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Deep rooted mentalities

November 7, 2008 by Tanya Zaleski 3 Comments

Many don’t believe that over 60% of abortions performed in Canada or the US involve coercion to some degree (usually by a mate or parent). That’s a conservative figure. While some claim having a ‘choice’ is an essential part of a civilized country, it is evident that the decision is not purely between a woman and her doctor. As part of daily life in this country, girl gets pregnant, and boy does everything he can to manipulate her to have an abortion. The only ones ignoring this reality are those who place the right to ‘choose’ above the welfare of women.

Why would any Canadian woman tolerate being coerced into such a decision? Aren’t we all strong, independent, assertive, and outspoken? I catch wind of atrocities like this, befalling women in countries like Afghanistan, and the problem is blamed on cultural mentality.

The central reason is despairingly simple: Women’s lives are not valued, and even women themselves perceive their suffering as being unavoidable.

Not only in Afghanistan do oppressive mentalities plague women. In this country, a girl or woman discovering she is unexpectedly pregnant knows instantly that actually choosing whether to carry through or terminate the pregnancy is unavoidable. If she herself wants to keep her baby, she is fully aware that someone else will, at the very least, encourage her to look at her ‘options.’ In carrying through the pregnancy, the baby then becomes her ‘choice.’

I’m doubtful that this is what the pro-choice movement set out to achieve. Unlikely that, from its inception, part of its mission statement was: “…so that every woman getting unexpectedly pregnant would feel some degree of pressure to have an abortion.”

So, just like in Afghanistan:

Questioning culture is, of course, a politically incorrect approach. But we must refuse to bow before the altar of tolerance when it comes to what is truly unacceptable, wherever it occurs.

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Woman, if you want to get pregnant, why are you on birth control?

May 16, 2008 by Tanya Zaleski Leave a Comment

A recent study explains that a considerable portion of the female population is both using birth control and desiring to get pregnant.

The researchers also found that many women who are lax about birth control are simply ambivalent about preventing a pregnancy and confessed that they would be very pleased if they found out they were pregnant.

Of course, this article doesn’t claim these women want to get pregnant. It refers to them instead as “women who are the least motivated to avoid pregnancy.”

So why are these women on birth control? Is it trendy? Is it fun? Am I missing something?

Perhaps it has to do with a social imposition. Generally, men expect “their” women to be on birth control within an unmarried sexual relationship. However, a woman generally has an innate desire to have a child. Try as we might, biologically, we can’t successfully separate sex from procreation. Thanks to modern feminism, our gender-image has been so warped that a sexually active woman wanting to get pregnant (out of that perfect context) is unreasonable, flighty, and even creepy.

So here we have loads women happily getting pregnant from intentionally inconsistent birth control use. Now they need to tell the new, clueless father-to-be. The result of this mix? Perhaps it’s this:

…up to 64 percent of abortions every year are a result of violence and coercion – a practice… that brings unbearable and life lasting trauma to thousands of women.

Way to go, modern feminism! Just look how well the sexual liberation of women is working out.

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: abortion, Birth control, coercion, Pregnancy

We’re supposed to get used to this?

May 2, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

From the UK, 12 to 15-year-olds are having abortions.

Ann Furedi, chief executive of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which runs a chain of abortion clinics, said: “This is a tiny number of girls. Children grow up very quickly in our society. They are maturing faster physically, psychologically and socially, and society just has to come to terms with that.”

It is a small number of girls–10 to 15 each year–but we ought to be shocked, maintain that shock, increase the shock. True compassion isn’t shown by saying hey, that’s normal, get used to it! And it is entirely alarming and painful to read that someone would advocate that view. Would Furedi say that if it were her 12-year-old daughter?

This is where “women’s rights” becomes an obvious fraud. Who will start the “girl’s rights” movement–a 12-year-old is not a woman, after all.

Filed Under: All Posts Tagged With: abortion, Ann Furedi, British pregnancy advisory service, coercion, minors, United Kingdom

And the verdict is?

March 14, 2008 by Tanya Zaleski Leave a Comment

A man was jailed Thursday on charges he forced his 7-year-old daughter to kill the family cat by holding a knife in her hand and making her stab the pet.

Read the full story here.

It’s disturbing, to say the least. The man certainly deserves to be held accountable for this heinous act. But no matter what the final verdict and sentencing is on this case, I will be distraught to hear it.

Here is some old news about another father forcing his daughter to kill; this time to have an abortion.

…police found a .22-caliber rifle, duct tape and rope in the parents’ car.

Under the agreement, the couple will avoid jail time and the assault charge will be dropped once they complete counseling…

So, you see, if the sentencing on the new case is light, justice isn’t served. And if it’s heavy, the verdict is out on the value of human life.  But that message might just be loud and clear already.

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