[Liza suggested I cross-post this from my main site, The New Homemaker [1].--Lynn]
Over at the new-ish blog Mother Talkers, Amy points to [2] a program in Wichita that is the kind of thing I wish anti-abortion people would take to heart [3]. I have been saying this for years: The issue is not whether to outlaw abortion or not, the issue is, are we going to be there for women and children who need us?
I am personally pro-life, to the point that for me the only exception is life of the mother; after eight weeks, that's a baby as far as I'm concerned, and it's not that child's fault if it's the product of rape or incest.
At the same time I recognize the utter futility of outlawing abortion, especially without providing some form of help for women faced with unwanted or inopportune pregnancies. And "inopportune" is so not the right word, but it's the best one I've got at hand. The Choices program gives me hope, because as things stand now all we have are two polarized political bureaucracies who stand to gain from never moving forward on this issue.
People of good will on both sides of the abortion divide need to come together and start providing these kinds of services, and making sure women first have access to contraceptives and education so that they never have to even think of using them. THAT is how to end abortion in this country, not in the courts.
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