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was about halfway into my 20-week ultrasound that I noticed something
was slightly off. The technician, who had been chatting with me earlier
as he did the scans, had grown quiet. He asked me to shift a bit, saying
he wanted to see if the baby would move into a better position. He ran
over the same section of my stomach repeatedly, staring at the screen
with a slight frown. Eventually he moved on, but remained awkwardly
silent.
“When is your next appointment with your doctor?” he asked me when the ultrasound was completed.
“Two days,” I responded.
“That’s good. That should be soon enough.”
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I have not ever needed an abortion (fortunately), however, I was raised Catholic and became pro-choice after reading an article about abortion in the Catholic magazine "The Saint Anthony's Messenger" one afternoon after school (my mother had been subscribing to this magazine for as long as I could remember) when I was in the ninth grade. It may seem rather odd that an anti-abortion article in a Catholic magazine read by a young and practicing Catholic girl should cause her to be come pro-legal abortion. It may seem odd that I remember reading that article after all these years, five decades ago. I remember because it was an eye-opening and attitude changing event, an epiphany.
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