I saw this a little while ago on my FB feed, and I swear there's something in the water that the Fox News people are drinking. Something hallucinogenic, apparently.
While I agree that teens who get pregnant shouldn't be shamed or ostracized or whatever... I also don't think they should be celebrated. Good grief.
Because pregnancy is really just a cake walk. It's not life changing and potentially life-risking or anything, it's all warm and fuzzy shots of people smiling and rubbing big bellies -- not craps and hemorrhoids and vomiting and having your pelvis detach from it's self and constant back pain and gallbladder problems and heartburn and migraines and and and... Fuck her. Seriously. Pregnancy is hard. No one should be pressured into undergoing it for any reason other than that they really want to be pregnant.
Has this woman never heard of Teen Mom on MTV? That show basically turned the teen mothers on it into celebrities, to the point where one just got a deal for a sex tape! I know the point of the show was to show how hard being a teenage mother is, but it also demonstrated how reality shows can turn anyone on one famous.
I am firmly pro-choice, which means I also oppose coercing women into adoption or abortion by putting them between a rock and a hard place economically and/or educationally (something the Right ironically seems more inclined to do, with their 'you bred it, you look after it on your own' attitude). Also, last I heard teens weren't the ones getting most abortions - it takes $$$ an a lot of jurisdictions have parental notification laws and other barriers to access. Decreasing the stigma faced by teen moms is not going to change the mind of the 30 year old who already has X kids and doesn't want any more or feels - for whatever reason - they can't stand the idea of continuing the pregnancy to term.
so celebrating/de-stigmatizing teen pregnancy depends entirely on the teen's plans to give the baby to another family for adoption? right, god forbid y'all stop shitting on teens who choose to raise the baby with their own family or on their own.
the thing is, what about teens and anyone else who doesn't want to carry a pregnancy to term?
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While I agree that teens who get pregnant shouldn't be shamed or ostracized or whatever... I also don't think they should be celebrated. Good grief.
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I am firmly pro-choice, which means I also oppose coercing women into adoption or abortion by putting them between a rock and a hard place economically and/or educationally (something the Right ironically seems more inclined to do, with their 'you bred it, you look after it on your own' attitude). Also, last I heard teens weren't the ones getting most abortions - it takes $$$ an a lot of jurisdictions have parental notification laws and other barriers to access. Decreasing the stigma faced by teen moms is not going to change the mind of the 30 year old who already has X kids and doesn't want any more or feels - for whatever reason - they can't stand the idea of continuing the pregnancy to term.
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the thing is, what about teens and anyone else who doesn't want to carry a pregnancy to term?
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