stop using my underage daughter as a political tool
Once again in my state a proposition in on the ballot to mandate adult notification if a minor wants an abortion.
Sadly, in previous elections, this has failed two times and I fear it might fail again.
This measure doesn't even require PARENT notification or ANY adult consent. It just says "Tell an adult before you perform an abortion on a 14 year old". And yet feminists and pro-choicers will tell you this is some women's rights issue and that 14 year olds should be entitled to get invasive medical procedures done without any adult being aware of it.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmm NO.
I'm sorry it doesn't tow the line for the pro-choice movement. I'm sorry that pro-choicers are too caught up in their movement to actually apply common sense to and issue that really isn't about abortion at all.
It's been said time and time and time again and yet not one single person who disagrees with these propositions can answer these issues:
Why must 14 year olds get consent for everything from ear piercing to taking asprin, and yet ABORTION is AOK for them?
What happens to the girls who get them, don't tell ANYONE, and then heal badly, get ill, or even worse, die?
A 14 or 15 year old rarely has an accurate enough grasp on reality to really thoughtfully judge how their parent will respond in this extreme situation. SURE plenty of teens don't want to tell their parents. NO SHIT. Plenty of them would get in trouble, plenty of them would suffer long lectures and groundings and other things that teenagers find TRULY horrible. Do I agree with those? Not necessarily. But do I think that they should then be able to get an invasive medical procedure without an adult knowing about it? NO!
I'm so sick whenever this issue comes up. I hate that the pro-choice movement wants to endanger my daughter for the sake of their cause.
My daughter is 9 and she's scared to tell me when she loses her camera. Cause she get's in trouble. And that's hard for her. It doesn't make it ok that she doesn't tell me. If she was 15 and got pregnant I bet she wouldn't want to tell me that either. I bet she'd be really scared. That doesn't make it ok for someone to perform a medical procedure on her with out my consent. It just doesn't.
Ugh. I'm just so frustrated with this crap. I'm so fed up with these band-aid fixes. I'm so pissed that my daughter is being used as a political tool. I just hate it.
Sadly, in previous elections, this has failed two times and I fear it might fail again.
This measure doesn't even require PARENT notification or ANY adult consent. It just says "Tell an adult before you perform an abortion on a 14 year old". And yet feminists and pro-choicers will tell you this is some women's rights issue and that 14 year olds should be entitled to get invasive medical procedures done without any adult being aware of it.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmm NO.
I'm sorry it doesn't tow the line for the pro-choice movement. I'm sorry that pro-choicers are too caught up in their movement to actually apply common sense to and issue that really isn't about abortion at all.
It's been said time and time and time again and yet not one single person who disagrees with these propositions can answer these issues:
Why must 14 year olds get consent for everything from ear piercing to taking asprin, and yet ABORTION is AOK for them?
What happens to the girls who get them, don't tell ANYONE, and then heal badly, get ill, or even worse, die?
A 14 or 15 year old rarely has an accurate enough grasp on reality to really thoughtfully judge how their parent will respond in this extreme situation. SURE plenty of teens don't want to tell their parents. NO SHIT. Plenty of them would get in trouble, plenty of them would suffer long lectures and groundings and other things that teenagers find TRULY horrible. Do I agree with those? Not necessarily. But do I think that they should then be able to get an invasive medical procedure without an adult knowing about it? NO!
I'm so sick whenever this issue comes up. I hate that the pro-choice movement wants to endanger my daughter for the sake of their cause.
My daughter is 9 and she's scared to tell me when she loses her camera. Cause she get's in trouble. And that's hard for her. It doesn't make it ok that she doesn't tell me. If she was 15 and got pregnant I bet she wouldn't want to tell me that either. I bet she'd be really scared. That doesn't make it ok for someone to perform a medical procedure on her with out my consent. It just doesn't.
Ugh. I'm just so frustrated with this crap. I'm so fed up with these band-aid fixes. I'm so pissed that my daughter is being used as a political tool. I just hate it.
Proposition 4 was a ballot measure which mandated parental notification 48 hours in advance of a minor terminating a pregnancy.
Although I realize that Katie and you have a very different relationship, I think it was more affecting minors who didn't have a relationship. Teens who had parents who weren't good parents - who were abusive, or had no relationships.
Where did you get your information from prop4? I'm genuinely interested in it. I hope I don't offend you with my post. I know it's done and over with. But I'm always interested to hear my friend's opinions.
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Heartonmysleeve |
11:36 AM