{"id":1478,"date":"2006-06-05T00:42:50","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T00:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/everyones-to-blame.html"},"modified":"2006-06-05T00:42:50","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T00:42:50","slug":"everyones-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/06\/everyones-to-blame.html","title":{"rendered":"Everyone’s to blame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Except me. One woman’s tale of why she "had" to get an abortion – <\/a>because she couldn’t get a "Plan B" emergency contraception pill, ended up pregnant, etc. <\/p>\n

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I’m still in good health, but unlike the last time I was pregnant, nearly a decade ago, I’m now taking three medications. One of them, for high cholesterol, is in the Food and Drug Administration’s Pregnancy Category X — meaning it’s a drug you shouldn’t take if you’re expecting or even planning to get pregnant. I worried because the odds of having a high-risk pregnancy or a baby born with serious health issues rise significantly after age 40. And I thought of the emotional upheavals that an unplanned pregnancy would cause our family. My husband and I are involved in all aspects of our children’s lives, but even so, we feel we don’t get enough time to spend with them as it is.<\/p>\n

I felt sick. Although I’ve always been in favor of abortion rights, this was a choice I had hoped never to have to make myself. When I realized the seriousness of my predicament, I became angry. I knew that Plan B, which could have prevented it, was supposed to have been available over the counter by now. But I also remembered hearing that conservative politics have held up its approval.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

All terribly sad. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Except me. One woman’s tale of why she "had" to get an abortion – because she couldn’t get a "Plan B" emergency contraception pill, ended up pregnant, etc. I’m still in good health, but unlike the last time I was pregnant, nearly a decade ago, I’m now taking three medications. 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