have been so much happier. This child would be dead, out of its misery, and our continual self-sacrifice for a vegetable. Think carefully Alton before you do even more harm to children and to their parents.
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Whilst I would like to give you my wholehearted support I feel that there are certain aspects of this issue that perhaps you have given little or no thought to. I am a single parent. I have two little boys both of my pregnancies were unplanned. I had a good job and a happy life. I cannot tell you how I felt when I found out that I was pregnant. The father cannot, for valid reasons, support us. Obviously I had to look carefully at my options and after a great deal of soul searching I decided to keep my children, despite the advice of everyone, including my doctor. I could not for one moment have considered harming my own child. They were never just a 'mass of tissue'; they were alive and human from the very start. Anyway this brings me to the point I am trying to make. I kept my children and I'm glad I did but I never could have kept them had I known in advance the heartache I would have to endure. I lost my job and now rely on supplementary benefit. What a heartless uncaring group of people run our DHSS: I have spent three and a half years trying to get what my children need and they treat us like second class citizens or criminals! Now you tell me, did I do the right thing? I see my children go without, I wonder every day what kind of a future they will have. Wasn't I being more selfish by keeping them because I couldn't take giving them up than not putting them through this degrading experience? I am weary of the struggle. I want to love and enjoy my children more but I spend every waking moment trying to make our lives better. Perhaps your time would be better spent trying to help those of us in society that need it. Make it possible for a woman to have her babies instead of killing them. That's the heart of the problem really - poverty. I am sure you mean well and I am in principle completely behind you but someone has got to start caring about the nation as a whole - not just those lucky enough to not need additional support. If only I could make you politicians understand.
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Your intentions are honourable, but it is not your body, your life, your rape or your handicap. You must have a great deal of confidence to so openly support the oppression of women.