I guess there's a movement afoot to outlaw abortion completely in South Dakota. It's getting press because the anti-choice activists are using a different tactic, they are arguing that abortion is used by society to keep women from being mothers.
Wow.
If that's not one of the most victim-oriented, paternalistic canards I've heard in awhile.
Sure, we all know that abortion is often VERY convenient for men, and to a lot of other family members who would rather their 16 year-old become a mother at 26 (I have vitriol for "pro-lifers" because I grew up with people who published their names in the paper in ads that sought to outlaw abortions after they had sought and received abortions for their own daughters), and women do sometimes regret having abortions.
But to hold "motherhood" out there as a right, and something so blessed and nurtured by our society (HA!!!) that women who have abortions are missing out on all this festivity, is false advertising.
Being a mother in the United States today is often a very solitary experience. There is little community support without monetary cost and family support is often fractured and distant, and in many places we really have an adult-oriented culture that is as far from PRO-CHILD as we could possibly be. There is constant pressure on parents and children to be more, do more, have more, go more.
Somehow I doubt that it's the woman with the family support, community support and child-centered culture that is seeking an abortion.
I had a conversation with two Democrats tonight that are helping foster children. One woman actually has a child she fosters part-time (she's an educational appointee) and her foster son is very difficult behaviorally. The other woman is on the board of a non-profit that is investing in foster care solutions. Why?
I need to check these stats but this is what I heard tonight: 60- 70% of foster children go to jail after foster homes. 70% of foster children live in L.A. and N.Y.
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