:: The S.I.C.L.E. Cell ::

:: Saturday, December 22, 2007 ::

This moment of joy brought to you by "choice":

Today (well really yesterday) at the doctor's for a totally unrelated issue, the nurse ran through the litany of illnesses to which I was to answer yes or no. "It says here 'two failed pregnancies,'" she said. Relief washed over me, and I thought, right or wrong, how nice it was that instead of mentioning abortion outright, as in my previous office visits, the medical profession had caught on to using a sterilized term that shielded me from the horror of what I did eleven years ago. Alas, the nurse wanted clarification when she asked, "By 'failed pregnancy' does that mean two miscarriages?" I said, "No, but since I've known you for five seconds let me just tell you about the most horrific, regretful event of my entire life!" And then I laughed and we discussed how stupid it is that the question is even asked during such a ridiculously unrelated appointment.

And on my way to the car it occurred to me that my husband will never be forced to divulge this horrific, embarrassing information to any medical professional ever. And it ticked me off to realize yet again how we aborted our baby together but I'm the only one who has to keep telling people about it.

So refresh me, because I've forgotten how this pain, that is exclusive to me (and not him) empowers me as a woman.

:: ashli 1:10 AM # ::
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Good grief, look at all the flaming negativity (the poll) re: Jamie Lynn Spears' unplanned pregnancy. Planned Parenthood (and abortion supporters who probably make up half of the American population) are always saying, "Your kids are having sex--YOUR kids--as much of it as they can, whether you like it or not!" and then they pimp contraception. But when Jamie Lynn Spears has an unplanned pregnancy the nation is shocked! She becomes a "train wreck," people lump her in with her troubled sister, and the term "trailer trash" is thrown around.

Because she had sex? Couldn't be--that would by hypocrisy 101. Because she got pregnant? Couldn't be, because that implies she did it by herself, and besides, everyone knows contraception cannot guarantee that users will not become pregnant. Again, hypocrisy. Is it because she is responsible enough to give birth to the living, growing child she now carries?

Oh shame on her for not killing the baby she and her boyfriend chose to make when they accepted the risk of "gettin' they teenaged freak on."

Sex, sex, sex. All the teens are having sex. So why is everyone in such an uproar that Jamie Lynn Spears had some? And why isn't Planned Parenthood coming to girlfriend's public defense when it's perfectly normal??? So again, is everyone really upset that Jamie Lynn had sex or are they just ticked off that she didn't kill her child in an abortion like everyone in her situation is expected to do?

If I was a gamblin' gal, I'd bet big money that the fact that she had teen sex isn't viewed as irresponsible as meeting her unplanned pregnancy with unplanned joy instead of abortion.

Well, GOOD FOR YOU, Jamie Lynn! You've got chutzpah and a lot more class than the public is giving you credit for. You hang in there and enjoy this special time with your precious little one. At 16 you already understand that moms should make sacrifices for their kids, not of them.

You're going to be OK!

:: ashli 12:10 AM # ::
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I've been having some health issues for over a year now that have ferried me to the knock-out table and positioned me under the knife and/or foot-long needles on more than one occasion. This week, after scraping me off the ceiling post-(particularly painful) procedure, I recouped at home in anticipation of what the neurologist would say today.

Would you believe that my doctor gave me all of my choices, explaining them in graphic detail, and listing all the pros and cons of each option? And at the conclusion of the appointment he even informed me that as my physician, he would not allow me to make a decision today. Despite the fact that in the past he has made all of these choices clear possibilities for my medical future and I have had time to ponder them, he would not allow me to choose today, because he wanted me to go home and give extra consideration to a choice that will carry consequences that affect the rest of my life.

This particular deliberation pertains to pain and surgical procedures--things not half as important as the choice whether or not to destroy one's own living, growing child.

Curiously my physician seemed unaffected by my gender, that is, he did not automatically defer to my choices without question based solely on my womanhood. Instead of treating me with superiority, he treated me equally--like any person, male or female, who has a big decision to make. And you know something? I am not offended. Are you? When you read this account, do your cheeks flush red and your heart rate increase? Or does it sound like good medicine? Do you, like me, believe that my doctor's handling of the situation was respectful, wise and not at all rocket science?

Yet if an abortionist told a woman to go home and think it over, to really consider all her options--heck, if he explained all the options and all the pros and cons of the options to the woman--if he explained the procedure itself using anatomical terms and not generalizations like "tissue," if he did all this--or if women were protected by a legal mandate for this level of care, it would somehow be unthinkable!

It seems that when it's a neurosurgeon doing the talking, he's a thorough, wonderful physician, but if an abortionist says the same things, or if he is required to say the same things, then he or his legislator is a paternalistic, woman-hating bastard.

I dare say Mr. Spock would have a problem with the logic.

:: ashli 9:56 PM # ::
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Out of respect for Christians everywhere Planned Parenthood has decided to revise their Christmas cards not only to sound more like the original Biblical text but also to reflect a little more accurately what they mean by "choice":


















From everyone at Planned Parenthood,
Merry curettemas!

:: ashli 9:45 PM # ::
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They could have just shown the comic book, card and commercial and that would have been enough. The extra is a little distracting. Still, I include the video for the sake of the aforementioned items.

:: ashli 11:25 AM # ::
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RealChoice gets ink at the Washington Times blog!

You GO, Christina!!!

:: ashli 3:58 PM # ::
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Speaking of football...

When history-making Tim Tebow's mother was pregnant with him, she contracted amoebic dysentery and went into a coma. The medication that was administered was strong--so strong in fact that the doctors told her the fetus (aka Tiny Tim) was irreversibly damaged and should be aborted. But Tim's mom followed Christ, even when it hurt, and Tim grew up to be the first sophomore ever to win the Heisman.

So I propose a new poster:

An extra 7 pounds
could make life
difficult at times...






















but then again...
it could make
football history!

Choose life. It's worth it.

HT: Dar

:: ashli 3:44 PM # ::
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The fine print at the bottom of this poster, hanging at a Planned Parenthood facility, says:

"Become a father before you're ready and you may always wonder what else you could have done."

Perhaps it should say:

"Hack your kid to bits in an abortion and you may always wonder who s/he would have been."

Lessee...my own flesh and blood or a spot on the high school football team. Hmmmm...boy, that's a tough one.

C'mon, people! Even avid, avid abortion supporter Christina Aguilera knows that nothing's more important than your baby! In this month's issue of Marie Claire Christina talks about performing some semi-risky show-stoppers at her concerts (such as hanging from a circus pinwheel) while pregnant, saying she took extra precautions like wearing a well-concealed heart monitor. "There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show," Christina reasons.

If she won't risk her child's health and safety for a multi-million dollar, fame-perpetuating show, then why should anyone else risk or endanger his child for a spot on the high school football team?

Is her baby more important than yours?

:: ashli 11:27 PM # ::
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Every life matters. Sleep well, sweet princess.


Please consider sending a financial gift to:

The Riley Ann Sawyers Fund
First Merit Bank
Attn.: Ellen Forbus
7800 Reynolds Road
Mentor, OH 44060

This will help Riley's dad and grandmother pay for Riley's transportation back to Ohio, any funeral-related expenses, and it will help Riley's dad and grandmother with travel expenses associated with the trial which will be held in Texas, well over a thousand miles away. They want to be there every step of the way as justice is sought out for Riley.

:: ashli 12:39 PM # ::
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