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Commentary: I wanted to be pro-life. But the pro-life movement forces me to take the other side.

Almost five years ago, in September 2014, I peed on a stick and saw a faint pink line.

My heart pounded. I squinted, forcing myself to see it again. Yes, there it was. I was pregnant.

Just before my son Jacob’s 2nd birthday, I was pregnant for the second time.

Anyone who suggests that a woman who has ever been pregnant does not understand the sanctity of life is severely misguided at best, purposefully cruel at worst. Every month for much of a woman’s life, in most cases, her body prepares to host new life.

The walls of her uterus thicken to provide comfort and coziness, like blankets and pillows on a couch.