I remembered something funny that I saw on a Gaia forum some time back. It was in the, now deceased, Abortion Debate thread, someone had been going on about how different cultures treat pregnant teens. The comment went along the lines of how black people praise young black girls who get pregnant.
I nearly spat my drink out on my screen. Read More »
My school newspaper recently published an article on the debate surrounding Roe v. Wade. I wrote a letter to the editor in response. It was not published. This confused gem about “liberal politics” did make the cut, though. While I’ve discussed most of the things I bring up in the letter already on my other blog, I think it’s a decent summary of a big problem in the abortion debate.
Anti-choice activists claim that they are trying to save lives by fighting to make abortion illegal. In fact, criminalizing abortion does not reduce abortions; it kills women. A study published last October in the Lancet found that abortion rates were not affected by its legality. Read More »
As more and more healthcare workers refuse to provide women with medical care for “moral” reasons - from refusing to perform abortions to refusing to write prescriptions for EC to refusing to dispense contraceptives - it is reassuring to read this physician’s reasons for becoming an abortion provider. Read More »
Well the topic is a bit of a lie actually. There is no solution to abortion. *sighs* Read More »
