Week 8 Blog Post: Frontline: Abortion Clinic     Maegan Green

            There were a few things that struck me as I watched this documentary and truthfully I found it difficult to watch an abortion and it made me cringe to watch the girl in so much pain and heartache as she went through this ordeal. I feel she was not properly educated on the whole process and she was torn about her decision.  Physically it was hard to watch, but emotionally I felt sorry for her and wanted someone to stop her from making such a life-altering decision. It struck me that they were alone and generally didn’t have any parental support or anyone with them to support their decision.

            Another thing that struck me was the preacher that was outside trying to prevent the girl’s from getting the abortions and educating them that there were resources out there for them and they didn’t have to go through with it. One of the girl’s mentioned that she was afraid of what would happen when the state funding ran out and she was on her own without any help. I can see her point, having been a single mother myself. I don’t personally agree with abortion but I could see the predicament that some of these girls faced. The nurse’s in the video actually did take the time to explain the procedure and tried to be sensitive to the girl’s needs, although I don’t agree with their jobs in assisting with an abortion, under the circumstances they were at least sensitive towards them.

             When the preacher said, “What are you going to do with your baby? Because it is already a baby.”  That struck me hard and the I think the couple too because it made them think about the fetus as a real person and not just some object growing inside of her. He tried to explain that the abortion wasn’t the only option out there and that there was help with the other options too. It’s a tough issue that probably will not go away and will always be controversial but I feel there needs to be better sex education in the schools and parents need to address these issues with their children and try to help them through the difficult teen years and these tough decisions they need to make.