The Most Important Message

[wlotus]

As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life, and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that. It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present. We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.

~Anne Lamott, "The Born", from Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

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[sixfiftytwo.livejournal.com]

I went and saw Anne speak at a forum downtown Seattle a couple of years ago. She really is a talented writer, and a particularly fascinating woman.

Where my ethics sometimes conflict with hers, her explanations and basis for her decisions always make me consider her side with sincere deliberation...