[ SECRET POST #3246 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3246 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

What I mean by depicted is in the news media for the most part, those heartless wenches who have an abortion at the drop of a hat, or go to parties and then pop morning after pills

Ahh, okay, I understand. That would be really angering and would make me want to write narratives to counter it too. Perhaps because I'm Canadian, and live in one of the more progressive provinces at that, I don't have to experience nearly as much of that kind of demonizing and distorting of the reality of women who have abortions. Not that Canada doesn't have plenty of regressive, dogmatic conservatives, but the prevailing sentiment here is definitely that it's a woman's business, end of story. So I guess that probably influences my perspective on the whole issue.

Anyway, good for you for writing a fic where a character has a voluntary abortion. It is, as you say, extremely rare in fandom, and even though my ideal abortion scenario is one where a character has one without it being a big deal, I know that if I were in the fandom you write in, I would undoubtedly applaud your fic for involving a voluntary abortion at all. And, I mean, if it's true to your character that the procedure be hard for them, then of course it's a solid call to make as a writer, too.

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>the prevailing sentiment here is definitely that it's a woman's business, end of story

I envy you, truly. I think it used to be that way in the U.S. before the Reagan years changed the political landscape.

I do think about moving to Canada. Often.

In my story the character was really more "get it out of me, get it out of me now" in a body-horror sort of way (he canonically turned in a bug-hybrid at one point so the thought of having his body changed by pregnancy was horrifying to him) but after the abortion he felt some sadness in reaction and, of course, there was his partner to think about.