What "The Health of the Mother means"--eloquence on Salon.com

RennieMac

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Wednesday October 24, 2012 · 3:25 PM PDT

2012/10/24 · 15:25

Hello, Kosites,

I want to draw your attention to a brilliant, and eloquent, essay that appeared on Salon today, written by my friend, Suzanne Edwards. Long story short: Suzanne developed ovarian cancer coincident with her second pregnancy. While she was not sure of the cancer diagnosis until after her daughter was born (by emergency C-Section), she writes beautifully about what Choice means in these difficult, even tortuous, circumstances, and why the current political discourse on the topic of abortion and "the health of the mother" is insulting and worse. Complex decisions are being made by real women under complex circumstances that would makes some of these jokers (I'm looking at you, Richard Mourdoch) fold like a house of cards.

Suzanne's essay speaks volumes about her commitment to her daughters and her own future. Link and more after the jump.

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