It normally rejects
60-80% of fertilised eggs within days (Stephen Hall,
Discover, posted 29 May 2004, accessed 19 April 2017).
Esoteric Understanding of Womb Life = Embryo/Foetus is NOT Soul
It
is my spiritual understanding that the soul is separate from the
embryo (conception to week 8) or foetus. The embryo/foetus is developing into the outer garment that the
incarnating soul will later wear.
In the first trimester, the embryo/foetus is
getting acquainted with the collective evolutionary journey of animals,
going through all the stages of Earth evolution. Meanwhile the soul is
usually overshadowing the foetus, but not yet incarnated in the foetus.
The individual human or person only starts later, when the
soul begins to merge in it. In terms of the map of consciousness Animal, Human & Angel,
the embryo/foetus is the Animal, whilst the joining of soul to this
Animal is the Human. The Angel is within the soul. The issue
is complex and more detail will likely be given later.
What Abortion Debates Miss
Part 1
Equal and supportive tribal societies have existed. In such a world in-synch with Nature, human-led abortion seems unnecessary.
But,
we have fucked with Nature. This is the advent of things like
civilisation, colonialism, capitalism. Nowadays, there are so many poor
people in unsupportive, patriarchal cultures. Places where resources
are scarce and emotional safety is non-existent. Sometimes, when we
mess with Nature like this, temporary measures like human-led abortion
are necessary.
 Part 2
What
seems more relevant than the physical life is the developing emotional and subtle bodies of the
unborn child. We need to care for the incoming spiritual being.
A harmonious and spiritual pregnancy is ideal.
If the mother is feeling
violated (e.g. due to rape) or unable to cope (e.g. pregnancy at young age),
her emotional state will be distressed and conveyed to the developing soul.
If
she wants to continue her pregnancy, the likes of flower essences and a supportive sisterhood may help her tackle her issues.
What I am saying is that if you want
the best for the embryo/foetus, deal with the emotional, mental and spiritual state of
the 'motherbaby' (mother-to-be and unborn as one). See Preparing for Conception and Prenatal Bonding.
 Pain & Abortion
Although, pro-life advocates dispute this (e.g. here, here),
I go along
with the medical understanding of pain in the developing human body. Foetuses do
not feel pain before 24 weeks. Even after 24 weeks, a foetus is naturally
sedated and unconscious in the womb (BBC, posted 24 June 2010, accessed 19 April 2017; Wikipedia and Wikipedia, both accessed 7 October 2018).
Even if foetuses do feel pain, we must also consider:-
- the possible pain of the mother and the human-to-be;
- human-led abortions use anaesthesia;
- human-led abortion is likely to be only needed until we can create an equal and safe society, a culture in synch with Nature.
Conclusion
So, if we truly want to be for
life, surely we need to make sure humans have enough emotional, financial
and spiritual resources?
We need a Culture of Love,
where money
needs to be eliminated or where everyone has a sufficient universal basic
income. An equal society where women feel emotionally safe and can thrive.
If we can create that, then I think the need for surgical human-led abortions would dissipate.
It is not so much about being a fanatical pro-Lifer or pro-Choicer. It
is more about prioritising an equal and safe society, after which this
polarising debate will evaporate.
Resources
Videos
Facts
- Abortion debate (Wikipedia).
- Abortion safer than giving birth: study (Reuters, 2012) [USA study. It's not high-risk as often claimed. It's 14x less deadly.].
- How does surgical abortion work? (IPPF video, 2018).
- How does medical abortion aka the abortion pill work? (IPPF video, 2018).
- Ireland referendum: What happens inside an abortion clinic (BBC, 2018).
- I've been an 'abortion doula' 2,000 times (BBC, 2018).
- What a pregnancy actually looks like at nine weeks – in pictures (The Guardian, 2022) [This may be a relief. We rarely see what such tissue looks like. You have probably been misinformed, deceived.].
- Junk science is cited in abortion ban cases. Researchers are fighting the ‘fatally flawed’ work (Jessica Glenza, The Guardian, 2024).
- Hundreds more babies in US died than expected in months after Roe was overturned (The Guardian, 2024).
- Infant mortality rises in states with abortion bans, study finds (Reuters, 2025) [USA].
Pain
Stories & Articles
- Abortion stories: From a 'sense of relief' to a 'broken heart' (BBC, 2017) [Abortion needs to be talked about, supported, not stigmatised].
- The women looking outside the law for abortions (BBC, 2018) [Self-managed abortions with pills, USA].
- GOP's proposed 6-week abortion ban is mostly sexist trolling (Salon, 2017) [USA].
- Doctors' organization: calling abortion bans 'fetal heartbeat bills' is misleading (The Guardian, 2019)
[American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says term does not
‘reflect medical accuracy or clinical understanding’].
- Undercover
in The Anti-Abortion Movement - How Abortion Became a Tool of White Supremacists (Sian Norris,
Byline Times, 2020) [USA and Europe’s anti-abortion policy is not driven
by religion, but rather by nationalist and racist motives. There is fear of a white
genocide by immigration. Whites want to boost the white population, so they
incentivise procreation and deny immigration and women’s choice. Also see here.].
- It
can feel uncomfortable to keep telling our abortion stories – but it is still
essential (Emma Beddington, The Guardian, 2020).
- End all legal barriers to abortion, say leading European politicians (The Guardian, 2021).
- It’s not just Texas – anti-abortion activists are targeting women’s rights in Europe (Mara Clarke, The Guardian, 2021) [Draconian laws in European countries and the effects of Brexit and Covid-19 are making safe terminations harder to access].
- UN experts condemn Texas abortion law as sex discrimination ‘at its worst’ (The Guardian, 2021).
- ‘Women are capable of doing this’: the doctor defying local laws to provide safe abortions by sea or mail (The Guardian, 2021) [On the work of Dr Rebecca Gomperts].
- Abortion surveillance: in a post-Roe world, could an internet search lead to an arrest? (Johana Bhuiyan, The Guardian, 2022).
- Killed by abortion laws: five women whose stories we must never forget (The Guardian, 2022) [Abortion law is not very pro-life, is it?].
- The activists championing DIY abortions for a post-Roe v Wade world (Poppy Noor, The Guardian, 2022) [Forget back alleys and coat hangers. Self-managed abortions can be ‘safer than aspirin’, research says.].
- ‘I got in the car and he blindfolded me. I was willing to risk death’: five women on abortions before Roe (The Guardian, 2022).
- ‘Police may be at your hospital bed’: an abortion rights activist on post-Roe criminalization (The Guardian, 2022) [Renee Bracey Sherman argues that abortion rights and police support cannot go hand-in-hand.].
- The brutal US abortion ruling is a potential death sentence for all pregnant women (Emma Brockes, The Guardian, 2022)
[Doctors in many states are now barred from intervening unless
they’re sure someone is about to die. Inevitably, some will.].
- What’s the difference between miscarriage and abortion? For some women, it’s hard to tell (Poppy Noor, The Guardian, 2022)
[There may be little distinction between the two, but USA lawmakers
won’t listen and doctors are wary – and women pay the
price. Yet it's all healthcare.].
- Republican abortion bans restrict women’s access to other essential medicine (Maya Yang, The Guardian, 2022)
[Many USA pharmacies and physicians are forced to deny patients access
to essential drugs that also can induce an abortion].
- 'A gamechanger': this simple device could help fight the war on abortion rights in the US (Poppy Noor, The Guardian, 2023)
[Manual uterine aspiration uses a small, hand-held device to remove
pregnancy tissue. Gentle, quick, discreet. Not new. But few primary
care clinicians, who are vastly more common than overstretched abortion
providers, are trained in it or provide it. It can be part of regular
medicine. Important as abortion pill rights are being made illegal. In
Bangladesh, where abortion is illegal, it allows safe abortions for
early pregnancies, as it is a legal loophole for doctors, disguised as
restoring a woman's period. It can also be self-managed, done DIY. It
can also treat miscarriage, or spontaneous abortion. When it’s
done, you know that it’s done. There’s very few bleeding
issues.].
- The Guardian view on abortion law: the case for decriminalisation (The Guardian, 2023) [UK].
- A baby born to a brain dead mother: this is the horror of abortion bans (Moira Donegan, The Guardian, 2025)
[Rape functions this way, too — using a body for an end, without
deferring to the person who inhabits it. Women deserve better.].
Nature Aborts
Money
- Two-child
benefit cap influencing women's decisions on abortion, says BPAS (The
Guardian, 2020) [UK].
- As
predicted, women are suffering because of the two-child benefits limit
(Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, 2020) [UK].
- Women from poorer backgrounds three times more likely to have abortions (The Guardian, 2021) [UK].
- The profound, long-lasting costs of banning abortion – a comic (Rita Liu, The Guardian, 2022)
[Studies show that lack of abortion access has a life-long financial
and emotional cost. Also, it entrenches generational poverty.].
- Rise in abortions in England and Wales linked to cost of living crisis, say experts (The Guardian, 2023).
Support
- Abortion Finder [USA].
- Abortion Support Network (ASN) [Ireland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man,
Malta, Gibraltar, Poland].
- Ada's abortion journey (IPPF) [Interactive, in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese].
- AidAccess [USA].
- International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) [Global].
- Keep Our Clinics [USA. Protecting access to abortion care.].
- MSI Reproductive Choices [Many countries available, including in Africa & Asia].
- Planned Parenthood [USA].
- Safe Abortion app [free].
- The National Network of Abortion Funds [USA. Removes financial and logistical barriers to abortion access.].
- Women on Waves [Worldwide. Using international law to evade local law.].
- Women on Web [non-USA].
- 7 ways to be a male ally on abortion (IPPF, 2018).
- Abortion
Without Borders: a bold, feminist reply to Poland’s draconian laws (Claudia
Torrisi, openDemocracy, 2020).
- The abortion travel agents: ‘Some women know what they need, others just say: help’ (Margaret Atwood & many others, The Guardian, 2022) [On the work of ASN].
- Why US women are deleting their period tracking apps (The Guardian, 2022) [Due to fears of prosecution over abortion bans. Planned Parenthood suggests the Spot On app without creating an account.].
- The abortion privacy dangers in period trackers and apps (BBC, 2022).
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