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Subject: Re: First pregnancy

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Sharon

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Date Posted: 07/17/06 8:38pm
In reply to: Jacqueline 's message, "Re: First pregnancy" on 07/16/06 1:38pm

Jacqueline,

I have a very odd request. Would you and Dom be interested in being interviewed by two documentary film makers from New York who are creating a documentary on the pro-choice and pro-life sides of the abortion issue? The documentary will be aired on Showtime in about 18 months. They've been interviewing me, among others, because of my pro-life position and my personal experience with almost aborting my first child.

I've shared with them how I've found that MANY times, the whole concept of "choice" is ridiculous. As Luka said, everyone around the woman seems for "choice" as long as the choice is to abort. They resist supporting her when HER choice is to try to protect and have her baby. The culture has become so insensitive to life that a woman is seen as "selfish" to WANT to protect her child. It's absurd...but it's very real. And women run up against these attitudes all the time. It's particularly hurtful and difficult for them because they run into these attitudes held by the very people they love the most.

Anyway, they've been traveling out here to South Dakota a number of times (since we're kind of on the radar these days with our House Bill 1215: Women's Health and Human Life Protection Act - known by the other side as the "abortion ban"). I mentioned that I visit this board and try to provide life-affirming support and encouragement to women facing unplanned pregnancies. I mentioned that MANY of the woman report feeling a sort of excitement and glimmering of "joy" - sometimes mixed with fear and apprehension, of course - when they first find out they're pregnant. But, it's when they tell their boyfriends or their husbands or their parents and find that THOSE people - people they love and trust and thought loved and wanted what was best for them - try to convince them to have an abortion that they feel abandoned and helpless and lost...and begin to view abortion as a viable option - even though they don't really WANT to have an abortion.

That's where this board comes in. We didn't know you before you came to this board...but we know you now, and we're praying for you and pulling for you. I KNOW you were drawn to this board by the grace of God.

So...back to my very odd request: Would you be interested in being a part of this documentary?

The filmmakers are Henry Corra and Celia Maysles. Their company is http://www.corrafilms.com

If you don't want to participate in this, that is perfectly ok and I understand completely. But, I thought I'd put it out there for you to think about.

Sharon

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