Sallie Tisdale's Essay 'We Do Abortions Here'

Sallie Tisdale wrote an essay titled We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story. After reading her personal essay about her job I concluded she doesn’t necessarily propose her opinion. While her opinion does not seem clear, I believe that Tisdale wants the readers to form their own opinion on the situation. As I read We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story, my opinion began to regenerate on abortion. I believe that there are certain situations that do call for abortion. In We Do Abortions Here: A Nurse’s Story, Tisdale explains the responsibilities of working in an abortion center. She talks about how she sees abortion and how abortion makes her feel. Tisdale has worked in an abortion clinic for some time and she’s watched some of the same girls come back for another abortion, time after time. She bites her tongue as she keeps reassuring those in need of reassurance. She learns when it is okay to laugh and when certain things should not be said. Tisdale tells the reader that she watches over the women that come and go and learns not to say anything or judge. Though Sallie enjoys her job, she seems embarrassed to admit it. “In describing this work, I find it difficult to explain how much I enjoy it most of the time. We laugh a lot here, as friends and as professional peers. It’s nice to be with women all day. I like the sudden, …show more content…
When someone gets an abortion, they are taking away a life. That baby could have been someone important, or something important: a doctor, a dentist, or even the next president. The world would have never known because we didn’t give the baby a chance of making something out of itself. “We make the powerful assumption that the fetus is different from us, and even when we admit the similarities, it is too simplistic to be seduced by form alone” (713). Taking away a life that has not even began is not fair; it doesn’t seem necessary to me. The baby had no chance to save