One of my sisters believes the earth is only 5,000 years old, there is no such thing as climate change and abortion should be abolished in ALL circumstances (well except for her because she and hers are different dontchknow). Well things came to the boiling point this weekend for me while attending a family function.
Sad to say but the video below sums up my sister's position on abortion and she had the nerve to openly voice that opinion this weekend. When she was through thumping her chest and ranting biblical verses, while her husband sat and nodded in agreement, I was ready to be picked off the ceiling.
I asked her what gave her the right to take away other women's choices. Did she not remember calling me and our two sisters to go with her while her teenage daughter had an abortion? Did she not remember sending our sister Jane into the clinic with her daughter as she sat in the car and cried? She cried not about the fact that her daughter was getting an abortion, she cried that if anyone ever found out she may not be welcome in her church and that people would 'talk'. The fact that her daughter had an abortion was 'different' and could not be compared to 'abortions on demand'. Well sister your daughter got an abortion because you refused to allow her to take birth control pills even when she told you she was sexually active. So much for your belief in abstinence only. Even when confronted with facts you lie to yourself and try to deprive others of rights that we fought long and hard to achieve.
My brother in law called me a pig for bringing this up even though everyone in the room was family and knew. I did not bring up the subject of abortion. She did. She is also the one that wants to take away other women's choices. Not on my watch sister dearest. Did I speak out of turn? Some may think so. Me, I think not.
You can pick your friends but not your family.