In the Turnaway Study, it was determined that women don’t regret having an abortion. They often regret giving up their babies for adoption. It’s a very readable study and addresses a lot of the myths surrounding unwanted pregnancies.
Speaking as an adoptive parent, I am very concerned about the changes anti abortion states want to make to their adoption laws. My immediate concern is to the potential for coercion and premature termination of parental rights. Additionally, radical right wing anti abortion proponents, including Amy Coney Barrett, have this false and corrosive belief that if they outlaw abortion, and women are forced to give birth they will magically decide to place the child for adoption and all will be well! These radicals are so focused on their religious beliefs that they refuse to see anything other than their own narrow and self serving view.
It's unclear how much Republicans care about winning elections. They were already having trouble in purple states and areas and this just cements it. They can no longer have any expectation of winning the presidency. The plan seems to be to hole up in the red states and try to use the federal courts to advance their policies. If they were to lose control of a red state like Georgia, Florida, Texas, Ohio, etc. because of this that might cause a reaction. Unfortunately that still seems very unlikely as all four of those states voted by wide margins for their Republican governors.
If this stands, which I can’t see how it will on so many levels, it would put every currently available medication at risk. So it will affect all people. Overruling medical science by someone with zero training and qualifications is an extreme danger to all of us. We must put a stop to the christofacism that has taken over the country before it’s too late.
In the Turnaway Study, it was determined that women don’t regret having an abortion. They often regret giving up their babies for adoption. It’s a very readable study and addresses a lot of the myths surrounding unwanted pregnancies.
https://www.ansirh.org/research/ongoing/turnaway-study
Speaking as an adoptive parent, I am very concerned about the changes anti abortion states want to make to their adoption laws. My immediate concern is to the potential for coercion and premature termination of parental rights. Additionally, radical right wing anti abortion proponents, including Amy Coney Barrett, have this false and corrosive belief that if they outlaw abortion, and women are forced to give birth they will magically decide to place the child for adoption and all will be well! These radicals are so focused on their religious beliefs that they refuse to see anything other than their own narrow and self serving view.
More on the problems with adoption here - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/04/10/living-in-adoptions-emotional-aftermath
It is no solution to lack of access to abortions.
It's unclear how much Republicans care about winning elections. They were already having trouble in purple states and areas and this just cements it. They can no longer have any expectation of winning the presidency. The plan seems to be to hole up in the red states and try to use the federal courts to advance their policies. If they were to lose control of a red state like Georgia, Florida, Texas, Ohio, etc. because of this that might cause a reaction. Unfortunately that still seems very unlikely as all four of those states voted by wide margins for their Republican governors.
If this stands, which I can’t see how it will on so many levels, it would put every currently available medication at risk. So it will affect all people. Overruling medical science by someone with zero training and qualifications is an extreme danger to all of us. We must put a stop to the christofacism that has taken over the country before it’s too late.