The Changing Face of Abortion

I think that it is great that some people think abortion is horrible. And yes, people should think about pregnancy everytime they have sex. But, I for one am sick and tired of reading news articles about evil people who abuse, rape, kill or in any way harm a small defenseless child. These are the people who should have had an abortion or probably wanted to but were maybe guilted into not going thru with it. These are the people that are too selfish to give that child up for adoption to a loving family. Every woman can have a baby, every woman is not a mother.

Will a time ever come when an open discussion about Abortion will happen? The rights of a woman is a joke on this issue. Responsibility for your actions is an issue. Relax ladies, I look at the responsibility of men and women. Men tend to explain how condoms are not for them or explain how they will pull out ect. A woman has to deal with what happens. When will men have a pill, never. Because we dont need one, women do. we need one to keep it up. How much emotion do men have after the abortion. But without abortion I may have to take responsibility. Abortion may be a womans choice, Just study how many men see it as their answer also.

I bet that abortions would plummet if abstinence programs were abandoned in favor of safe-sex education. All you other parents can keep believing that your kids won't get frisky until they're married, but I will make sure my children know how to stay safe and not rely on wishful thinking.

Paragraph 2: '... the Supreme Court 'passed' Roe v. Wade" ...? The court doesn't 'pass;' it rules on, or upholds, or overturns. Passing is something a legislative body does. Although, come to think of it ....

To GlobalNomad - Yes, Planned Parenthood tells you about the dangers of all the contraceptives it offers. It gives you verbal counseling and written information, and you must sign that you received and understand all that has been presented to you before you receive any contraceptives. They also offer the Pill and other contraceptives at a greatly reduced price to the people who use their services. Yes, they also do this in regard to STDs. When I was an uninsured student and could not afford to pay full price for my yearly exam, I went to Planned Parenthood. Without access to their services, my ovarian cancer would not have been diagnosed until too late, and I'd be dead.

I cannot wait for men to get their act together. They have not done a very good job in my opinion of running the world. Maybe women should give it a try. I will always encourage women to live for themselves. When they empower themselves they can transcend this life. Our ability to control our fertility is vital to our liberty. Add modesty and chasteness to this, women will run the world. We are the givers of life. I'm tired of reminding men of this. We have what you want and need. If you seek our love and self sacrifice you should earn it. Until then, look to Europe where the government is so desperate to get women pregnant that they pay you to have a baby. When this begins to happen everywhere, we will have a voice. Maybe even equal representation in government!!!

It's easy to vilify women who have worked to change the lives of other women. Rumors about Margaret Sanger and her beliefs are easily contrived, luckily she isn't here to defend herself. What a pointless argument to have. Many minorities lack access to abortion and birth control, which means her 'so called' plan isn't going so well. And since none of the men who commented here will ever be pregnant, their opinion about what I should do with my body is irrelevent to me.

Planned Parenthood provides much more than abortions - their birth control and GYN care care are second to none. With no insurance or under-insurance, they are the only affordable option out there. Cutting into their ability to provide services, under whatever dubious pretext, ends up hurting the very women they are mentionging in this article. Forget about abortion/pregnancy - do you know what it's like to try to find affordable treatment for a UTI when you have no insurance? They do.

Interesting that Planned Parenthood is troubled by abortion in low income and minority communities, as this is what the organization was founded for. Margaret Sanger was a known classist and racist. Just read her "Pivot of Civilization": "The grosser, the more obvious, the undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind."

Referring to her "Negro Project", she even said "We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out the idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." . . .Sick and twisted.

I suppose it's good that now they claim not to want to kill these children, but the truth is they are accomplishing Sanger's goal nonetheless.

The tone of this article is hardly objective. Clearly this author thinks abortion is a negative thing. "Somber" numbers, teens are apparently not the ones we need to "worry about." While I think it is a great thing to point out to conservatives that conservative economic and family planning policies lead to and INCREASE in abortions to point out the blasted hypocrisy of the far right, the tone sounds like that of a compassionate nun rather than a journalist or a medical reporter.