#BlogforChoice: What NARAL Staff and Friends are Saying

For me, "trust women" acknowledges the fact that we know what is best for our families and lives. "Trust women" is also a statement of hope that my beautiful, brilliant, amazing daughter grows up in a world that values her for who she is and that she has all the choices in the world to be the best person she can be.

To me "Trust Women" means letting women make their own informed decisions, particularly the decision of whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term.  How is it that our society can trust women with raising children, but not with making the sometimes crucial decision to have an abortion when she knows it is what is best for her? 
 
Have confidence in us. Listen to us. Have faith in us.
 
5 years ago my mother and doctor trusted me to make my own decision when I discovered I was unintentionally pregnant.  Their support and trust allowed me to think about what was best for me and I chose to terminate the pregnancy.  To this day, I am forever grateful for my mother's faith and trust in me.

We believe that individual women know more about their own unique situations than politicians or religious leaders. We believe that every child deserves to enter this world into the arms of parents who are prepared to give him/her all the love, care, and support s/he needs. We believe that women are intelligent enough to make informed decisions about their reproductive health in consultation with their doctors, partners, families, and anyone else they choose to include. Choose. That's what trusting women is about. The pro-choice movement is not pro-abortion. This is patently absurd. No one wants a woman to have an abortion and we certainly don't advocate the procedure as a means of birth control. But the choice must exist so we can ensure that all the other options are also available.