by Anis Gisele
The last time someone touched me without my consent, I was at a sweat lodge. We were supposed to part ways by shaking hands with every person and thanking them for their presence. One man my age had been overestimating his rights with me— moving in too close, interrupting…
I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.
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| — | Sister Joan Chittister, Catholic Nun |
