Re: only if your christian,virgin,raped & sodomized, may
Tracy
Until society starts looking at a pregnant woman as a potential mother who needs assistance for at least a year while she carries a baby to a healthy birth and placement, we will continue the practice of disallowing those new lives to enter our world.
For whatever reason, we should be honoring all women who choose to carry a child - they should not lose their place in the working world if they have a job, they should be cared for in a place which gives them nurturing in addition to the health care for physical well-being. I cannot understand why people go to other countries to adopt children (which is a good thing)...when there are so many children here available for adoption....but the law makes it so difficult and expensive, when I think it should be
widely practiced ensuring the birthmother of a good family for her newborn. Alternatively if she decides to keep her child, every effort should be made to ensure her ability to do so in a proud and positive way.
There are many answers and I get sick of all of the reasons why things are the way they are.... abortion will always be with us and there will always be those hooked into repeat abortions too....but we as a society haven't progressed from the dark ages as it concerns babies out of wedlock to use an old fashioned term.
All the finger pointing and religious dogma isn't going to change anything. Even if a girl presents a legal contract to her date who wants to have sex, getting him to sign on for future obligation if a child is created from that sex....won't stop abortions....because we are such gifted creatures utilizing so little of our common sense and brains instead of insisting on solutions.
What about centers located in populated areas where women can work in daycare while awaiting the birth of their own child, learning how to care for infants and toddlers, and after the birth continue working there until they are ready for re-entrance into the world and have the means to support their child, or have given the child into adoption. These centers could be ongoing as daycare and right up until school placement would offer a secure and familiar place for both mothers and children. I'm talking also about 24/7 care. Staff who actually live there if they choose while they wait for birth of their own.
No doubt there a million reasons why this won't work either, but I often sit and dream about finding a place of "nesting" for women who are expecting - a place where their needs can be met, by friendships, by knowledgeable mothers who can teach child care, by counselors for their feelings of being lost and alone, a place to meet prospective parents if necessary - all kinds of things which can be taking place before the birth. Positive preparation.
Birth should never be a guilt issue - nor an unhappy issue - and we as a society make it so and then demand women do not abort.
How screwed up is that!!!
Tracy
Until society starts looking at a pregnant woman as a potential mother who needs assistance for at least a year while she carries a baby to a healthy birth and placement, we will continue the practice of disallowing those new lives to enter our world.
For whatever reason, we should be honoring all women who choose to carry a child - they should not lose their place in the working world if they have a job, they should be cared for in a place which gives them nurturing in addition to the health care for physical well-being. I cannot understand why people go to other countries to adopt children (which is a good thing)...when there are so many children here available for adoption....but the law makes it so difficult and expensive, when I think it should be
widely practiced ensuring the birthmother of a good family for her newborn. Alternatively if she decides to keep her child, every effort should be made to ensure her ability to do so in a proud and positive way.
There are many answers and I get sick of all of the reasons why things are the way they are.... abortion will always be with us and there will always be those hooked into repeat abortions too....but we as a society haven't progressed from the dark ages as it concerns babies out of wedlock to use an old fashioned term.
All the finger pointing and religious dogma isn't going to change anything. Even if a girl presents a legal contract to her date who wants to have sex, getting him to sign on for future obligation if a child is created from that sex....won't stop abortions....because we are such gifted creatures utilizing so little of our common sense and brains instead of insisting on solutions.
What about centers located in populated areas where women can work in daycare while awaiting the birth of their own child, learning how to care for infants and toddlers, and after the birth continue working there until they are ready for re-entrance into the world and have the means to support their child, or have given the child into adoption. These centers could be ongoing as daycare and right up until school placement would offer a secure and familiar place for both mothers and children. I'm talking also about 24/7 care. Staff who actually live there if they choose while they wait for birth of their own.
No doubt there a million reasons why this won't work either, but I often sit and dream about finding a place of "nesting" for women who are expecting - a place where their needs can be met, by friendships, by knowledgeable mothers who can teach child care, by counselors for their feelings of being lost and alone, a place to meet prospective parents if necessary - all kinds of things which can be taking place before the birth. Positive preparation.
Birth should never be a guilt issue - nor an unhappy issue - and we as a society make it so and then demand women do not abort.
How screwed up is that!!!
