Ain't That America?

Nothing says freedom like trying to take away an adult's legal personal choice.

Parked at Caldwell Park at beautiful Highland Avenue was the Pro Life Freedom Ride bus. Priests for Life held their first pro-life freedom ride rally in Birmingham on Friday night. 

The attempt to link anti-abortion/anti-choice activists with Dr. Martin Luther King and the fight for civil rights seems eerily...wrong. Watching the 20-minute online video of the rally and hearing someone invoke the beautifully written and emotional words of Dr. King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail made me wince in its inappropriateness.

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  I regret that women may have found themselves in this situation for whatever reason;
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  I regret that women may have found themselves in a situation they were not psychologically or emotionally prepared to handle;
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  I regret the finances of some situations make it impossible to provide the absolute best scenario to raise a child;
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  I regret that people feel the need to shame a female for decisions that may or may not have been difficult to make;
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  I regret that many women may have been unable to reach out for support out of fear of being harshly judged;
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  I regret the vigilante acts of those who oppose the "freedom" to choose; and,
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  I really regret a woman's legal medical procedure was politicized to the point of completely polarizing the country.

 But, I will never, ever regret the Supreme Court's decision to allow a woman's right to make a decision about her health care or a medical procedure. If one regrets her decision then seek counseling, a psychologist, a spiritual advisor, a pastor, but do not stand in the way of other women, safety, and choice. We will not go back.