Sanya Richards-Ross reveals having an abortion right before the 2008 Olys

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Bollocks, mate

2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:08pm CDT

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I understand it's her right to choose, but this is messed up. Trading a baby for a couple of Olympic medals. I do NOT believe the narrative that her church, sponsors, and fans would turn on her. SMH.

"U.S. Olympic sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross has revealed she had an abortion the day before flying to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Sanya dropped the bombshell in her new book, 'Chasing Grace' -- saying she and her husband, Aaron Ross (a former NYG cornerback), made the decision together during a phone call.
"Everything I ever wanted seemed to be within reach," SRR wrote ... "The culmination of a lifetime of work was right before me."
"In that moment, it seemed like no choice at all. The debate of when life begins swirled through my head, and the veil of a child out of wedlock at the prime of my career seemed unbearable. What would my sponsors, my family, my church, and my fans think of me?"
Sanya competed in the 400m race that year -- and won the bronze medal. However, she won gold as part of the 4x400 relay team."
this is sad

2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:18pm CDT
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Yeah to kill a child because of the inconvenience it would cause is messed up. That narrative definitely isn't true, but even if things turned out even worse than what she could imagine it still doesn't justify it. I pretty much liberal in every area except abortion, I believe that in a hundred years it will be the thing we will look back on with horror like we do with slavery and the holocaust.
Subway Surfers Addiction

2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:25pm CDT
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Why do people see the need to tell us about this unless she is looking to impress those of a certain political persuasion? Is she looking to move into politics?
idiot...

2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:29pm CDT
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If you get an abortion early on, the clump of cells has not been formed into a baby that has nerve cells that feel pain...
bean

2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:33pm CDT
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abortion is a pretty wild debate but try to put yourself in her shoes.
sex ed

2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:35pm CDT
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Are people really still not aware that there are really simple and effective ways to prevent getting pregnant in the first place?

TMI ugh

2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:45pm CDT
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For something secured under the right to privacy, abortion seems anything but private these days.
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2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:48pm CDT
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sex ed wrote:

Are people really still not aware that there are really simple and effective ways to prevent getting pregnant in the first place?

Every method fails at times. I have a friend who had a vasectomy. A few years later SURPRISE!
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2 years ago 06/06/2017 5:51pm CDT
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Bollocks, mate wrote:

I understand it's her right to choose, but this is messed up. Trading a baby for a couple of Olympic medals. I do NOT believe the narrative that her church, sponsors, and fans would turn on her. SMH.

"U.S. Olympic sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross has revealed she had an abortion the day before flying to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Sanya dropped the bombshell in her new book, 'Chasing Grace' -- saying she and her husband, Aaron Ross (a former NYG cornerback), made the decision together during a phone call.
"Everything I ever wanted seemed to be within reach," SRR wrote ... "The culmination of a lifetime of work was right before me."
"In that moment, it seemed like no choice at all. The debate of when life begins swirled through my head, and the veil of a child out of wedlock at the prime of my career seemed unbearable. What would my sponsors, my family, my church, and my fans think of me?"
Sanya competed in the 400m race that year -- and won the bronze medal. However, she won gold as part of the 4x400 relay team."

I agree that I do not think anyone would have held her being pregnant out of wedlock (she was engaged at the time) against her.

Of course she might have been thinking that in the swirl of making the decision.

I have not see how far along she was so I wonder if she had kept the baby would it have impacted her performance any worse than competing since the docs told her not to do train for 2 weeks.
adsfsdafasd

2 years ago 06/06/2017 6:04pm CDT
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Bollocks, mate wrote:

I understand it's her right to choose, but this is messed up. Trading a baby for a couple of Olympic medals. I do NOT believe the narrative that her church, sponsors, and fans would turn on her. SMH.

"U.S. Olympic sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross has revealed she had an abortion the day before flying to Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Sanya dropped the bombshell in her new book, 'Chasing Grace' -- saying she and her husband, Aaron Ross (a former NYG cornerback), made the decision together during a phone call.
"Everything I ever wanted seemed to be within reach," SRR wrote ... "The culmination of a lifetime of work was right before me."
"In that moment, it seemed like no choice at all. The debate of when life begins swirled through my head, and the veil of a child out of wedlock at the prime of my career seemed unbearable. What would my sponsors, my family, my church, and my fans think of me?"
Sanya competed in the 400m race that year -- and won the bronze medal. However, she won gold as part of the 4x400 relay team."

First of all, you ought to provide a source when you quote something. In this case I found it on SI.

Second, it's not a baby, it's a fetus.

Third, how many times do you think a female athlete can get pregnant and remain competitive? Surely her sponsors would prefer that she competes in the Olympics than have another child.

Fourth, you're setting up a false comparison. Do you think the decision really boiled down to trading a fetus for some medals, or do you think it was maybe a little more complex than that? Don't be ignorant.
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2 years ago 06/06/2017 6:14pm CDT
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It would be interesting how surprised we would be if we knew of every abortion.

This is mostly shocking because no one would normally volunteer this information.

Some of your mothers or wives or other dear ones may have had an abortion that you have no idea about.
HeartLandValues

2 years ago 06/06/2017 6:19pm CDT
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The shocking thing is she presents herself as a Christian and wears her Christianity promptly on her sleeve. So how then did this happen?

Bollocks, mate

2 years ago 06/06/2017 6:49pm CDT
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adsfsdafasd wrote:

First of all, you ought to provide a source when you quote something. In this case I found it on SI.

Second, it's not a baby, it's a fetus.

Third, how many times do you think a female athlete can get pregnant and remain competitive? Surely her sponsors would prefer that she competes in the Olympics than have another child.

Fourth, you're setting up a false comparison. Do you think the decision really boiled down to trading a fetus for some medals, or do you think it was maybe a little more complex than that? Don't be ignorant.

Let me address your concerns: OK, I should have provided a source. Glad you found it.

Second, it is fetus that will grow into a baby. I'm not getting into a pissing contest about the definition of it. One thing that we DO know - it was something that was alive, and an abortion killed it.

Third, having never been a female (or pregnant for that matter) I don't know. "Her sponsors?" When it comes down to it, who is she going to listen to, herself and the father of her child, or her sponsors? You're making her out to be awfully cold-blooded if the preference of her sponsors was the deciding factor.

Fourth : yes, I do believe it boiled down to trading a baby (what I'm going to call it since that was what it would have become in less than 9 months) for medals. I think I'd have a lot more respect for her if she was honest about the driving factor. I very much doubt that it was fear of finger-pointing from the public.

I'm far from ignorant. I am one who questions the motivation of this decision, and since she put this VERY private decision out into the public sphere, people are entitled to their opinions on it. I have expressed mine.

Good day.
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2 years ago 06/06/2017 6:54pm CDT
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luv2run wrote:

sex ed wrote:

Are people really still not aware that there are really simple and effective ways to prevent getting pregnant in the first place?

Every method fails at times. I have a friend who had a vasectomy. A few years later SURPRISE!

Wait for it...
Stiffyback

2 years ago 06/06/2017 7:05pm CDT
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luv2run wrote:

sex ed wrote:

Are people really still not aware that there are really simple and effective ways to prevent getting pregnant in the first place?

Every method fails at times. I have a friend who had a vasectomy. A few years later SURPRISE!

0.03% of vasectomies fail. The overwhelming majority of post-vasectomy pregnancies involve a "donor," if you will.
LRBF

2 years ago 06/06/2017 7:13pm CDT
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luv2run wrote:

sex ed wrote:

Are people really still not aware that there are really simple and effective ways to prevent getting pregnant in the first place?

Every method fails at times.

Nah, I have this foolproof method, quite common among LRC posters actually, it's called not interacting with females whatsoever. I have yet to impregnate a girl with this tactic, but I'll let you know if that changes.
Clueless wonder spotter

2 years ago 06/06/2017 7:26pm CDT
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Bollocks, mate wrote:

Second, it is fetus that will grow into a baby. I'm not getting into a pissing contest about the definition of it.

This is clearly your desire or you wouldn't have brought it up.
Quoting Mother Teresa Today

2 years ago 06/06/2017 7:45pm CDT
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I will pray for Sanya, her, husband, and their child. Hopefully the parents accept Gods mercy and repent. I didn't find the quote I was looking for, but Mother Teresa expresses my feelings on this matter better than I ever could.

"The so-called right to abortion has portrayed the greatest of gifts--a child--as a competitor, an intrusion, and inconvenience."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta

"I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion because it is a war against the child, murder by the mother herself. And if we can accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?"
-St. Teresa of Calcutta

"Please don't kill the child. I want the child. Please give me the child. I am willing to accept any child who would be aborted."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta

"A nation that kills its children in the womb has lost its soul."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta

"The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta

"Even the rich are being hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own."
-St. Teresa of Calcutta
Big tuna

2 years ago 06/06/2017 7:47pm CDT
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Her body, her choice :-)

A fetus is not a baby btw.
GhostofTedKennedy

2 years ago 06/06/2017 8:04pm CDT
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HeartLandValues wrote:

The shocking thing is she presents herself as a Christian and wears her Christianity promptly on her sleeve. So how then did this happen?

+1
Heard her blabbing about her Christian values, but a late stage abortion proves she puts money and fame first.