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New York City- The two mothers on the other side of the abortion debate found something in common and identified an item to integrate them.
Melissa Manion believes that abortion is by no means an option, but Nadia Hussein feels that women’s ability to choose is not limited.
“We don’t have to agree 100% with everything,” Hussein, seven months pregnant with her third child, told Fox News. “That’s why I think it’s important to determine where they have in common and where they can make a difference.”
“I want to reduce abortion,” Hussein continued. But “our understanding of how that happens is different.”
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Manion, the mother of four, wants women to feel empowered, equipped and supported so that they can make life-giving choices.
Hussein said she favors abortion because she wants women to have choices, especially given the lack of support for mothers and the high maternal mortality rate in the United States. Manion agreed that both issues need to be remedied.
The women occasionally nodded and smiled as others were talking. But since the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade case last week, protests have often turned into a screaming match between opposing parties, sometimes violent or destructive.
“In the end, there is a place where we can meet and agree,” Hussein of New Jersey told Fox News. “We don’t want to see women die just because they have a lifelong childbirth or injury.”
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Manion further said: “I think the mortality rate of the black community in particular is repulsive.
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“I think we want women to get the care they need, the preparation they need, and the support they need to cheer them up,” Manion said.
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At the age of 23, Manion had an abortion 48 hours after she decided she wanted to end her pregnancy. This is the choice she said she has regretted for decades. She told Fox News that her healthcare provider did not provide information on procedures or other options, and she subsequently did not provide counseling.
A Connecticut woman previously told Fox News that “the emotional and psychological effects of abortion will last a lifetime.”
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Hussein said she never wanted women to suffer from a lack of support in caring for their mothers.
“We don’t want to see anyone put in a place where we have to fight an unplanned pregnancy, but they got there,” she said. “We should definitely think about raising a child and how we can support the mother doing it.”
Manion said women “feel supported, children feel supported, and they need to be cared for in a way that makes sense for your family.”