To the editor:
In regard to the law of reporting abortions on girls younger than 14, the head of an abortion rights lobby group is continuing the disinformation campaign put out by fringe feminists. Abortion providers make a tremendous amount of money providing abortions. There is a disincentive to protect young girls. Laws need to be in place to make sure that they are protected. Abortion hurts women of all ages. It has been linked to increased risk of breast cancer, increased depression and self-harm as well as increased risk of pre-term birth and placenta previa.
The Roe v. Wade decision itself has been pointed out by constitutional scholars to have no basis in constitutional text or history. Instead, it is a blatant act of policy-making by the branch of government that is not supposed to make policy. Congress and the president are supposed to lead the nation on policy questions.
With the nomination of Judge Roberts to the Supreme Court, many women's groups are expressing concern that the Supreme Court will no longer protect their ability to have an abortion. However, they will not say how far Roe has gone with its companion case of Doe v. Bolton. These two cases legalized abortion for any reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy. This is a position that pollsters show most people do not support.
Jacquelyn Monroe,
Lawrence
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Kookamooka (MJ Browne) says…
If you don't have control over your body, what control do you have? What ever happened to personal responsibility. You can't BE GOD! Keep it legal and let God sort it out in the end.
What we should do is support an environment in this country were "girls don't go wild" or feel so much pressure to be SEXY. I saw a toddler push up bra on a rack at T.J.Maxx the other Day. They sell Thongs for that age group,too. We are objectifying our young girls and sending them very confusing messages about what they can or should do with their bodies. Let's all cover up the exposed flesh and start making good sensible decisions about our female sexual power. Encourage the girls to protect their most precious assets. But keep abortion legal!
Speakout (anonymous) says…
Kookamooka, I couldn't disagree more. Let the girls show off their bodies and look like mature adults at 9. Let them become sexually active at 7 & 8 years old and let toddlers have push up bras and thongs. Whats the matter with you? Are you trying to put moral value in America? We Americans won't stand for it.
raven (anonymous) says…
Young girls should not be wearing this type of thing. It gives them the wrong impression that women of all ages should dress to impress the opposite sex. We (as a society) need to give the girls the message that women are more than just sex symbols.
Grammaton (anonymous) says…
Raven, I couldn't agree more.
Here's the problem with notifying local police (and thereby parents) of abortions, in this situation:
If, say, a 13 year old girl becomes pregnant by a 22 year old male, and wants an abortion, and she knows that if she has one that the police will be notified, she will be less likely to seek out the help and support she needs. The chances that a girl in that situation would do that even without the notification of abortion is still very slim... although she may seek the support of her omnicient, super cool 22 year old boyfriend. *rolls eyes*
If abortion does not remain legal, the country will be overrun by "inadequate" human beings. The reason for this: Due to the advent of birth control, natural selection now favors the unintelligent.
craigers (anonymous) says…
Kookamooka, I know you will probably take this wrong since I am a man, but don't girls and the guys for that matter have control of their bodies before they choose to have sex? Isn't that the choice that we are given? You make the choice to have sex, then deal with the consequences. Abortions should not be allowed! I know I will get flack for this, but the baby is innocent in all situations when unwanted sex is involved, but does that mean the baby's life should be terminated? I don't.
smitty (anonymous) says…
What a powerful group, this fringe feminist group. Tell me, are they butchy femme or femmey butch, perhaps an off shot of the lipstick feminist? A mighty power class of women that do not breed with men but have the power to influence the entirety of American female culture.
Are the hetrosexual breeder types that easily swayed, no ability to think on their own, totally gullible to the male's hormonal influences?
I want to be a fringe lesbian when I grow up just for the power to dominate all those breeding females.
Will the day ever come when hetrosexual women think and act on their own without the over powering influence of a small number of that small percentage of those fringe lesbians?