One thing has been bugging me, and I hesitate to even say it. From tweeting with Angie on her abortion, I freaking adore her. Seriously, would love to buy her a big bag of cookies and go hang out together all day.

But some of the people defending her, while still on my side too, sticks out. And i don’t mean this as any kind of attack or insult, though I’m afraid that is what some people might see. So if I explain this badly and offend you, I’m sorry.

Angie has a health concern, carrying a child to full term would kill her. She was using birth control, but it failed. I’ve seen a lot of comments about how she was “doing everything right” and has the perfect reason to abort.

And yeah, she does. But does that mean I don’t? I’m not sick. Well, sick and tired of being pregnant since my youngest is still under a year. No health concerns, no pressing issues. I just don’t want to be pregnant. And I think that’s a good enough reason.

But not everyone agrees. Or at least they toss out the personal disclaimers about abortion only if this and only if that, and not using it for birth control, and all these exemptions that make it ok to have an abortion. And I’m not any of them.

I just don’t want to be pregnant again.

Thank goodness Angie has taken a huge step to demystifying the process. There’s no reason for women to hide in the shadows and whisper abortion like it’s a freaking scarlet letter of shame. But I want to take it a step further. We shouldn’t have to justify abortion based on your, his, her, or their idea of “doing everything right.”

I’ll share my experience with you. But I don’t need your approval, I don’t need to justify it, I don’t need to list the reasons it is acceptable. I just want an abortion. That should be good enough.