Comments on: Tonuya Scheniell Rainey

By: Lady J

Lady J — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:24:27 +0000

First off, its case workers like you who drop the ball. Did you not notice that she was “forced” into killing her soon to be born healthy baby. Forced. That is why she didn’t take her to a clinic. She could have kicked her out. Even if the bitch didn’t want her 16 year old girl to be “saddled” with a baby, she had no right to take the life from her womb and destroy it. You have never miscarried Matt. The pain both mentally and physically can be devastating. Also, this baby boy might have been born to a loving mother. Even at 16 many women are able to be good moms. No it isn’t easy, and no I am not speaking from experience. Maybe the 16 year old would have made better choices as most new mothers do. Maybe she would have been Mom of the year. Maybe she would have been on your case-list in a few years. There are a million maybes. No one person can know. Not you nor the POS featured in the article. The point is it was forced. No one has the right to say, “Oh, she is young, so lets kill her unborn.”

By: KateTwo

KateTwo — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:49:32 +0000

Thank you, Aletheia, for the link to that well-written, thoughtful article. I, too, have bookmarked it for future reference as I plan to examine my own thought processes, euphemisms, beliefs, and word choices.

By: vcbecky

vcbecky — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:46:50 +0000

I’m so glad to call you guys my friends. Any other group would have exploded over this issue. We’re usually able to discuss it. Sure, sometimes it comes close to getting out of hand simply because of the nature of the subject. But it only comes close. :)

One thing everyone agrees on – the only solution is to be able to allow women to control when they conceive with 100% reliability, inexpensively and non-surgically. Hopefully someday soon this entire debate will go the way of the dodo.

By: Maelstrom

Maelstrom — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:37:39 +0000

Absolutely Forlorn, and I love you as well….and I love CTG equally.

I’m kind of at a loss for words right now. Thank you so much !!

By: ForlornW

ForlornW — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:25:08 +0000

Maelstrom, I hope you know I <3 you. I think if I can see you're a human who arrived at your opinion after soul-searching and study and you can see that I am the same despite reaching a different conclusion – well, I wish more of the loudest speakers on both sides would see that.
I hate that too many on both sides see a woman’s womb as a place to battle over agendas. I wish they’d see a woman’s face, her heart, her thinking first, because each of the women facing that will be different.

I am so grateful for my children. I wish motherhood was as joyous and wonderful for everyone.

By: vcbecky

vcbecky — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:06:45 +0000

Well jeez, the coat hanger comment was a metaphor. I don’t think women sat in dark alleys and scraped their wombs with a coat hangar.

By: Cape Town Girl

Cape Town Girl — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:33:59 +0000

Maelstrom, there are only a handful of people on this site I would have entered into a discussion with on this topic.

You are one of them, I have seen posts where you argue passionately but rationally on the subject. A subject which is so deeply personal to each and every woman pretty much like someones relationship or lack thereof with their Higher Power.

Discussions like these are one of the reasons I love this blog.

By: Maelstrom

Maelstrom — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:41:05 +0000

Aletheia,

Well, thank you for that. I’ve been having a crappy day thus far…and that means the world to me. It especially means a lot coming from one of my favorite people on this site. :)