Monday, January 3, 2011
Life, Death and the In-Between
10:22 AM | 
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Lady Gray |
Living in this city, you tend to hold opinions on most topics. I'm going to lightly touch on a topic that everyone, regardless of location, vocation or background, will have strong feelings regarding. Lately I have been seeing an encouraging discourse on this subject.
Like many, my feelings on abortion are complicated and in order to not inadvertently alienate any readers, I will not articulate them here. However, I have always made a connection between this topic and the complications of infertility. As someone who has studied infertility and made deeply personal choices regarding my life and how I can help others in this struggle, its a connection that is difficult to ignore.
I'm reminded of an episode of Sex and the City when Charlotte, who is battling her own fertility, touches on this in a way most women can relate to. As a single urban professional, Charlotte and the other three have spent the better part of the last fifteen (or more) years trying to not conceive. Then, once they have established themselves, married the man of their dreams or crossed whatever other boxes that needed crossing they discover they can't. Either through years of the pill, an innate inability to conceive in the first place, other health reasons or simply waiting too long, the outcome is the same.
As women, we never really can have it that simply, can we? We want to succeed professionally, compete with men in a society that in many ways sets us up for failure. I want to have a balance between a family I devote myself to and a career I am successful. I don't want to have to sacrifice one for the other. Knowing there is no simple plan a woman must follow to achieve both, I must be satisfied with knowing I have a partner that will help me achieve both.
The Unborn Paradox
Waking Up from the Pill
Like many, my feelings on abortion are complicated and in order to not inadvertently alienate any readers, I will not articulate them here. However, I have always made a connection between this topic and the complications of infertility. As someone who has studied infertility and made deeply personal choices regarding my life and how I can help others in this struggle, its a connection that is difficult to ignore.
I'm reminded of an episode of Sex and the City when Charlotte, who is battling her own fertility, touches on this in a way most women can relate to. As a single urban professional, Charlotte and the other three have spent the better part of the last fifteen (or more) years trying to not conceive. Then, once they have established themselves, married the man of their dreams or crossed whatever other boxes that needed crossing they discover they can't. Either through years of the pill, an innate inability to conceive in the first place, other health reasons or simply waiting too long, the outcome is the same.
As women, we never really can have it that simply, can we? We want to succeed professionally, compete with men in a society that in many ways sets us up for failure. I want to have a balance between a family I devote myself to and a career I am successful. I don't want to have to sacrifice one for the other. Knowing there is no simple plan a woman must follow to achieve both, I must be satisfied with knowing I have a partner that will help me achieve both.
The Unborn Paradox
Waking Up from the Pill
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