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Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights
by Katha Pollitt
With clear thinking and straightforward prose, Pollitt addresses both pro-life arguments and the sometimes lukewarm support of pro-choicers, and concludes that the right to choose an abortion is a public good that needs to be lifted up--as does recognition of the work of parenting.
That sentiment already exists. Pollitt points out, "In addition to the 1 in 3 women who will have at least one abortion during their fertile years, there are at least as many men and women, and probably a lot more than that, who've helped them with money, transportation, information, emotional support, child care: husbands and boyfriends, parents and other relatives, friends and coworkers, therapists . . . even, sometimes, clergy. . . . Multiply that situation by well over a million abortions a year, and maybe half the people in the country have not only been aware that someone they knew was planning an abortion, but played an active part in moving the process along." That existing support needs to be translated into practical political, legislative, and social change.
That sentiment already exists. Pollitt points out, "In addition to the 1 in 3 women who will have at least one abortion during their fertile years, there are at least as many men and women, and probably a lot more than that, who've helped them with money, transportation, information, emotional support, child care: husbands and boyfriends, parents and other relatives, friends and coworkers, therapists . . . even, sometimes, clergy. . . . Multiply that situation by well over a million abortions a year, and maybe half the people in the country have not only been aware that someone they knew was planning an abortion, but played an active part in moving the process along." That existing support needs to be translated into practical political, legislative, and social change.