Abortions are not a good thing, but they are better than the alternative

[etherial]

She told me if her parents found out she was pregnant she would be disowned and kicked out of the family home. She also told me that her brothers would murder her boyfriend, and I believed her. About an hour after her operation I and my nurse saw her and her boyfriend walking out of the clinic hand in hand, and I said to my nurse, "Look at that. We saved two lives today."

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see, that's the problem

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Willpower can fail you. Willpower will fail you. It's a wall; once you find yourself on the other side, it's just as hard to cross. misplaced feelings of responsibility - forcing yourself to justify and continue your actions is Willpower, not Responsibility. Responsibility is resilient; it always snaps back. Responsibility is acknowledging that mistake and dealing with it. Raising your child to make no mistakes is an exercise in failure. Raising them to handle their mistakes is the goal.

I've been in a number of situations where I could have snapped my fingers and got exactly what I wanted at a terrible price. If I relied on Willpower alone, I'd've snapped by now. But knowing the consequences of my actions, knowing that I will wake up in the morning and force myself to pay the price, that's what keeps me on course.