Calls that I should not have to field

!!WARNING!! Sensitive topic below. If you are offended by talk of abortion then do not read any further or please prepare yourself.



Let me first start this off by saying that I am Pro-choice. I believe it is a woman's right to have an abortion if she chooses to do so. I do NOT believe that abortion should be used as a form of birth control.

I work in a hospital where abortions are preformed. This is a doctor's choice where I live. A surgeon can refuse to do them and a surgeon can choose to do them. The hospital where I work happens to be a hospital where there is a surgeon who does them.

I joke sometimes that one of these days I am going to go over the deep end and ask one of these 14 year old girls if I can have their baby.

The abortion days are usually only a couple of times a month and I rarely have to work on those days (Thank you Universe) but when I answer the phone and get "Hi, I need to book an abortion" my heart jumps into my throat for a brief second and I think WHY? Why do people who are not ready and who do not want this get pregnant easily? Why am I struggling?

Then I remind myself that their story is not my story and I am living my story and that is all that I can do.


Another thing? Abortions (unless they are done at a private clinic I believe) are covered by the provincial health care so yes, I do see many many cases where girls get multiple abortions and do use them as birth control. I have seen a girl who has had 6 and in between those 6 has given birth to 5 babies. That is 11 pregnancies.

So yes, I am pro-choice but that doesn't mean my heart doesn't break everytime I see someone who has to go through the horrible experience of ending their pregnancy when all I want to do is trade places with them.