I think it's the right move, from the excerpt i see here.

Claiming they were doing it for their own good so the girls didn't "ruin their life"

it's ok though, they all got a chance to pray and ask for jesus forgiveness so they will see the baby again in Heaven. Even though the bible says you will have no memory of your earthly life.

Meh whatever helps them sleep at night

dead grandchild.

When Daddy dearest doesn't sign the tuition check?

This is a worthless, useless gesture.

Her father told her to break the law and put her life in danger. Sweet. So she takes his abuse out on everybody else.

doctor or OB/GYN. If you had an established relationship with your doctor, they would help. They were called "DNC"'s to do it legal. Not everyone had to go to a back alley abortionist. Of course, it helped if you were white with money. But there were ways to do it.

Saying women can't be forced to carry to term against their will.

The parent putting pressure on a teenager to have an abortion is for the best. I had a ex-girlfriend that became pregnant by another teenager at the age of 16. Her parents made it clear to her if she had the child she would be on her own if she had the baby. She had an abortion and 30+ years later she has a Masters in education, two grown children doing well and has been married for 25 years.
If she had had the baby she would have been on welfare, unable to go to school and been a lot worse off today. Very few men that don't already have abusive personalities will marry a woman with another man's child.

Also the use of abortion to help parents unable to support a child is for the best. Parents that have an unwanted child they can not afford to support costs the taxpayer $15k to $40k per year in welfare costs. The legalization of abortion has saved the taxpayer hundred of billions of dollars over the years.

If your ex had had the child, she would probably still have done well, just along another route.

She would of ended up alone and on welfare. She never would have graduated high school or received a scholarship to go to college. There are millions of women that have had babies as teenagers and rarely are the end results good for them or the taxpayer.

Good to know.

I don't agree with the poster to whom you are replying, but "kill your kid"? Really?

That's a very offensive thing to say, as well as mind-numbingly stupid. Millions of men without abusive personalities marry women who already have children, and you're insulting them with your broad-brush accusation.

Way back when, Medicaid would pay for a girl's abortion. Jimmy Carter stopped it in 1977.

Someone (? gov't? private?) did a follow up with the women who had a Medicaid abortion. Most of them went onto college and had good paying jobs and later had children when they were able to afford them.

Personally, I am all for Medicaid paying for abortions again. Why are we forcing poor girls with no financials options into having a child? I would much rather the clinic fees than ad infinitum charges for raising a child under less than optimum circumstances.

Most studies actually show that the age of the mother is less important to the mothers long term economic condition and success than are her initial poverty and educational level at the time she became pregnant.

In other words, poor teens who get pregnant are likely to stay poor. Middle class teens who get pregnant are likely to stay middle class. The social, financial, and support networks already in place for a young woman during her teen years tend to play a larger role in their outcome than their ages at childbirth.

These numbers usually get lost in the statistics because the overwhelming majority of teen mothers come from poor families in the first place (teens from middle class families are statistically more likely to use contraception, abstain from sex entirely, or abort the pregnancies when they do occur). Because most pregnant teens come from our lower socioeconomic tiers, most teen mothers end up poor. When corrected for pre-pregnancy socioeconomic conditions, social support from their families plays a FAR larger role in a mothers success (and that is true whether she is 16 or 26).

Teens should not be having babies for a myriad of reasons, but the common refrain about teen mothers being doomed to a life of poverty and welfare is little more than hyperbole. My wife had her first baby at 16. She has a masters degree and a successful career today. Our oldest graduated 4th in her high school class and is a pre-med student today. And my wife was NEVER "burdening the taxpayers" on welfare. She came from a middle class family with a good social support network, stayed in school, and has led a life she's pretty happy with.

Scaring young women into abortions with horror stories about destroyed futures isn't "choice", and is really the flipside of the same mindset that scares young women AWAY from abortions using photos of aborted fetuses. A choice made under fear and duress isn't a choice at all.

Pregnant young women should be fully educated about the REALITY of pregnancy and motherhood, and the impacts that it will have on THEIR future. At that point they can make an objective and educated CHOICE about whether to keep or terminate the pregnancy. Using scare tactics about welfare mom stereotypes to frighten young women into abortions is offensive.

as the pro-life crowd.

Nobody should be forced to give birth, and nobody should be forced to have an abortion. I think that's what pro-choice is about.

She had the choice all along. A sign can't make a father love and support her. A sign does not really provide alternatives.

We're talking rethuglicans here. There are no alternatives.

just as bad as the days before '73 when ANY abortion was completely illegal in most parts of the country.

"technically" legal. California was one of those states. The FEDERAL ban was lifted in 1973.

that's all this is.

of forced abortions in this country of which I am unaware?

...but what does any normal person do when there are people who are fully capable of making your life a living Hell if you don't do what they want? You can comply, you can fight back, you can seek help, or you can flee, but the idea that a little placard changes anything is a sick joke.

Just keep saying that and they'll stop this silliness.