dizzle
January 28th 2008, 07:34 PM
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, the Santa Barbara News-Press published a half-page ad from the “Santa Barbara Pro-Choice Coalition” concerned with what would happen to women in America “if Roe Fell?” They list: “They may have to resort to back alleys, they’ll be forced to travel to states with less restrictive laws, they may be prosecuted for self-induced abortions, [and] poor and low income women will suffer the most.” It is signed by just about every group in Santa Barbara that is dominated by women (except, of course, by religious or pro-life groups).
When I woke up to that ad I thought immediately that “if Roe Fell” maybe women would be more circumspect about when and with whom they had sex; that women might show some proactive responsibility by using the birth control pill, an IUD, etc., or have the maturity to make sure their sex partner (or, if you’re in college, it’s just a hook-up partner) uses a condom. I also thought that maybe they’d have the compassion not to make an innocent child experience capital punishment, and instead be offered for adoption to a two-parent, mature and responsible married couple and thereby create a family instead of terminating a life.
Instead, we’ve got a culture that disdains personal responsibility and elevates freedom from consequences and the impact on others be damned. Think about the so-called reality shows which have young adults mixing and matching sexual exploits, and the popularity of television programs like “Sex in the City” and “Friends.”
http://www.drlaura.com/blog/2008/01/28/planned-un-parenthood/
When I woke up to that ad I thought immediately that “if Roe Fell” maybe women would be more circumspect about when and with whom they had sex; that women might show some proactive responsibility by using the birth control pill, an IUD, etc., or have the maturity to make sure their sex partner (or, if you’re in college, it’s just a hook-up partner) uses a condom. I also thought that maybe they’d have the compassion not to make an innocent child experience capital punishment, and instead be offered for adoption to a two-parent, mature and responsible married couple and thereby create a family instead of terminating a life.
Instead, we’ve got a culture that disdains personal responsibility and elevates freedom from consequences and the impact on others be damned. Think about the so-called reality shows which have young adults mixing and matching sexual exploits, and the popularity of television programs like “Sex in the City” and “Friends.”
http://www.drlaura.com/blog/2008/01/28/planned-un-parenthood/