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<\/a>Abortion advocate and actress Busy Phillips leads the new Instagram movement<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
by Madeline Fry
\nWashington Examiner<\/p>\n
A<\/span>fter Georgia and Alabama passed sweeping abortion bans this month, pro-abortion activists and media dredged up the narrative that we\u2019re living in a patriarchal\u00a0\u201cHandmaid\u2019s Tale\u201d society<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n Late night host Busy Philipps spoke about the Georgia law on her show last week, implying that anyone who opposes abortion\u00a0just wants to \u201cpolice\u201d women\u2019s bodies<\/u><\/a>. Her rhetoric about \u201cjudgment and interference\u201d left no room for debate on the subject \u2014 anyone who disagrees with her just wants to oppress women. But her monologue was poignant. Philipps shared that she had an abortion at age 15.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe you\u2019re sitting there thinking, \u2018I don\u2019t know a woman who would have an abortion,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cWell, you know me.\u201d<\/p>\n More anti-abortion activists should listen to stories like hers, but not for the reason she thinks.<\/p>\n Georgia\u2019s \u201cheartbeat\u201d law bans abortion at around six weeks<\/a>, and\u00a0Alabama\u2019s, which bans almost all abortions<\/a>, became the most restrictive in the country. After Alabama\u2019s bill passed in the state legislature, Philipps asked women to share their stories with the hashtag #YouKnowMe.<\/p>\n Unlike #ShoutYourAbortion,\u00a0the repulsive no-regrets movement<\/a><\/u>\u00a0that began in 2015, #YouKnowMe feels, well, less shameless. Women have shared their struggles with the decision to have an abortion when they felt they had no other option.<\/p>\n The stories are heartbreaking. But that doesn\u2019t mean they justify the pro-abortion cause.<\/p>\n These women deserve sympathy and support, especially those who suffered rape, an exception for abortion that Alabama’s law doesn’t allow. But considering rape\u00a0makes up 1% of all causes for abortions<\/a>, legislation for that circumstance should consider it an exception, not a rule.<\/p>\n There’s never an ideal time to have a baby, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t consider the life of the unborn child.<\/p>\n Philipps may be right that most of us know and love someone who has had an abortion. But that doesn\u2019t mean we have to start celebrating the decision. It means we have to continue loving the person \u2014 as well as the baby she once carried.<\/p>\n