An insensitive twitter

Online today, I read a story about Penelope Trunk, a 42-year-old chief executive from Wisconsin, who 'tweeted' about how happy she was to be having a miscarriage.

Aside from the fact that she 'tweeted' this DURING a board meeting, Miss Trunk's sheer lack of compassion is what struck a nerve with me most. Her post on Twitter read: "I'm in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage. Thank goodness, because there's a f***ed-up 3-week hoop-jump to have an abortion in Wisconsin".

Now, I will admit that if I got pregnant and didn't want the baby, I might feel relieved if I had a miscarriage - it would take out a lot of stress and trauma from the idea of having to go through with an abortion.

However, I wouldn't tell the world this. In fact, I probably wouldn't even tell most of my family how I felt.
To me, a thought like that rings of pure selfishness and a disregard for a human life that was created due to a mistake made by me, not the baby.

In fairness to Miss Trunk, her Tweet could be excused as a momentary lack of judgment, bought on by the relief of not having to go through with such an unpleasant procedure.

Except that she is completely unrepentant.

She told CNN that she had 'no regrets', that it was 'no different to me saying what I had for lunch' and that it was a 'public service announcement, [which made] people talk about the taboos of miscarriage and unwanted pregnancy'.

Yes, it has made people talk about those taboos; however, from a woman who's already had two abortions, it seems to me that Miss Trunk is not careful when it comes to contraception, and would rather throw a life away than deal with the consequences of her actions. After all, comparing the death of your child to being no more shocking than what you had for lunch is hardly a shining beacon of compassion, is it?

And yes, Miss Trunk, I'm sure the Pope WOULD prefer a miscarriage over an abortion - but I think, most of all, that he would prefer you didn't have an unwanted pregnancy in the first place.