OPINION: I’m a Democrat But We Must Consider This Story When We Think About Abortion – Fox News
By Bryan Dean Wright
Published June 02, 2017 | Fox News There are very few issues that divide this country as completely and emotionally as abortion. And for good reason. Ending the life of an unborn child should compel deep reflection and pause in all Americans.
Including those of us who support a womans right to choose.
Wherever we end up on the spectrum of abortions legality total ban, some exceptions, or unfettered access our belief is a deeply personal one thats often based on a religious teaching or life experience.
For me, it was both.
In college, I received a phone call from my grandmother. Gone was the voice of the normally cheery and engaging matriarch of the family. Instead, she was oddly hesitant. Then direct.
I have something to tell you.
I had always known that my grandmothers life was difficult. Her mother Ethel was a dancer in Minnesotas nightclubs in the 1920s and later in a traveling carnival. Though Ethel had her redeeming qualities, she was a troubled soul who battled a lifelong addiction to alcohol.
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OPINION: I'm a Democrat But We Must Consider This Story When We Think About Abortion - Fox News
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