Don't forget to also make it easier for women to have and raise children -- it's so very hard and expensive to raise a kid by yourself, yet women are *still* villified as single moms if they do get pregnant and decide to keep the kid.
Yes, good point. There are a lot of wrong ideas floating around about why people have abortions -- the truth is that there are many reasons, with various possible solutions. No one blanket action will stop all abortions; it's simple-minded to think so.
No, he's just pulling up poor buggers who are out already!
Yeah, I almost talked about that. I wish Kerry had pushed the "backdoor draft" issue more than he did -- people need to know about it.
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Date: 2004-11-09 11:48 am (UTC)Yes, good point. There are a lot of wrong ideas floating around about why people have abortions -- the truth is that there are many reasons, with various possible solutions. No one blanket action will stop all abortions; it's simple-minded to think so.
No, he's just pulling up poor buggers who are out already!
Yeah, I almost talked about that. I wish Kerry had pushed the "backdoor draft" issue more than he did -- people need to know about it.