This post was born out of a conversation with my wife shortly after laws designed to limit access to abortion were passed in Georgia, Alabama and other states. I had been trying to figure out how to write about the topic without simply writing a straightforward pro or con stance. T’s description of her reactions to the political rhetoric surrounding abortion helped me realize my own frustrations with the conversations I was hearing. Given the extremely controversial nature of this topic, I want to make clear that this piece is intended to add to the discussion, rather than present a judgment about women’s rights regarding abortion.
It was about ten years ago that I visited the Bodies exhibit in lower Manhattan with my wife and my parents.
The exhibit – which is now in Las Vegas and Atlanta – was the most in-depth human anatomy lesson I had ever seen. There were over two hundred bodies, both male and female, set up in a variety of positions so that attendees could see how human skeletons, muscles and organs connect to each other and how they work together to keep us alive. I remember being struck by the intricacies of the different systems and how a problem in one area would affect other body parts as well. In all, the space was filled with sights that non-medical students and professionals would never be exposed to otherwise. Continue reading “The Missing Piece From the Abortion Debate”
