Much agreed. I have seen some groups, frequently associated with churches, that are pregnancy support centers or the like. I think these are a good idea, but they aren't nearly enough -- this is why we need more affordable but reliable child care, alternate educational programs for pregnant teens, and, oh yeah, near-universal health care. Private groups can't do this; at least some of it needs to be government (and not by funding faith-based programs). Support centers do need to be honest, though, when discussing options with their patients, and be understanding that many women are considering abortion, yet are not monsters. I don't think most of the religious-based groups are very good at that (though I don't know much about most specific groups). The attitude tends to be that it's something you don't even *consider* unless you're a horrible excuse for a human being.
Those groups aren't what I think of as the pro-life movement, though, at least in a political sense. The political movement is all about making sure that anyone who has or performs an abortion is prosecuted like the monsters they are, and nobody has sex unless they're married and want lots and lots of kids. Oddly, this actually contradicts the line on sex from most conservative Christian churches -- sex is a gift from God to married couples and intended as a joy, not just a tool for procreation.
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Date: 2004-11-09 07:58 pm (UTC)Those groups aren't what I think of as the pro-life movement, though, at least in a political sense. The political movement is all about making sure that anyone who has or performs an abortion is prosecuted like the monsters they are, and nobody has sex unless they're married and want lots and lots of kids. Oddly, this actually contradicts the line on sex from most conservative Christian churches -- sex is a gift from God to married couples and intended as a joy, not just a tool for procreation.