I Love My Life, But I Wish My Parents Never Had Me

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Given the current climate of anti-reproductive-rights rhetoric, I can't help but reflect on the ways in which my parents    

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cultural norms prevented them from exercising their legal right to procreate.     

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cultural norms prevented them from exercising their legal right to procreate.     

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either complying with cultural norms and having children they couldn't afford, or rebelling against those norms and abandoning their culture and support system.     

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The happiness of parenthood appeared to fade the moment they brought my siblings and me home from the hospital    

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despite their repeated declarations of wanting a family and their glowing descriptions of my birth and my siblings.    

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I sensed that I was unwanted even when I was a little girl. My parents never explicitly stated their desire to have children; however,    

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hey frequently reprimanded my siblings and me for behaving in a childlike manner or for exhibiting typical child demands.     

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