re: #81 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin

Well, I have to commend you for acknowledging that in the open, because most people are in strict denial about it.

To me, it’s central to the question of why kids are said to be relinquished to the state. It’s less of a moral question on the mother, whose supposed low morals are the scapegoat for all the blame in the situation. The moral onus is on that of the one doing the coercing.

It’s a function of the slut/whore who can’t keep their legs closed so scapegoat and blame her for her awful fate, mentality.

I don’t know if it’s increased, either. I would say it’s probably decreased, with the decline of conservative/conformist/control freak social norms. But I was talking about women in their 50s-60s who are telling their stories as teens and young women pre Roe, regarding coersion. Some of their stories will make even the most sociopathic of socons cry, let alone normal individuals.

Why do you commend me for this? It seems like a well know fact—both explicitly and implicitly.

I’m someone who chose to terminate for medical reasons. Believe me, these are not theoretical questions for me. Still, I’m grossed out by this family. I wouldn’t have made their choices. But I would also not stand in the way of their choice to procreate—or terminate.

And that’s where it gets complicated. What are they doing now? For whom are they prolonging this child’s life?