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Summary Of Rayna Rapp's Xylo

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One of the most interesting readings from our textbook this semester for me was Rayna Rapp’s “XYLO”. I think one of the main reasons I found it so moving was that where I am from, abortion is a rather taboo topic, that is not widely talked about in public. I do not personally know anyone who has had an abortion, so most of my ideas about abortion were from media and television/movies. Before reading this story, I had only really equated abortion with females who did not want/or could not care for a child at that point in their life. But XYLO proved to be a much deeper story, it showed her why she made the painful decision she did, and challenged my beliefs about abortion.
Although I am pro-choice, at first I was unsettled about her decision

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