As a writer, I find the notion that a 'girl gets pregnant, girl gets abortion' story' is less interesting than a 'girl keeps the baby' story strange. The only way a story about abortion could be uninteresting is if abortion is treated as a plot device to prevent the inconvenience of a child interrupting the story.
Otherwise, one would think that the internal struggle with that choice would be high drama. Maybe it's a product of our culture at this point that it's not considered to be one, that the choice is considered as mechanical and bereft of moral choice as what you should eat for lunch... but that assumption is rather frightening, and so I hope I'm wrong. :,
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Date: 2008-06-23 11:53 am (UTC)Otherwise, one would think that the internal struggle with that choice would be high drama. Maybe it's a product of our culture at this point that it's not considered to be one, that the choice is considered as mechanical and bereft of moral choice as what you should eat for lunch... but that assumption is rather frightening, and so I hope I'm wrong. :,