Poorly Done Parody. *

I think she's attempting humor here, or downplaying the life-and-death decision that characterizes abortion, but the University of Wisconsin law professor clearly misses her mark:

Last month, Virginia — obviously in the interest of making abortion as safe as possible — required abortion clinics to be regulated like hospitals , even though that might put most of the state’s clinics out of business.
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Bringing a child into the world is also a life-changing decision. Too many women have to make that choice without similar protections. It is time to demand equality and tell our legislatures to enact the Defense of Motherhood Act.

DOMA would extend existing protections, with small modifications as necessary.

In the interest of safety, DOMA would insist that all prenatal care be provided by licensed physicians (not nurses or midwives) in medical offices fully equipped to handle obstetric emergencies — even if that means having to wait longer for appointments, pay more or drive for hours.

To ensure that the decision to go through with a pregnancy is fully considered, there would be a 72-hour waiting period between the time a pregnant woman first sees a doctor and the time she can get prenatal care.

Physicians would have to inform pregnant women about the risks of childbirth and motherhood. They would have to note that childbirth, compared with abortion, is roughly 14 times more likely to result in maternal death and is more often associated with depression and other forms of mental illness. They would also have to emphasize that working women in the United States can expect to see their wages drop 9 to 16 percent for each child and that having a child makes it significantly less likely that an unmarried woman will ever marry.

To ensure that women are not being coerced by partners, family members or clergy into bearing a child, DOMA would require that all women be interviewed about the circumstances of conception and their motives for continuing with pregnancy. Did a husband sabotage birth control? Was a woman unable to afford contraception because her employer refused to comply with the Affordable Care Act?

And, finally, pregnant women would be required to view a two-hour video featuring a colicky newborn, a toddler having a tantrum and a sulking teenager.

Funny stuff.

Instead of seeking government relief, why not do what private organizations, and family elders, have been successfully doing for years?

Teach young women bodily self respect.

Push back against a culture that defines them as sexual receptacles, as young as 13 or 14. Find out who impregnated the child, and if the baby daddy is not another teen but an adult man, prosecute for underage rape accordingly. Often it's not boys but serial adult men breeding these children. Ask a nun.

Bring back the link between lovemaking and babymaking. Despite all the artificial advances, technology indeed is fallible. If you're not ready to accept the potential consequences of failure -- which includes conceiving an 'imperfect' child -- you're not ready to play the bedroom games that can result in potential parenthood.

Too long, secular society has preached 'if it feels good, do it.' But more and more, we see the effects of unplanned children on society, and less and less of us are willing to accept that abortion on demand is the only ethical answer.

For those second and third time mothers who would choose a midwife, why curtail her private medical choices because some states are wisely seeking to better regulate the mercy killings of our vulnerable unborn?

Sex often ends in procreation.
Smart societies -- with an eye to the long term -- acknowledge that and indeed preach the responsibilities, risks, rewards, and sacrifices of that most important role, motherhood.

Abortion, or state aid, should be no one's back up plan to the natural consequences of procreative sex. We need to push back against the culture and government policymakers who make light of the individual states' rights to protect the health and welfare of its current and future citizens.

No joke.


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For God's Sake, Regulate :