More on South Dakota - from KOS today
South Dakota's new law has spurred one complacent person to take action. As I read the post, I noticed how much she sounds like me.
I've supported Planned Parenthood and NARAL. I've written letters. But I live in a "safe" state so what was going on elsewhere didn't directly affect me. Actually, I'm far past childbearing age so I suppose it doesn't affect me directly anyway. It does affect younger women though. It tells them they are chattel.
She talks about "haven" states if South Dakota's law and the others coming up are not overturned by the courts. We all know that was the objective in passing a law that would surely be overturned by the lower courts. They're counting on a majority on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe completely.
If this happens, I'll make my couch up into a bed and we can start up our own underground railroad. Unless, of course, California fundamentalists succeed as well. So far, we've beaten them back.
I was watching the news tonight (sort of). The report said that 1st trimester teenage abortions had declined in one of the southern states, (Mississippi I think). They went on to say that 2nd trimester abortions by young women 17-1/2 and above had increased substantially. This means that rather than stopping abortion, they were making it more dangerous. These women were delaying abortion until they didn't need parental consent.
This can still be stopped but we need less complacency and more action.
I've supported Planned Parenthood and NARAL. I've written letters. But I live in a "safe" state so what was going on elsewhere didn't directly affect me. Actually, I'm far past childbearing age so I suppose it doesn't affect me directly anyway. It does affect younger women though. It tells them they are chattel.
She talks about "haven" states if South Dakota's law and the others coming up are not overturned by the courts. We all know that was the objective in passing a law that would surely be overturned by the lower courts. They're counting on a majority on the Supreme Court to overturn Roe completely.
If this happens, I'll make my couch up into a bed and we can start up our own underground railroad. Unless, of course, California fundamentalists succeed as well. So far, we've beaten them back.
I was watching the news tonight (sort of). The report said that 1st trimester teenage abortions had declined in one of the southern states, (Mississippi I think). They went on to say that 2nd trimester abortions by young women 17-1/2 and above had increased substantially. This means that rather than stopping abortion, they were making it more dangerous. These women were delaying abortion until they didn't need parental consent.
This can still be stopped but we need less complacency and more action.
posted by Granny @ 3/09/2006 01:10:00 AM
2 Comments:
At Friday, March 10, 2006 5:49:00 AM ,
granny said...
I spoke with an older family member who was born and raised in South Dakota about this. She said that they were always strange about this stuff and that the place was full of Catholics and Lutherans who were always feuding about their religious differences.
She told me that the mindset there was that if you got pregnant you had it and you raised it because you were nothing but a dirty whore if you didn't and they would never let you forget it.
So I asked her about other relatives and she told me they would be fine with the ban and I asked her how so and so would handle it if her favorite granddaughter got herself into trouble.
The answer is that the grandmother would bring her granddaughter to Montana for an abortion.
At Friday, March 10, 2006 4:10:00 PM ,
Granny said...
Caitlins's story as well as the other granny's story prove that we will continue to be treated like not too bright children. And sluts as well, I mustn't forget that.
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