Trust women

I am participating in the
 Slice of Life.  
All participants are writing about one moment, one part of their day, 
on Tuesdays.

A big thank you to Two Writing Teachers for providing this unique opportunity

for teacher-writers to share and reflect!!

I've been frustrated by the ugliness and extremism of the abortion fight in recent months - especially the repressive laws that are now being passed. Abortion is never an easy choice for women. It is heart-wrenching and personal, and it should be safe and private. I've been trying to think of pithy retorts...though I lack the quickness that is so essential in this rapid-fire, catchy sound bite, tweet-driven world we live in. I wanted to reduce my thinking to two-word phrases - and what emerges is almost a poem:

Love babies

Trust women

Support families

Whole lives

Healthy communities

Think deeply

Encourage caring

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Respect doctors

Promote research

Improve medicine

Tolerate gray

Eliminate absolutes

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Stop polarization

Listen lovingly

Engage others

Consider perspectives

Prayerfully contemplate

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Thoughtful decisions

Allow privacy

Compassionate laws

Abortion rights

Love babies

Trust women