Reply #62: Women have abortions when they feel there is no other alternative [View All]

That is, women who do not have a soft place to fall back on are more likely to have an abortion when an unwanted pregnancy occurs. This is for several reasons:

• The woman may have other children who already depend on her
  
• The woman will lose income/livlihood if pregnancy becomes high risk and/or for simple maternity leave
  
• The woman has no social net to save her and her children
  
  
  
  • She might risk losing her existing children
    
  • She might end up on welfare
    
  • She might be shunned by existing social networks (including church and family) when the pregnancy is announced
    
  
  
• The woman may lose existing scholarships or other opportunities which would enhance her long-term situation
  
• The woman may have a history of difficult and/or high risk pregnancy
  
  
  
  • She might lose her existing employment due to pregnancy complications which result in an inability to perform her duties
    
  • She might incur massive hospital, doctor and other medical expenses due to the pregnancy
    
  • State agencies might move to take away existing children if she is shown to be unable to care for them
    
  
  

That list only scratches the surface...

The fact of the matter is that if women - of all walks of life - felt they were prepared to care for themselves during pregnancy, to care for existing children during pregnancy, to care for their children following birth, to care for their financial well-being while on maternity leave, to care for their children when they return back to work, et al -- you'd see a drastic reductions in the number of abortions in this nation.

The fact of the matter is that while Republicans shout down from their moral high-ground, the women in this nation "just keep swimming" in order to pay the bills, find good childcare, rush children from one activity to another, complain about ineffective birth control, clean their homes, take a few classes on the side, make sure everyone has their teeth brushed at bedtime and, in general, keep the country afloat.

If Republicans -- or any pro-life group -- truly cared about the WOMEN, they'd be up in arms about the anti-women policies in place and being put in place in our nation. They'd be screaming from the hilltops about cuts in after school childcare funding, reductions in educational funding (including higher education), changes in sexual education policies at our public schools and the overall infiltration of people who don't really give a damn about mother and child so long as their private moralistic view of the world isn't threatened.

If people really gave a damn, they'd know that in the Bible they hold so dear, Jesus instructs about poverty over 3,000 times.

Now, I'd prefer it if you'd be so kind as to take your anti-woman, anti-child, anti-human rhetoric and shove it up your too tight ass.