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Written by Rachel Eagle Reiter   
I will not violate my temple With casual sex Sex without love With abortion I'm pro-choice And I choose life Not the knife I worship the womb I will not make it a tomb I can not choose for you I will not tell another woman what she should do You're pro-choice, too Let no one judge you I worship the womb I will not make it a tomb Everything about femininity Is sacred to me I honor my body I won't use it carelessly I once considered abortion To set me free From responsibility Now, I've reached maturity Abortion is never for me But, I'm not you Do what you need to Nobody should judge you It's my pro-choice prerogative To let my child live To photograph him in the womb For his first baby book To take his little kick Even if it makes my stomach sick To watch what I eat Because he eats it, too Abortion is never for me But, I don't choose for you It's not my place to
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