http://equalwrites.org/2009/03/13/girls-gone-missing/ Feminism and Gender Issues at Princeton University Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://equalwrites.org/2009/03/13/girls-gone-missing/#comment-469 Dan Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:19:00 +0000 http://equalwrites.org/2009/03/13/girls-gone-missing#comment-469 "And if you have a daughter, love her."</></>Yes, Laura. With all my heart. Long before she was born, long before I knew whether she was a girl or a boy, I loved her. Maybe even before she was conceived (OK, that's a stretch... but I always knew I *would* love her). I can't even begin to imagine the heartlessness of a parent who would kill an infant for any reason. And I know this is going to sound like pro-life propaganda to some people, but I honestly can't imagine looking at an ultrasound image and then deciding that this person, my own child, does not deserve to live. I honestly don't see how that is any less heartless than killing an infant. “And if you have a daughter, love her.”Yes, Laura. With all my heart. Long before she was born, long before I knew whether she was a girl or a boy, I loved her. Maybe even before she was conceived (OK, that’s a stretch… but I always knew I *would* love her). I can’t even begin to imagine the heartlessness of a parent who would kill an infant for any reason. And I know this is going to sound like pro-life propaganda to some people, but I honestly can’t imagine looking at an ultrasound image and then deciding that this person, my own child, does not deserve to live. I honestly don’t see how that is any less heartless than killing an infant.

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