"Having to make this choice"
By Nicole Brodeur Seattle Times staff columnist I've given a lot of thought to the Supreme Court's recent ban on "partial-birth" abortion. As pro-choice as I may be, I just couldn't find the words to defend the method, even though banning it threatens abortion rights as a whole. So I said nothing. And then Diane Chapel called. She didn't have the same procedure the court banned, but she did make the wrenching choice to have a late-term abortion a few months ago. Telling her story seems the only way for people to understand that when you take away one procedure, one right — as the justices did — you undermine them all. In the process, you affect the health and futures of countless women and families grappling with their own personal circumstances.
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