In unrelated news, Hostess has introduced banana-flavored Twinkies. I saw them at Hy-Vee, and I'm sure my eyes got just as big as when I spied gingerbread Pop-Tarts for the first time. I squealed, I bought, I tasted. I am sad to report that they are NOT the heavenly ambrosia I'd always imagined would result from such a pairing. I ate three (just to make TOTALLY SURE I didn't like them) and gave the rest to Tony and Dominic, to take in their school lunches. Five minutes later, they turned in a 2-page essay on why I should be nominated Mother of the Year.
At lunch, this co-worker was going on and on about how bad having an abortion makes women feel, and how it makes every one of them them depressed and suicidal. And then someone else chimed in with their opinion of women who are pro-choice. I wanted to say something in defense of women who are pro-choice, or women who simply felt a sense of relief after terminating an unwanted pregnancy, but I didn't feel like starting an argument. It was implied that women who don't feel wracked with guilt over having an abortion are heartless freaks. I wondered aloud if post-birth counseling was offered for pregnant women who were guilt-tripped into keeping the kid, or if pro-lifers consider their job finished at birth. Oh no, I was assured, having a kid is its own reward. No one would EVER regret carrying a pregnancy to term. Huh. Really?
Well, then, explain all these unwanted kids in group homes and state custody who make it safely through fetushood only to be given up, discarded, or abused after being born. Why aren't pro-lifers taking these kids into their homes? As much as these people love kids, shouldn't they have taken in most of these pregnancy-success stories by now?
Any time I've asked that in a forum, I've heard nothing but crickets. It's very nearly the best thread-killer ever. I didn't ask it this time, because I didn't want to bring the whole fucking room down with such a depressing thought. You guys get it, instead.
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guh.
The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930 by bakery manager James Dewar, making thrifty use of shortcake pans that were used only during the strawberry season. Twinkies originally contained a banana cream filling, but this was replaced with a vanilla cream filling during a banana shortage, caused by World War II.[3] The original flavor would be revisited more than half a century later as an alternative flavor.
In June of 2007 Hostess announced the return of the banana-creme Twinkie. In the past the banana-flavored version was offered as a limited-time promotion. Due in part to sales increasing by 20% when the banana version was offered, the banana Twinkie will now be produced permanently.
I learned that originally from Unwrapped on the Food Network. You know, back when we had cable.
Mmm banana-flavored twinkies sound good! Thanks for being the taste-tester on this one though. I'll stay away. Not like I should be going around eating twinkies to begin with.
UGH I hate when people start spouting their views about hot-button issues at work.
My teacher gave me a bad grade because she said there was no evidence to support such an argument and the assignment was to pick a topic and defend it reasonably. This sticks out in my mind because it was one of my first clues that my father wasn't always right.
If women do feel bad after an abortion it's probably because it's not very pleasant physically. If they feel guilty chances are it's not because of the situation itself but because of the societal pressure from people like your coworkers telling them they SHOULD feel guilty.