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Irene Vilar worries that her self-described "abortion addiction" will be misunderstood, twisted by the pro-life movement to deny women the right to choose.
Latina author Irene Vilar's new book, "Impossible Motherhood," explores her dark past: 15 abortions...
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Her book, "Impossible Motherhood," which will be released by Other Press on Oct. 6, chronicles her own dark choices: 15 abortions in 16 years, much of it as a married woman.As press on the book has begun to leak out, Vilar -- a literary agent and editor --- says she has already sensed "an inkling of hatred."...
Abortion Addict Admits to 15 Abortions in 16 Years
Seeded on Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:22 PM EDT
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As press on the book has begun to leak out, Vilar -- a literary agent and editor --- says she has already sensed "an inkling of hatred."...
She kills 15 unborn humans and thinks others hate her? She's having trouble seeing the forest through the trees.....
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#1 - Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:44 PM EDTI read the article - this person blames everyone else for her abortion addiction. Too bad she wasn't sterilizied before she killed fifteen of her children.
p.s - I do not hate this woman, but I do hate her deathly decisions.
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#2 - Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:54 PM EDTLook Bug. Yer not god mother@!$%#er. don't make me squish you!
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From the article;
"Vilar's story is set against the backdrop of the American-led mass sterilization program in her native Puerto Rico from 1955 to 1969, a fitting symbol for her struggle with her own reproduction.
By 1974, 37 percent of all Puerto Rican women of childbearing age had been permanently sterilized in that experiment.
"Women tend to repeat behaviors," Vilar said of herself. Her mother's forced hysterectomy without hormone treatment at the age of 33, led to depression and a Valium addition.
Vilar attended boarding school in New Hampshire and was just 15 when she left for Syracuse University, where she fell in love and later married her first husband, a tyrannical 50-year-old professor.
With a predilection for young women, he bragged that his relationships had never lasted more than five years and that having children killed sexual desire.
She says their emotionally dependent relationship was riddled with shame, self-mutilation and several suicide attempts."
This woman has some major issues, her depression could have manifested into a number of things, anorexia, bulimia, drug addiction, prostitution, etc. What's shocking is that it manifested into self-mutilation by abortion. I've got to read this book because I would have never believed this.
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#3 - Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:13 AM EDTWell-said. This is one person's manifestation of their mental illness. It should not be viewed as immorality nor as evil. This woman is mentally ill.
I hope now she's getting the help she so desperately needs.
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Wearing my cast iron underwear at the moment, metaphorically speaking. In I Go. This is HER BODY HER BUSINESS!
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#5 - Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:32 AM EDTShe should have been sterilized after the first.
BABY'S BODY, BABY'S CHOICE.
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BABY'S BODY, BABY'S CHOICE.
Sorry, no, a woman cannot be forced to give up the rights to her body for anyone else, especially a bunch of cells.
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Brent, did you even read the article? Or the headline? There weren't any babies involved. Just clumps of cells. Do you say that to cancer survivors, too? Tumor's body, tumor's choice!
I agree with Nan.
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after 2 abortions they should tie the tubes but in the usa u cant be serilized if ur under 35 forcing a woman to take birth control that may cost her her life ,.why didnt the men were protection they are just as guilty
i dont think shes all there maybe retarded but deff sick in the brain wake a mile in her shoes
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#7 - Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:16 AM EDTMy girlfriend had her tubes tied at age 28 and my husband had a vasectomy at age 29. You might have to shop around I guess, maybe it depends on the physician or state. Who knows.
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I feel sooo sorry for this poor woman. I do not condone her abortions, but the things that she and her family have suffered is beyond what most endure. I do not see Abortion as empowering woman, I see Abortion as destroying women.
The forced sterilization in her country shows the sickness of that country.
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#8 - Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:32 AM EDTThe forced sterilization in her country shows the sickness of that country.
American-led mass sterilization program in her native Puerto Rico from 1955 to 1969,
Therese - It was our country, Americans that led the mass sterilization program, so America was the sickness of that country. Horrible IMO.
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The forced sterilization in her country shows the danger of taking reproductive choices away from women and giving them to the government to make.
Women's rights to make their own choices about having babies or not having them are far too personal and private to be turned over the goverment to control. If those choices are taken from individuals and given to governments, then governments could just as easily require abortions in cases of mothers on welfare, for example, as they could outlaw them in other cases. Once freedoms and choices are turned over to governments to control, governments rarely ever give them back to the people. Those who would turn the control of abortions over to governments only assume that those governments will always make the choices they want them to make. Opponents of abortions should be thankful for their freedom to choose not to have them, rather than turning that choice over to governments to make for them.
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"But by her very admission, she is a psychologically disturbed woman."
I think this admission from her says it all
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#9 - Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:04 AM EDTI agree with other readers who sympathize with this woman and hope she gets the help she needs.
And as a pro-life person, I hope there are no others who have had so many abortions.
For persons who desire no children and don't practice abstinence, I advocate using multiple forms of contraception.
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#11 - Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:01 PM EDTAnother problem is that there are lots of us who do not want children, but doctors refuse to sterilize us because "you'll change your mind!" Especially if you're a woman. The medical profession is fiendlishly pronatalist. Most childfree people I know use multiple forms of contraception, yet they are not foolproof, and they can wreak havoc on your body. But until doctors acknowledge that no, not everyone wants kids, abortion will be a necessity.
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Clearly the choices to practice abstinance or use contraception had been taken away from her by an abusive husband. Those who advocate fetal personhood laws would use the power of the state to do the same to all married women.
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REDaly, regarding your comment #11.2:
I am thankful she finally got out of that marriage. It is a tragedy that she did not sooner.
We need more resources to help people and to make them aware of the resources that are available to help -- resources such as marriage counseling, being able to have an abusive spouse jailed, or obtaining a legal separation or divorce.
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That is just not right!! First of all a person should not blame some one else for his or her problems one day we all have to wake up and realize that we are the ones that make are own choices whether they are right or wrong.
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#13 - Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:13 AM EDTWe don't make our own choices when the government makes them for us by forced sterilization programs or eliminating the choice of terminating a pregnancy.
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