The battle between Pro-Choice and Pro-Life.

1. 1
Mother: Give me this Chance to Live.
Even, if I’ma child of
circumstances notof
necessity,
sparemy life;
should I be a pleasure
produced not a treasure
created child,
please, let me live.
Even, if my presence
irritates and annoys you,
my eternal visit to your
courtyard seems undesirable,
dilation and extraction with
associated pain,
please, spareme.
Granted, my journey to your
domain may be unpleasantand
somehow unwanted,
curettage-the curve knifeof death-
keep away fromme.
Did you come to know and
perhaps, come to bear
me through rape?
Did I come through incest?
Did I come by means of
consanguinity?

2. 2
Did I hear blood that flows
in my veins came from
same source?
Still, flush me out not,
but let my abode be
among the living.
Mother, prophecy aboutme-
may not be complimentary-
crystalball may be foggy and
murky when consulted at birth,
oh! Clairvoyantsaw nothing,
but hazy and nebulous sky
when consulted,
regardless, sparemeof
dilation and evacuation-
the horror-
I pray never to witness.
Mother, wereyou told-
I shall never live a normal life
of a happy child?
Bring your nine-month-pregnancy-
pain to bear,
father, were you told
congenital disorder or birth defect
will rob me of a happy tomorrow?
Still, give not saline amniocentesis,
but let me live.
My anchors-areyou troubled by my
structuraldeformities-
so-called “congenital abnormalities”
that may create a challenge for
my tomorrow?

3. 3
Please, saveme of suction
aspiration.
Parents-did you hear of:
down syndrome, autism,
personality disorder?
A deprivation to a worthwhile
life,
spareme of mifepristone-RU-486,
do not give-methotrexate,
misoprostol, keep away fromme.
Mother, are you concerned
about child-care-cost?
Father, are you troubled by
present realities?
Give me a chanceto live,
rather than muffling my
voice.
Instead of denying the-
embryo,
later fetus from
once-a-life-nine-month-
tenancy, at your own
behest,
grant it a space that
it may live.
Mother, give me a
listening ear,
father, grant me an
audience,
my anchors, providemewith
tools-your parents
gave you yesterday;

4. 4
place me on the highway
to access society-provided-tools
to reach my goals and to
fulfill my potentials.
Give me life, not death,
make my transition from
a smaller world to a larger
world possible,
let my life be meaningful,
please, add value to my LIFE.