Reply #23: I think [View All]

There's an enormous amount we can do in this country to reduce the abortion rate without restricting abortion access.

First and foremost on the list is thorough sex ed in middle school and high school. Everyone should know how to prevent babies before they get started. But it's something the Christian wingnuts don't want kids to know. Call them out on this shit. "Abstinence-only" is utter crap and we should be diligent in making sure this doesn't take over our schools. My young friend in Texas says he got little to no sex ed, and his senior year there were 76 mothers. There's absolutely no excuse.

Second on the list is going after men for child support aggressively. For every woman who has an abortion, there's a stupid man involved.

Third on the list is providing care for women so having a baby isn't automatic financial ruin. The government already has many programs for helping new mothers, and I think it could go further, with childcare being a good start, so women don't have to go on the dole when they have a kid.

Fourth on the list is free birth control.

Fifth on the list is assisting women with adoption services.

Uh... what comes sixth????