What I Would Tell Gorsuch About My Abortion (Opinion)
For a long time I didn’t talk about my abortion. I wasn’t ashamed of it, but it wasn’t something that was discussed in polite company — late at night with your girlfriends, but not over cocktails with your acquaintances.
Despite the fact that one-third of all American women will have an abortion at some point in their lives, the anti-abortion movement has created an atmosphere of embarrassment and shame that prevents women from talking about the fact that they have had an abortion. But whether women are talking about it or not, everyone knows someone, works with someone, cares about someone, who has had an abortion. (emphasis added)
Within the last year, however, all of that has changed for me. I’ve talked about my abortion in every venue conceivable — before the US Supreme Court, the American public, at cocktail parties and conferences, and — as of last week — the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which is holding hearings to vet Judge Neil Gorsuch on his fitness for the high court.