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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
Jenni Levy
9:01 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Anonymous, your are seriously, dangerously misinformed. STIs are reliably prevented by latex condoms. The most common emotional response to abortion is relief, not permanent trauma; the trauma comes from the guilt, fear and shame induced by the attitudes you espouse.
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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
Jenni Levy
4:07 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ReplyJill, those are in two separate comments because the second comment isn't addressed to you. I think we're done; I don't generally keep talking to people who call me "idiot" and "fool".
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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
Jenni Levy
3:45 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ReplyI am pro-choice for many reasons, not the least of which is that legalized abortion saves women's lives; there's solid epidemiological data to prove that. I trust that those of you who want abortion criminalized and who equate it to murder are working diligently to provide low-cost or free contraception to everyone who needs it, because there's also solid evidence that such access markedly reduces abortion rates. If your goal really is to stop abortions, that's the way to do it.
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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
Jenni Levy
3:42 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ReplyJill, it's reproductive rights, and access to abortion is a big part of that. You accused me of thinking only of myself, and what I hear you saying is that your primary concern is what *you* want for your daughters - not their actual experience. We may be on different planets and we certainly are different people. I trust we're each doing our best. I hope that commenting here has been in some way helpful to you.
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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
Jenni Levy
3:02 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ReplyJill, the whole point is that it's *not* a stranger. My daughter is blessed to have many loving adults in her life beyond her parents. I am doing everything I can to help her feel she can talk to me; I am laying the groundwork. I have been doing that since she was born. But that may not be enough. If indeed she needs to go to someone else for help with birth control, I will feel very sad - but I will also be relieved that someone else was there and my daughter got what she needed, because in the end that's more important than my feelings.
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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
Jenni Levy
12:51 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ReplyThe topic is reproductive rights. Abortion is one piece - but only one piece - of that. Maybe it would mean I haven't done my job if she can't talk to me, but why she should suffer for that?
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On the Blog Post On the 40th Anniversary of Roe: My Daughter, Her Choices
Jenni Levy
8:46 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ReplyIt does not surprise me to hear the focus shifted from my daughter's autonomy to the putative rights of a being that doesn't, as yet, exist.
Jenni Levy
12:44 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Rosemary and Joe, you are wrong. The "lasting consequences" are talked about far too much given that they don't exist for most women. Abortion does not cause breast cancer and it does not cause overwhelming guilt. There are good studies that prove this, despite your anecdotal evidence to the contrary. I don't argue that some women feel guilty, but most feel relieved.
Most women who have abortions in the US are already mothers, and are quite aware of the consequences of their decision.
I trust, given your strong feelings and your desire to prevent abortion, that you are both in support of low-cost or free birth control, good sex education in schools, and funding to provide housing, medical care and food for low-income women and children. Those are the programs that have been shown - again, in well-conducted scientific studies - to lower the rate of abortion. If you're not supporting those programs, you are more interested in controlling women's behavior than you are in preventing abortion.