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TIMELINE: This really doesn't fit in, it's more of an AU fic based on my own twisted musings
ARCHIVE: Go ahead. Make my day. Seriously though, it's all good, just tell me first.
DISCLAIMER: Kim and Jay are mine as are Alan and Chris—no one else belongs to me. I'll give them back unharmed when I'm done
SUMMARY: Donna finds herself in a difficult situation and makes a choice that no woman should ever be forced to make.
SPOILERS: None. Canon sucks right now, so I'm deviating.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Feedback is your friend. Mine too. ;) Also, this is getting kinda controversial in nature. If you are not a member of the pro-choice leaning, then you may want to stop here. Oh, and this is in response to feedback (yay for feedback!) that I recieved saying that Donna should maybe be thinking more about her decision rather than hsatily just rushing into anything. I concur, so here's my answer to that. Now, as for the "Josh is the father" feedback, I'm not so big on that. But thanks for the feedback anyway :)
TIMELINE: This really doesn't fit in, it's more of an AU fic based on my own twisted musings
ARCHIVE: Go ahead. Make my day. Seriously though, it's all good, just tell me first.
DISCLAIMER: Kim and Jay are mine as are Alan and Chris—no one else belongs to me. I'll give them back unharmed when I'm done
SUMMARY: Donna finds herself in a difficult situation and makes a choice that no woman should ever be forced to make.
SPOILERS: None. Canon sucks right now, so I'm deviating.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Feedback is your friend. Mine too. ;) Also, this is getting kinda controversial in nature. If you are not a member of the pro-choice leaning, then you may want to stop here. Oh, and this is in response to feedback (yay for feedback!) that I recieved saying that Donna should maybe be thinking more about her decision rather than hsatily just rushing into anything. I concur, so here's my answer to that. Now, as for the "Josh is the father" feedback, I'm not so big on that. But thanks for the feedback anyway :)
Four Columns
On Wednesday, the day when she was to go buy her herbs and start the ball rolling, Donna suddenly began to doubt everything she thought she was sure of. In her diary, she began to write down everything she was thinking:
"I'm not even sure about what to do. I mean, I know I can't raise a child. That I'm sure of. I can't go through with a pregnancy. I can't. But can I go through with terminating one? I'm not sure if I can do that. On the other hand, what if this is the only chance I have to become a mother? How would the people around me react if they knew what I was going through right now? God, this is too damned difficult. I mean, why can't this all just go away?"
"Plotting out your life can be very tiring," Donna thought aloud.
Continuing to write, she made a pro-and-con list. Knowing that she couldn't raise a child alone on a government salary, she made 4 columns: Adoption Pros, Adoption Cons, Abortion Pros and Abortion Cons.
45 minutes later, the "Adoption Pros" column read:
--I could help the child have parents who want it and can care for it.
--I could postpone being a parent myself until later in my life when I feel ready.
--I like the idea of giving someone else that which they can't create themselves.
And the "Adoption Cons" column read:
--I don't think I could give up a baby after nine months of pregnancy and delivery.
--I would worry about whether the baby was being well treated.
The "Abortion Pros" column read:
--An abortion is a safe and sensible way to take care of an unwanted pregnancy.
--I won't have to continue with an unwanted pregnancy
--It's less of a financial burden than going through with 9 mos. of prenatal vitamins, doctor visits, etc.
--No one has to know unless I choose to let them know
and then the "Abortion Cons" column read:
--I might not be able to get pregnant again.
--I don't know whether or not the people closest to me oppose abortion.
After 15 minutes of looking at the list, Donna decided that she couldn't let the feelings of the people around her determine what she was going to do with her body and eliminated a few of her points, leaving her with the "Abortion Pros" column.
Sighing to herself, Donna glanced at the ceiling and muttered a silent prayer to no particular deity, "Please let me have made the right choice."
And so she went to price out her herbs.
"I'm not even sure about what to do. I mean, I know I can't raise a child. That I'm sure of. I can't go through with a pregnancy. I can't. But can I go through with terminating one? I'm not sure if I can do that. On the other hand, what if this is the only chance I have to become a mother? How would the people around me react if they knew what I was going through right now? God, this is too damned difficult. I mean, why can't this all just go away?"
"Plotting out your life can be very tiring," Donna thought aloud.
Continuing to write, she made a pro-and-con list. Knowing that she couldn't raise a child alone on a government salary, she made 4 columns: Adoption Pros, Adoption Cons, Abortion Pros and Abortion Cons.
45 minutes later, the "Adoption Pros" column read:
--I could help the child have parents who want it and can care for it.
--I could postpone being a parent myself until later in my life when I feel ready.
--I like the idea of giving someone else that which they can't create themselves.
And the "Adoption Cons" column read:
--I don't think I could give up a baby after nine months of pregnancy and delivery.
--I would worry about whether the baby was being well treated.
The "Abortion Pros" column read:
--An abortion is a safe and sensible way to take care of an unwanted pregnancy.
--I won't have to continue with an unwanted pregnancy
--It's less of a financial burden than going through with 9 mos. of prenatal vitamins, doctor visits, etc.
--No one has to know unless I choose to let them know
and then the "Abortion Cons" column read:
--I might not be able to get pregnant again.
--I don't know whether or not the people closest to me oppose abortion.
After 15 minutes of looking at the list, Donna decided that she couldn't let the feelings of the people around her determine what she was going to do with her body and eliminated a few of her points, leaving her with the "Abortion Pros" column.
Sighing to herself, Donna glanced at the ceiling and muttered a silent prayer to no particular deity, "Please let me have made the right choice."
And so she went to price out her herbs.