Mona - Roe was in place for 50 YEARS and the powers that be never took the opportunity to do what you are suggesting - provide financial support to the woman so she could choose to go through with the birth if she wanted.
In fact - just the opposite is true - wisconsin used to have a welfare system that generated constant harping about …
Mona - Roe was in place for 50 YEARS and the powers that be never took the opportunity to do what you are suggesting - provide financial support to the woman so she could choose to go through with the birth if she wanted.
In fact - just the opposite is true - wisconsin used to have a welfare system that generated constant harping about welfare moms who "had additional babies so they could collect more money." So it was "reformed."
Since you acknowledge that most women who terminate an unplanned pregnancy are low income and feel they can't afford the child let's be realistic about the kind of financial support that is needed and will NEVER happen. 1) aid during pregnancy for clothing, doctor visits and vitamins 2) a year of paid maternity leave and help purchasing diapers/cribs/baby clothes 3) supplements for child care that keep the out of pocket cost to the working mother either free or to a minimum.
And realistically - even once out of the baby stage and with the woman back to work - she probably did not magically get a raise to accommodate the additional costs for the growing child so are you going to advocate 18 years of financial supplements?
The half of the country that thinks everyone should pull themselves up by their own bootstraps will never agree to financially support poor women's children.
The religious right do NOT want to spend their money to help someone they think does not deserve it because "she did not keep her legs together." (actual quote from my family member)
"Every abortion is a tragedy and frankly, a moral failure." I certainly hope Mona means its a moral failure on the part of the country - not on the part of the woman or man involved. But the reality she refuses to face is that there are plenty of other reasons for an abortion to be the best option for a particular woman (abusive partner/age/health) that money can't necessarily fix. And that the option of adoption also can't fix. Abortion bans do a lot more than provide "a nuisance factor for poor and minority women in red and purple states" - wow that's quite a statement!
Mona - Roe was in place for 50 YEARS and the powers that be never took the opportunity to do what you are suggesting - provide financial support to the woman so she could choose to go through with the birth if she wanted.
In fact - just the opposite is true - wisconsin used to have a welfare system that generated constant harping about welfare moms who "had additional babies so they could collect more money." So it was "reformed."
Since you acknowledge that most women who terminate an unplanned pregnancy are low income and feel they can't afford the child let's be realistic about the kind of financial support that is needed and will NEVER happen. 1) aid during pregnancy for clothing, doctor visits and vitamins 2) a year of paid maternity leave and help purchasing diapers/cribs/baby clothes 3) supplements for child care that keep the out of pocket cost to the working mother either free or to a minimum.
And realistically - even once out of the baby stage and with the woman back to work - she probably did not magically get a raise to accommodate the additional costs for the growing child so are you going to advocate 18 years of financial supplements?
The half of the country that thinks everyone should pull themselves up by their own bootstraps will never agree to financially support poor women's children.
The religious right do NOT want to spend their money to help someone they think does not deserve it because "she did not keep her legs together." (actual quote from my family member)
bingo: "Roe was in place for 50 YEARS and the powers that be never took the opportunity to do what you are suggesting". Roe was the compromise.
"Every abortion is a tragedy and frankly, a moral failure." I certainly hope Mona means its a moral failure on the part of the country - not on the part of the woman or man involved. But the reality she refuses to face is that there are plenty of other reasons for an abortion to be the best option for a particular woman (abusive partner/age/health) that money can't necessarily fix. And that the option of adoption also can't fix. Abortion bans do a lot more than provide "a nuisance factor for poor and minority women in red and purple states" - wow that's quite a statement!