The Nation’s Premier Fetus Fetishist Does it Again

[ehrnst]

<snip> Ross Douthat’s latest column inspired me to put my ever-growing rage to good (?) use. This particular piece of abortion-themed concern trolling focuses on a societal problem created by–you guessed it–the sexual revolution. You see, some women are too stupid and selfish to have babies when they should, and thus, find themselves unable to have babies when they try. Another set of women is too stupid and selfish to have babies when they don’t want to, leaving the first set of women without children to adopt...


"Prior to 1973, 20 percent of births to white, unmarried women (and 9 percent of unwed births over all) led to an adoption. Today, just 1 percent of babies born to unwed mothers are adopted, and would-be adoptive parents face a waiting list that has lengthened beyond reason.

Some of this shift reflects the growing acceptance of single parenting. But some of it reflects the impact of Roe v. Wade. Since 1973, countless lives that might have been welcomed into families like Thernstrom’s — which looked into adoption, and gave it up as hopeless — have been cut short in utero instead."

This is why girls and women can’t be trusted to make decisions about their own bodies, y’know? Not only do we foolishly use the Pill and delay motherhood, we kill babies who could complete other women’s families. No Easy Decision, which aired on MTV last week, chronicles the experience of a young mom named Markai, who has an abortion. It also features coverage of Dr. Drew Pinsky interviewing her and two other women about their abortion experiences. </snip>

http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/03/the-nations-premier-fetus-fetishist-does-it-again/

[HockeyMom]

1. IVF must make their heads explode

All those hundreds of thousands of "frozen babies" and nobody putting them up to be incubated and raised by somebody else.

[musette_sf]

5. Roman Catholics consider IVF to be sinful, too.

They want the Good Old System to return - the one where bad, bad women are sentenced to almost a year of involuntary servitude, subjected to forced birth, and then, for all their suffering, have their children stolen from them and given to complete strangers.

It's all Eve's fault, don't you know?

[CTyankee]

2. Is this "thernstrom" one of the RW loony "thernstroms"?

That would make sense in the context of this article.

[left is right]

3. doesn’t the logical extension of Duuthat’s argument

lead to forced organ donation? Person A needs a kidney or lung, skin, cornea, or bone marrow transplant. Person B is a match; although, person B has never met Person A s/he is condemned in the press for not offering said extra lung or kidney, skin or marrow. Why should person B not donate if it will make person A’s life better?

[DCKit]

4. I'll go you one better... my bank account is suffering mightily.

Geez, I think you've got it... this guy is a SOCIALIST!

[Iris]

6. I'm not sure where he got the info about adoption lists being lengthened beyond reason

I am one of those women who decided to wait until I was good and ready to have a child. I may or may not be able to conceive so have done some research and adoption in the US is alive and well. I have one friend who adopted 2 babies over the course of 3 years - she was hardly sitting on an endless waiting list.

But what do I know? I'm just one of those uppity women who won't take what "they" say is good for me as a rulebook for my life, preferring instead to do my own research, thinking, and decision-making.