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On February 14^th, Angie Jackson discovered that she was pregnant. She already has a four year old son with whom she had an extremely difficult pregnancy that resulted in him having special needs and almost resulted in her death. When Angie realized that she was pregnant again, she knew that she would not be able to have another child. Angie didn’t want to put herself at that kind of risk again. She knew that she needed to be here for the son that she already has and having another child could make it so that that would not be a possibility. Angie not only decided to have an abortion, but she decided to tweet about it on twitter and even make YouTube videos explaining her decision and the things that happened to her during the process. This decision has caused somewhat of an uproar in the digital world. Angie has received many hateful comments telling her that she is a terrible person and has even been called “a murderer” on several occasions. Angie has received death threats to her and even her four year old son.

I am a strong believer that every woman has a choice when she is faced with an unwanted pregnancy. It is impossible for anyone but that woman to know exactly what the situation is, and therefore impossible for any other person but that woman to make a decision what to do with her own body. While I myself would never make that decision, as it is something I just do not believe in, I do believe that it is every woman’s choice to make for herself. It should not matter what her reasons are for not wanting to have the child.

I also believe that women should be educated about their choices. The more we hide the facts about the process from women, the more we are going to end up with women who try to do abortions on their own. While I don’t necessarily believe that it was Angie’s place to be the one to educate the public, someone needs to. If our society continues to make this seem like such an incredibly terrible decision, than women will just be more and more scared to have the procedure done in a safe, legitimate way.

Happypants made a comment in The Frisky stating that “I don’t have a problem with it, but I don’t necessarily need to know every detail of what’s happening as it’s happening.” I completely agree with this view on the situation. I have no problem with the decision that she made for her hown wellbeing, but we don’t necessarily need all the details.