Jane Le-Mond-Alvarez
2005
Author of “Blinders - What Really Happens To Most Abused Children” &
“American Child - The Injustice Files”
www.janealvarez.com

I just read the article on California Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg “who warned in a speech Monday that the danger of women losing their reproductive rights is higher now than at any point in the past 30 years, unless activists immediately work to prevent that from happening.”

I was saddened that her message was nothing more than an attempt to spark a furor to make women feel they are doomed to be nothing more than reproductive machines, to be forced out of the workplace and back into the home. Women have many choices in this country. Is it so bad to be a stay-at-home mother during your child’s formative years? Providing a stable home during this time might make the difference in whether your child becomes a productive adult in our society with values and ethics as opposed to one that becomes a burden to society.

Laws such as the “Unborn Victims of Violence Act,” the “late-term abortion ban” and “re-instating a law that prohibits foreign health organizations that receive U.S. money from mentioning abortion” is a long time coming. Does anyone really disagree that the most innocent of human beings, the unborn and young, should be protected? Or that aborting a human being, as it is being delivered, should have an instrument inserted into his or her head to end their life is a good thing? Or that educating other countries about the value of life and prevention of pregnancy is a bad thing? Children are not property. They are responsibilities.

I have come to the conclusion that we live in a world that makes excuses for many and holds few accountable for their actions. Ladies, we have not lost our reproductive rights. Barring certain tragedies such as rape and incest where abortions may be performed, we still have the right to choose with whom we have sex, what contraceptive to use, whether or not we want to have a career, and yes, the right to end the life of a defenseless human being.

Mothers have been the pillars of society for centuries. Let us educate our young men and women and hold them to a higher standard without excuses. Let us rid ourselves of the “Me, Me, Me” mentality when we’re inconvenienced. What we have lost is our ethics and the value we place on life. We have lost our feelings for the helpless, defenseless and for our future generations.

Last week I witnessed the birth of my fourth grandson. My doctor had recommended that I abort his father 32 years ago because of a stroke I had suffered months before. Against the doctor’s advice, I chose not to abort . I didn’t need Wade vs. Roe to make my decision. Even though I had a legal right to end my son’s life, as a mother, how could I? I didn’t. My son is a wonderful human being, husband and the father of two of my four grandsons.

Jane LeMOND Alvarez