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At least half of the women in America will experience an unintended pregnancy by age 45. At 2008 rates, one in ten women will have an abortion by age 20, one in four by age 30 and three in ten by age 45. And here we are in 2016, more than 40 years after Roe v. Wade made abortion legal, with presidential hopefuls talking about punishing women who seek abortion care and with more and more restrictive state laws being passed seemingly on a daily basis.
To be totally forthcoming, I do have an opinion on the matter. I do approach this material with a perspective and I am far from a disinterested party. I’m a woman of child-bearing age and a mother of two daughters. My oldest turns 11 this summer, and she’s already into door-slamming. Basically, puberty is imminent. In our house, when the time is right, we will discuss birth control. My goal is to have it available no matter what – with some questions asked, but not too many. And if my daughters get pregnant before they want to be mothers, my hope is that they will have access to the care they need, without shame or punishment.
“Abortion: Stories Women Tell” premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.
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