Gretchen and Dave Voss - My Late-Term Abortion

The article My Late-Term Abortion, published on January 11, 2011 on ourbodiesourselves.org, narrates the story of Gretchen Voss who encountered a really difficult example dilemma; obtaining an spontaneous miscarriage during the abet trimester of her pregnancy. Initially, the charr even did not suspect that she would have problems with pregnancy. She had no reasons to be nervous, because she was completely vigorous and did not have the stake of miscarriage any much. Gretchen Voss and her hubby Dave were waiting for the baby and were bore-hole to get it on whether they were expecting a male child or a girl. When they arrived at the infirmary to have the full-fetal ultrasound, the twist told them that the baby had serious anomalies. The ultrasound indicated that the spinal column of the foetus had not closed mighty and the baby had an open unquiet tube defect. This news left wing parents in complete shock. \n aft(prenominal)wards, the woman had to see the other medical student at the main hospital in Boston, since the hospital had more highly-trained technicians. The examination proved their trounce fears. The doctor did not know if the baby would live and, if it would, what attractive of mental and developmental effect it would have. Before this horrible news, Gretchen did not realize that pregnancy was a gamble, but not a guarantee (Voss). At that very moment, the family faced the moral have it away of performing abortion. Neither Gretchen, nor her conserve Dave wanted such flavor for their child that they already loved. After that devastating news, Gretchen and Dave were suffering from emotional pain and they were completely desperate. They were hurt by the decision of abortion and hesitated whether it was the moral thing to do. Nevertheless, the family got second and understanding even from Gretchens and Daves fathers who were never pro-choice. At that moment, the issue of abortion stopped being except moral, but became personal. To Gretchens surprise, she imbed out that her obstetri...