Phoebe Lee

Casualties of Indulgence: from Life to Aborted Phoebe Lee

Since 1972 more than 40 million legal abortions have been performed in the United States. Of these, a vast number of young girls below the age of 19 have been privy to the heart-wrenching circumstances leading to an unwanted pregnancy and its subsequent termination. The author, Pheobe Lee, born the year America legalized abortion, shares the tragic details leading up to her own personal experience with abortion at age fourteen. And, the pain and denial following her many years thereafter. After providing an account of these tragic events, she gives the reader an in-your-face look at the politics and finances revolving around abortion today. Concluding many so-called pro-life proponents are just as guilty of perpetuating the great number of unnecessary abortions as their pro-choice rivals. Casualties of Indulgence not only defines the millions of innocent's lost to abortion as the casualties but also clearly shows how our behavior as a society victimizes our younger generation for the sake of our own indulgences. An easy yet fulfilling read bound to create many questions among all sides of the debate.