Is it the especial right of mothers
To kill their babies,
Denying that self-same right—
And every other—
To their own progeny?
Is there not more at stake
Than her own wishes?
Does not the baby belong
Also to itself
And to its father
And—if you can accept it—
To God?
By what especial right, then,
Is the mother privileged
To commission the irreversible deed
That abolishes the rights of others?
