Bodies in our bodies
I visited Bodies: The Exhibition with my mom in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. Although the price was extremely high for my student budget ($26.50 or $32.50 with audio tour) I found it to be completely worth the price of admission. I originally heard about the exhibit from my brother who had visited it the week prior, and between him, my mom and myself we all had the same outstanding impression.
I've always been a pro-choice enthusiast, but after going through the reproductive segment of the exhibit we all realized that by the time a fetus is in it's 7th week of development it has all the parts required to look like a baby. It has all of the organs needed for life, it has all of it's limbs and it has a face with available expression.
I was always taught in school that if you are planning to have an abortion it is safe and humane to have it done up to the 3 month mark. When my mom saw the fetus displays in their various stages of development, she told me the story of when she accidentally got pregnant with my second oldest brother, Kyle. She had an IUD implanted at the time, so as compensation for it not working the health professional told her she could have an abortion. She was ten weeks along when they gave her this option. She decided to keep the fetus and now after seeing the Bodies exhibit she can put a face on the decision she made 31 years ago. And after seeing the exhibit I think I have changed the way I would have decided the matter, or possibly will in the future.
I've always been a pro-choice enthusiast, but after going through the reproductive segment of the exhibit we all realized that by the time a fetus is in it's 7th week of development it has all the parts required to look like a baby. It has all of the organs needed for life, it has all of it's limbs and it has a face with available expression.
I was always taught in school that if you are planning to have an abortion it is safe and humane to have it done up to the 3 month mark. When my mom saw the fetus displays in their various stages of development, she told me the story of when she accidentally got pregnant with my second oldest brother, Kyle. She had an IUD implanted at the time, so as compensation for it not working the health professional told her she could have an abortion. She was ten weeks along when they gave her this option. She decided to keep the fetus and now after seeing the Bodies exhibit she can put a face on the decision she made 31 years ago. And after seeing the exhibit I think I have changed the way I would have decided the matter, or possibly will in the future.


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