Judy Alciatore: Let's Be Women

I AM ADDRESSING THIS POST TO ALL YOUNG WOMEN OUT THERE IN THE WORLD...I HOPE THOSE WHO READ THIS WILL SHARE IT WITH ANY WOMAN THEY KNOW WHO IS THINKING OF GETTING AN ABORTION.

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, IN COLLEGE, I REMEMBER THE MOVEMENT TO CONVINCE WOMEN THAT BEING WIVES AND MOTHERS WAS INSIGNIFICANT...THEY TOLD US THAT WE SHOULD WANT MORE...BE MORE...WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AGGRESSIVE BUSINESS WOMEN, WHICH OF COURSE WAS MUCH BETTER THAN BEING A WIFE AND MOTHER.

THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT WOMEN DO NOT BELONG IN BUSINESS...BUT THE PUSH WAS TO MAKE US NOT WANT TO BE MOTHERS...ROE V WADE HAD PASSED...IT WAS NOW LEGAL TO KILL YOUR BABY...BUT AFTER ALL, BEING IN THE WORK FORCE WAS MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE AND FULFILLING...THERE WOULD BE TIME LATER, MUCH LATER, TO BE A MOTHER.

WHEN I SAID THAT I WANTED TO BE A WIFE AND MOTHER, I WAS LAUGHED AT...YOU MEAN THAT'S ALL YOU WANT TO BE??? DON'T YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING??? ETC.

THOSE OF US WHO STILL BELIEVED IN THE TRADITIONAL ROLES FOR WOMEN WERE MADE TO FEEL UNAMBITIOUS...FOOLISH...LACKING IN IMAGINATION.

GUESS WHAT?? MANY YOUNG WOMEN OF THAT TIME BOUGHT IT, HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER...MOTHERHOOD LOST ITS APPEAL FOR MANY.

OH, AND THE ADS..."I CAN BRING HOME THE BACON...FRY IT UP IN A PAN...AND NEVER LET YOU FORGET YOU'RE A MAN"...AGGRESSIVE...STRONG...SUPERWOMEN WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE...BUT MOTHERS?? NOT REALLY.

THE LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION, AND ALL THE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, NOT TO MENTION "THE PILL" MADE IT SO EASY FOR WOMEN TO TURN THEIR BACKS ON MOTHERHOOD...TO THE POINT THAT NOW, SINCE ROE V WADE, CLOSE TO 60 MILLION BABIES HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN THE WOMB...AND OF COURSE, ABORTIONS ARE DONE THROUGHOUT ALL 9 MONTHS OF PREGNANCY...EVEN BABIES WHO SURVIVE THE BRUTAL AND BARBARIC METHODS OF ABORTION ARE OFTEN LEFT TO DIE OR OUTRIGHT KILLED BY MORE HORRIBLE MEANS.

WOMEN WHO CHERISH THEIR CHILDREN...WOMEN WHO LOOK FORWARD TO MOTHERHOOD...PLEASE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE...IF YOU KNOW ANY WOMAN CONSIDERING ABORTION, PLEASE TRY TO GET THEM TO RE-CONSIDER...LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE BEAUTY AND JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD.

WE WOMEN HAVE BEEN, AND STILL ARE, THE TARGETS OF THE CULTURE OF DEATH...LET'S BEGIN TO STAND UP FOR THE CULTURE OF LIFE...LET'S BE WIVES AND MOTHERS...LET'S BE WOMEN.