Friday, February 2, 2018

Abortion Activist Says She Wishes She Had Aborted Son

"I love my son, but I was tricked into having him."

2.1.2018

Wouldn't it be nice to read a blog post by your mother saying that she wishes she had aborted you? The 15-year-old son of abortion enthusiast Cherisse Scott has written just such a post.

Scott is the founder and CEO of SisterReach whose mission is "supporting the reproductive autonomy of women and girls of color, poor women, rural women and their families through the framework of Reproductive Justice." They somehow think this is a Christian organization and have scripture on their website. On the site, Scott's biography says that she "came to know the framework of Reproductive Justice as a woman in need of a safe abortion. Her experience of being misguided by services offered through a crisis pregnancy center posing as an abortion clinic set in motion the work she would commit to and women she would fight for."

She really wants her son to know she wishes she had ended his life. In case there was any doubt, she wrote about it, too:

Here are some of the things her son can read in his mother's words:

"I have a 15-year-old son who I love dearly but have struggled to support for the majority of his life — a reminder every day of the lie I was told by a crisis pregnancy center that manipulated my decision making. A lie that vulnerable women and girls face trying to control their reproductive decisions every day…I know firsthand just how harmful these places can be: I was intentionally misled by one, and am still affected by their lie."

What was the lie? They showed her video of what an abortion actually was, gave her an ultrasound to make her understand that she carried a live baby, and explained that there were risks to future fertility if she had an abortion. Those are not lies. There are things in this piece that don't ring true, though:

"After manipulating me into continuing my pregnancy, they sent me home with a bottle, a onesie, and a rattle. To date, that is the last support of any kind I ever received from them."

Crisis pregnancy centers have a satisfaction rate of about 99 percent, as The Daily Wire reports, so it is hard to believe that they are simply lying to people and sending them on their way. They might have found her help through other ministries or organizations, so maybe she didn't get help from them specifically, but she would almost certainly have received the help she needed if this was a vaguely reputable center and she asked for the help. Still, she clearly didn't want this child, so why didn't she consider adoption? She addresses that, too.

"For most women and girls of color, informed by the American legacy of abandonment faced by our children left in both private and federally funded child protective care, we would rather keep our babies and figure it out, or end our pregnancies as an act of love to save our children from probable suffering."

An act of love? No, that is an act of selfishness. If you think your child is going to suffer, let it be raised by a family that is suffering from the lack of a child. As far as abandonment goes, it is interesting that nowhere in this piece is the word "father" mentioned. That is the most telling abandonment that this child has experienced, and he is now being abandoned by a mother who has dedicated her life to helping people end the lives of their children because she wanted to end his.

This piece is all kinds of icky, and the real victim here is her son. No kid should have to read that his mother wishes he were dead.