While I can understand an argument stating that access to emergency contraception shouldn't be universal or red-tape-free (such a simple, as-needed pregnancy preventative could easily lead to an increase in the spread of HIV and STDs), it is ridiculous that people are threatening and abusing this poor woman. I applaud her courage in writing about the situation, though I do take issue at her resentment of the fetus - it isn't the fetus' fault that people are being horrible, and the fetus isn't claiming its life is better than hers. Yes, the fetus is a burden that she didn't want or need and tried to prevent, but it isn't malicious. That, to me, is going a bit far.
One other quibble: what is the efficacy rate of EC, anyway? It's possible, I presume, that it wouldn't have worked even if she had been able to get it immediately, right? Either way, she has a valid argument about the runaround, but blaming the pregnancy on the delay may not be fair.
Please note that the icon is used ironically rather than seriously.
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One other quibble: what is the efficacy rate of EC, anyway? It's possible, I presume, that it wouldn't have worked even if she had been able to get it immediately, right? Either way, she has a valid argument about the runaround, but blaming the pregnancy on the delay may not be fair.
Please note that the icon is used ironically rather than seriously.