Recently, Planned Parenthood tweeted, “We Need a Disney Princess Who Had an Abortion.”
I am a former Disney princess who had an abortion. It is not easy to share a story that represents my deepest personal loss and sadness. But I also will not remain silent knowing what I know. The tweet overlaid something sinister. Since its founding, this organization has sold a death message.
We do not need a Disney princess written by authors scripting a manipulated story that aims to glorify killing children. This kind of strategic propaganda contributed to my own personal tragedy. Abortion doesn’t empower. It is a tragic tale rarely told because the abortion architects would need to admit the damage it has caused women like myself (and obviously their children).
The stories little girls need to continue to hear are already exemplified in the fairy tales that teach us about goodness and truth. It has always been the witches plotting to confuse the princesses, attempting to lure them away from their noble pursuits, pushing them out of their destined castles with evil intent to smother their dreams. These evil ones appear powerful, but always end up falling off cliffs or being struck down by the goodness of truth.
Cinderella is a story of making something beautiful out of the life surprises that threaten to burn us.
I am in the process of writing a book about Cinderella, focusing on her incredible strength in overcoming life in the fire and ashes as an orphan herself. She was tortured and enslaved by the ugly stepsisters, who didn’t understand her story and tried to rewrite her destiny by taking away her rightful position next to the king. Cinderella defied her stepmother and stepsisters in taking the throne by storming the castle gates, adorned in supernatural favor to battle for her happily ever after.