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[ami_b]

Wow, this must be about the saintliest possible response to this particular brand of cognitive dissonance. From this very interesting article that I think I ran into on rabbitica's doula blog.

I was with the doctor I train with doing the initial steps of an intake - an ultrasound to date the pregnancy and a full history.The patient says to the doctor, “I

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[sinvokasha]

I agree, that is a saintly response, and good for that person for doing it.

I haven't read the whole of the second link yet, but I'll anticipate that it'll be similar to some research that I've come across re: pro-choice vs. pro-life perspectives on women who get abortions. Bottom line of that being: pro-choice women typically recognize that there are a variety of reasons why women get abortions, whereas pro-life women typically assume that "most" women who get abortions are stupid sluts (but if they or their personal friends need one, well, then it's sure to be for a "good" reason, unlike all those dumb bitches out there, so that's okay then). Awesome. /sarcasm Really shows, I think, how much of the issue actually revolves around disdain for women's decision-making.

Gotta say also: that part in the first link about the soldier was upsetting to me. That'll be one more in the big pile of data I have about bullshit ways in which the state deals with abortion.

[sinvokasha]

Later:

Yep, same shit. :P

[rabbitica]

That article was so amazing, wasn't it? And truly full of the jaw-dropping stuff.