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In reply to the discussion: Does "abortion on demand and without apology" describe your approach to the issue? [View all]Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)without some context....
I want abortion to be rare. But in order to ensure that we need to
(1) Provide early and meaningful sex education (not abstinence only)
(2) Provide access to contraception from condoms to the pill, etc.
(3) Provide pregnant women with OPTIONS that include
- Carrying the child to term and adopting them out WITH public assistance for maternal and natal care
- Providing a mother that has no resources with education, child care, health care for herself and the child, nutritional food for both, a safe living environment for both, etc.
If we don't do the above then we face disaster.
I absolutely do NOT want a woman who has become pregnant to walk into a facility and "demand" an abortion. She should be presented with options from carrying the baby to term and keeping it to carrying the baby to term and adopting it out, etc. Should she have all of these options be presented but they do not work for her then I support her right to request a termination of the pregnancy.
The last thing we want is a concept of 'abortion on demand'. It is a losing statement.