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I’m a Catholic Who Could Never Imagine Having an Abortion
So I love babies. My husband and I scroll through cute baby videos before we go to sleep and when we wake up. It’s very highly likely I will get preggies within a year, and he can’t wait.
We’re both Catholic. While I am a little bit more conservative than the typical American and he’s more liberal than most Jordanians, I still find myself having to get accustomed to the constraints from time to time in Jordanian culture.
Some of these, I welcome. I’m tired of being asked about pronouns. I just am.
I’m also happy to live somewhere in which I don’t have to risk being treated like I’m some batshit loony for expressing some religious ideas.
Other things, well, I’ll spare ranting about them, and instead I’ll be grateful for the general ‘look the other way’ approach Jordanians take toward foreigners.
So I mentioned we’re Catholic. You probably know how Catholics generally feel about abortion. Like, they shit their pants if you express any pro-choice tendencies.
To be fair, I see the arguments some of the time. You must be responsible for your actions. Sex is risky. Sex is also really wonderful and beautiful and not…
