Personal Narrative: I Am Pro-Life

This is my story about the day my views on abortion changed, and why they changed. If you could get away with murder and no one ever found out, would you do it? The problem is people are blinded; they have been convinced that murder is ok. This is what Pro-Choice says “The procedure for an abortion is very quick, the mother comes to the clinic, and she gets the abortion, then she is sent on her merry way.” Well what about the baby how merry is she/he? Why are we allowing these lies to justify the wrong we do, the murders we commit, and yes we are as guilty. Why, because we are not standing up, we stop at “I am Pro-Life”. I hope you can understand the truth behind abortion. I used to answer yes, not any more. The De La Cruz family was having
their annual cookout, so everyone was there from the kids to Grandma; the kids were outside running, my uncles were cooking the steaks, my aunts inside catching up on the latest gossip, and my Tia Bebes and me on baby duty. My Tia was carrying her three month old nephew, she smiled so big making faces at the little baby; it was rare for her to be in such a good mood so I asked “Tia, why haven’t you had any kids?”. Her smile faded and I watched sadness wash over her face she answered “Mija it’s not that I don’t want any; the problem is that I can’t have any, and you know me and your Tio can’t afford to adopt.” I looked down feeling my face turn red and said. “I am sorry Tia I didn’t know” “It’s ok” she replied and went back to playing with the baby. At that moment the face of a friend came to mind she was 17 when she got pregnant, not ready to be a mom she aborted. That’s when it hit me, how unfair abortion might be. I went home that night and lay down in my room watching the ceiling fan turn. I thought about this for a long time, trying to justify what I was beginning to believe was wrong (abortion). I asked myself shouldn’t a woman have the right to do what she wants with her body? Well what about the women who are left alone to take care of the child? What about the women who have an “oops” what happens to their futures? These were excuses I used to justify abortion because I was not ready to say abortion was wrong yet. I left the issue like that for the night, but finding sleep was not easy, finally my eyes began to get heavy and I drifted off to sleep. As fate or GOD would have it, I had another encounter that made me stop and think about what was right and wrong; It was Saturday grocery shopping and looking for cauliflower and cheddar cheese at Wal-Mart did not appear to be too exciting, so I told my mom that I was going to go look for a DVD.
I walked that way and looked for the new season of Criminal Minds, I find the DVD and start reading the back. This show is about serial killers and why they kill so when someone comes up from behind and covers my eyes; it scares me half to death! When I finally realize I am in no potential harm I turn around and realize it is an old friend of mine, Ashlynn. We said our hellos and as we were catching up her daughter began to cry, she gave a look of frustration and picked her up. I asked her “Do you wish you could take it back, if you could would you have aborted” and she replied “You know…when I was pregnant I was so scared and didn’t want to keep her; but now when I look back I am so glad I did keep her, I mean yeah it’s hard…but I can’t imagine my life without her.” This made me think of how different things would have been if she had aborted. Would she feel bad about the abortion or would she be happier. How many women who kill their babies and regret their actions? A lot! At this point I was almost convinced that abortion was wrong. So I knew that I had to be sure of it. Ashlynn and I said our goodbyes and promised to keep in touch this time. When my family and I got home I
asked my dad if we could talk and he said yes so after we unloaded and put away the groceries my dad and I got into our jeep and drove around town. My dad asked what was wrong and I said “Dad, I am not sure if abortion is wrong or not.” I also mentioned to him about my encounters with my Tia and Ashlynn. My dad asked me if I valued life and I replied “of course” then he asked “even animals?” “Yeah Dad, that is why I don’t eat any beef products, because the way they slaughter them is inhumane.” He then asked “So say there was a child and a cow; and I was going to kill one. Who would you save Melissa?” “The kid…I see where this is going.” My dad then said “Melissa abortion is not anything simple like society says; it is sad!! You don’t know what they do during the procedures; they go in with instruments and cut the baby into pieces and then they vacuum the pieces out one by one, or they drill into the baby’s skull and suck the cranium out, then vacuum the baby out. It’s not ok to kill even if everyone else says its ok just because they do wrong doesn’t mean that we can, we have to stand up for what’s right even when it’s the easy way out.” This was the moment when everything changed. I was now certain abortion was wrong. That night I did my research on what many call a “simple procedure” and these were the things I found.
I learned that one excuse people use to justify is rape. Well I looked the statistics up and two to five percent of rape victims end up pregnant, and that is if they go and report the crime so a doctor can clean them out with a rape kit. And if this is the situation then they can simply give the baby to someone who does want kids like my aunt and many other women who would and will love the baby. When I read in high detail this next part I could not stop crying, because of the horror of it all and the evil that a person must be, to do this. Pro-choice never explains to anyone about the “fetus” moving around trying to get away from the instruments doctors’ use when they perform an abortion. The doctors that do this for a living and know the practice like the back of their hand never tell women about the baby pushing away from the probes they use while murdering them or the way the baby fights with all the strength he has until his death. This is how bad our society has gotten, because the mother’s womb is supposed to be the safest place for a child. Well even in there some babies are faced with the fear of their innocent
lives. Now that I knew abortion was wrong I looked for the alternatives to abortion, this is where my Aunt and friend come up again. Keeping the baby is one option, which I realized when a girl finds out is a scary thing, especially if the girl is an unmarried woman/teenager, but after the baby is born she cannot see herself without the baby. Another thing that she can do is give the baby up for adoption, to someone who can’t have kids but can love a baby more than herself. When I look back at who I was I am saddened but proud of myself. Sad because I was so cold and inconsiderate, proud because I was able to recognize that I was wrong and admit to it as well. I now understand that abortion is not a solution to a “problem” but the easy way out for those who will not do what is right. I hope that I have made readers stop and think about what abortion really is, and question themselves if they believe abortion is still right.