Editor:
Re: So, Sam Oosterhoff, you want to make abortion ‘unthinkable’? Here’s where to start, NOW Opinion
(In 1989, I was) volunteering with the abortion clinic on Victoria Street in Vancouver. It was a very hard decision to make.
Looking back on this story 30 years later, it was definitely the right one. I am a proud grandmother. I am almost 60 years old. I will forever be on the team. Women should be able to make their own decisions.
I don't think it is a decision any woman takes lightly.
It was one of the hardest decisions I ever made. I don't think the government should ever get involved in a woman’s decision about her body.
I am glad I made the right one for me. The decision is no-one else's to challenge.
If you ever need a voice on the matter, I would be happy to contribute.
I remember the day I told my dad I was keeping the child. It was three days later I was walking to work on a sunny day and it hit me. I had no money. I lived in a bit of a party house.
Before getting on the bus in Marpole, I walked in to my doctor’s office to get the paperwork started.
Love your columns.
Kathy Calder, Union Bay
