Thank you for clarifying your P.O.V.; though I didn't figure you particularly were a Democrat, I did assume that others here might be (or at least be sympathetic to the position), so they may still find it appropriate.
I fear that my previous comments about why we may view the article in a certain way just confused the point I was trying to make (if so, please feel free to ignore previous comments and only consider the following). The point I want to make is this: According to the doctor's article, the reason the patient sought his services was due to the violent, economic, and emotional coercion of others (i.e. threats of the brothers killing the patent's boyfriend & the father disowning the patient). I thought that focus on this aspect of the story (feeling forced to undergo a medical procedure due to the threats of others) was not expressed and might concern others from a social justice P.O.V., regardless of one's positions on abortion.
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Re: Agency in the Story
I fear that my previous comments about why we may view the article in a certain way just confused the point I was trying to make (if so, please feel free to ignore previous comments and only consider the following). The point I want to make is this:
According to the doctor's article, the reason the patient sought his services was due to the violent, economic, and emotional coercion of others (i.e. threats of the brothers killing the patent's boyfriend & the father disowning the patient). I thought that focus on this aspect of the story (feeling forced to undergo a medical procedure due to the threats of others) was not expressed and might concern others from a social justice P.O.V., regardless of one's positions on abortion.