Miranda had never considered abortion for herself, and didn’t have much of an opinion on the issue. Levi’s family, though, was more religious, and conservative, with a big “Trump 2024” flag looming over their one-story house on six acres backing up to a quiet river.
But Angela, Levi’s mom, had been in the room with the doctor. She knew the odds. And she knew the sacrifice it would take to carry a futile pregnancy to term. The family would support Miranda’s decision, whatever it was.
“I’m not for it,” Angela recalls telling her. “But —”
“But I wouldn’t be shamed if I did it,” Miranda filled in.
Which put the decision right back into Miranda’s hands.
You either fight for your rights, or you help those who will take them away. But I doubt these people learned anything from their experience.