Excerpt from a YouTube video by Rylee Meek exploring the emotions and circumstances of mothers entering abortion clinics. The speaker notes that many mothers feel shame, may be victims of abusive relationships, and sometimes refer to the pregnancy and child directly (e.g., 'my baby' or 'my son/daughter') rather than using euphemisms; the remarks portray a complex, non-monolithic set of motives and feelings.
You know, many times these mothers are feeling shame. You know, we're not unaware of that. They often are victims of abusive relationships. You know, it's complicated. I certainly don't see every mother going in there and think, wow, what a. What a demonic person this is, right? This is a deceived person. Some of them, you know, will say things like, no, I'm going to go kill my baby. You know, they'll. They'll call it a baby. They'll call it, yeah, my son or my daughter, they'll call it my child. They don't use the euphemisms that you hear in the debates where that people are like, oh, it's a clump of cells or it's a fetus. Those are talking points. When you're out there, there are some mothers that will say, yeah, you don't need to tell me it's a baby. I know it's a baby. That's why I'm getting rid of it.
