Welcome to Texas, Where Women Have Less Bodily Autonomy Than Corpses

For the last few weeks, a battle has been raging in Texas over proposed abortion legislation. I was at the Capitol yesterday to protest the passage of this legislation--I have never been a political activist (well, not since I was eleven years old, but that's another story), but this showdown over choice and access versus control and subjugation has left me outraged and frustrated. I am pro-family, pro-life, and pro-choice. I have two wonderful children who I chose to conceive and bring to term. I believe every woman should have the same choice.

Texas Senate Bill 5 and How Education Shaped My Evolution From Pro-Life To Pro-Choice

Growing up in the fundamentalist homeschool community, I was indoctrinated early and often on the evils of abortion. Our church had guest speakers who talked about how a fetus screams in pain as it is torn apart in the uterus, and my A Beka 10th grade biology textbook reinforced the message of abortion as murder and a disgusting, unpardonable sin against another human.