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Story time: I identified as #prolife for the majority of my life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Being an adoptee, adopted into a perfect family, I had an incredibly biased view of the “choices” a childbearing person has. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I wanted every child to be given the opportunity that I had. To be adopted into a loving family. But that’s not how it always works. Babies don’t always go to perfect families. Adoption isn’t always an option, and it certainly isn’t always the right option. Not to mention the fact that it leaves out a large percent of people who seek abortions for other reasons, including the health of the parent or baby. But I clung to it selfishly for many years. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ As I approached my mid to late 20s, the realization set in that allowing others’ to have their own reproductive choices does not affect the choices that I would personally make. Along with the realization that I have never been in the situation that others have been in, and that every person’s story is unique and theirs and it has to be explained to no one. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 1 in 3 women have an abortion in their lifetime. When you stay quiet about this or when you vote against reproductive autonomy, you are letting your sisters, cousins, neighbors, friends, aunties, mothers and grandmas down. And not one of them is required to tell you their story for you to understand or respect it. We need to have understanding and empathy for those who are faced with this decision. We cannot allow a room of hypocritical white men dictate our choices. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ And it’s important to allow yourselves rooms to grow, to change, to evolve with your views. I will always be transparent with my growth because I hope it will inspire others to see that it is ok to make the shift as well. #prochoice #reproductiverights #womensrights
Beautiful day to hike and love on my furst child 💛 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ To those who say my relationship with Mila will change, hAvE yOu EvEr MeT meEEeeE?

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