tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043124735706669271.post6891768699329493977..comments2021-10-30T09:23:51.085-07:00Comments on The LaLa diaries: A very feminist rantLornahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10025158792713376297noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043124735706669271.post-5168532160056284232013-01-24T13:03:21.820-08:002013-01-24T13:03:21.820-08:00So glad to hear I have company on this. I'm st...So glad to hear I have company on this. I'm still livid about it! xLornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025158792713376297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043124735706669271.post-88779780233406029452013-01-24T10:40:19.527-08:002013-01-24T10:40:19.527-08:00This makes me seriously angry too, it's not ju...This makes me seriously angry too, it's not just you. xxLara Bluehttp://lifeinwatercolour.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043124735706669271.post-52911172079325742172013-01-24T08:20:12.839-08:002013-01-24T08:20:12.839-08:00I think this is the hard bit to reconcile, isn'...I think this is the hard bit to reconcile, isn't it. Another way in which fertility issues are so cripplingly unfair. And I agree that proper care and follow-up, physically and emotionally is essential. <br /><br />You're right, as long as there have been pregnancies, there have been unwanted ones. And its our responsibility to limit that through education and contraception. This is hugely problematic in the US as states like Mississippi only wish to teach abstinence-only, which maintains a cultural block over condom use. It's vicious circle.<br /><br />As you can probably guess, I could rant about this all day! So good to hear your views. xLornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025158792713376297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043124735706669271.post-13786714542923416442013-01-24T01:29:09.182-08:002013-01-24T01:29:09.182-08:00This is indeed very sensitive. As someone who is s...This is indeed very sensitive. As someone who is struggling to have a baby I now believe every baby is a miracle. But it actually just proves how screwed up nature is, as if there was sense in all of this, people in really bad situations (I am thinking completely malnourished girls in underdeveloped countries, with no access to clean water etc.) would not get pregnant at all, and they do, all the time. Same goes for the "stress" card, if it was true that stress stops pregnancies, raped girls would not get pregnant ever, and they do. <br />Which is why EDUCATION and access to birth control should be universal and free. <br />But once the problem / accident pregnancy is there, there should be options that do not put the life of anyone in danger. <br />People are going to perform abortions anyway, and if it is forbidden they will be done in unsanitary conditions, with sewing needles or God knows what... or using heavy medication without proper supervision. Like you point out it will be those who are the pooreset to pay for this. <br />So yes, perhaps it should be regulated, it should be ensured that if you get an abortion you will get proper psychological care as well (I have had close acquaintances go through this and the emotional aftermath is not an easy thing), and also that you are not being forced into it. But yes the options have to be there because people will do it whether the government likes it or not, like they have done since the dawn of times and these days at least a clean place with proper medical (and emotional) supervision should be accesible. Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424374017675047414noreply@blogger.com