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The [[forced birth movement]] claims to be in favor of reducing the number of abortions performed every year, but their actions belie this.
 
The [[forced birth movement]] claims to be in favor of reducing the number of abortions performed every year, but their actions belie this.
  
If they truly wanted to reduce abortions, they would support:
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* Their focus has always been on reducing access to abortion services – but [[Myths/reducing access to abortion services reduces abortions|this has not been shown to have a significant effect]] on the number of abortions performed. All it does is make those abortions more dangerous.
* birth control
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* They also often claim to be trying to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, but [[/reducing unwanted pregnancies|their actions always work against this goal]].
* ''easy access'' to birth control
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* They also tend to oppose the idea of gay couples adopting children, thus providing a larger pool of good homes for unwanted children, which might help persuade a prospective mother to bring her fetus to term. (It would likely not make a huge amount of difference, but given some of the extreme measures they ''are'' willing to take, one would think they would be interested in any improvement in the situation.)
* ''free'' access to birth control
 
* comprehensive sex education in all schools
 
* ...with emphasis on the proper use of contraceptives
 
* teaching adolescents mutual masturbation as an alternative to sex
 
* empowering girls/women (so they can say "no" and mean it) by teaching equality and mutual respect
 
  
They oppose every one of these items, however, typically giving bullshit arguments:
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''see also [[Misnomers/right to life]]''
 
 
* providing access to birth control, or teaching about birth control, encourages kids to have sex by giving the impression of condoning it
 
* "I don't want to pay for someone else's birth control!"
 
 
 
==Outlinks==
 
* '''2015-09-07''' [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2015/09/07/christian-right-still-trying-to-create-more-unwanted-pregnancies/ Christian Right Still Trying to Create More Unwanted Pregnancies]
 

Latest revision as of 14:41, 9 December 2021

The forced birth movement claims to be in favor of reducing the number of abortions performed every year, but their actions belie this.

  • Their focus has always been on reducing access to abortion services – but this has not been shown to have a significant effect on the number of abortions performed. All it does is make those abortions more dangerous.
  • They also often claim to be trying to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies, but their actions always work against this goal.
  • They also tend to oppose the idea of gay couples adopting children, thus providing a larger pool of good homes for unwanted children, which might help persuade a prospective mother to bring her fetus to term. (It would likely not make a huge amount of difference, but given some of the extreme measures they are willing to take, one would think they would be interested in any improvement in the situation.)

see also Misnomers/right to life