This is to all of you Clintonista’s or even Feminist who think MEN cannot be feminist, or People who think all of Bernie’s Supporters are “Bernie Bro’s” who are not Feminist or are Misogynistic in issues. In PERSONAL Dedication to my MOTHER I support this cause.
You see my Mother was an incest victim, she was raped by her father at one point. I’m in the RESEARCH arm of Feminism and that means that I TEND to FIND articles and stories of feminism that are “deep cover.” and “hard to find”“off the beaten track” and so you can notice that I’m male or you can just Admire my skill at Finding causes that AREN’T getting the attention they Need where Feminism is weak right now.
Motherjones has covered them a bit.
This is the RADICAL Frontlines of the Pro-choice movement in Texas.
I just don’t see why a RAPED 16 year old girl should have to explain to her father why she plans to abort his child.
In fact if you asked me why I am a Lefty l and think Libertarianism doesn’t make sense to SOME extent THIS WOULD BE MY ANSWER.
SOME PARENTS ARE ABUSIVE THEREFORE NEUTRAL THIRD PARTIES ARE NEEDED. We NEED a society.
it takes a VILLAGE to raise a child and in particular especially a 16 year old girl who is being ABUSED by her family members.
and THAT is a HUGE part of why I BELIEVE in GOVERNMENT and SOCIETY. I once had to report an abused friends father to the SAFE department in HIGH SCHOOL.
This so isn’t even about me. You don’t even know. I just care because it’s impossible not to knowing the Woman who raised me and what she went through.
if the Motherjones article has your blood boiling You’re not alone. Donate. and understand We Need Lawyers like them in All 50 states.
that’s why when I found out about Jane’s due process and how they were the Front lines of the Abortion Battle in Texas I nearly CRIED because there’s a huge feminist community on KOS and the Ironies when I finally found there were other groups who had the same concerns I did and opposed parental notification laws
Well, she’s certainly miles better than Dear Prudence. This morning, Abby tackles a letter from a mother who encouraged her daughter’s friend to tell her parents that she [the friend] was pregnant.
Letter under the cut for possible family abuse trigger.
The letter:
DEAR ABBY: I am extremely shaken by a recent experience, and I want to share this with other parents who may one day find themselves in a similar situation. My daughter, “Mary,” is almost 18 and in the 12th grade. We have always had a close relationship. She has always come to me to talk about what’s going on in her life — friends, crushes, school, just about everything.
A few months ago, Mary told me about a terrible situation concerning one of her classmates. “Jill” had just learned that she was pregnant and was frantic. She told Mary that she couldn’t tell her parents because she was afraid of a violent reaction.
Mary was so worried about Jill that she came to me for help. After hearing the story, I encouraged my daughter to tell Jill to talk to her parents. I never imagined what would happen next.
I knew from things Mary had said that Jill’s parents were hard on her, but I didn’t know the extent of her problems at home. When Jill took my advice and told her parents she was pregnant, her father beat her so badly she ended up in the hospital and lost the baby.
Abby, you can’t imagine how terrible I feel about this. Jill will never be the same, and I feel I am to blame. I wish I had known how to protect her from a dangerous and violent situation at home.
I hope you will share this letter with other concerned parents and give your thoughts on this heart-wrenching problem. — SHOCKED AND SADDENED IN SHERMAN OAKS, CALIF.
And Abby’s response:
DEAR SHOCKED: Please stop being so hard on yourself. You advised your daughter’s friend to do what most other parents would have. What you failed to take into consideration was the fact that many teens live in homes where there is violence, abuse, drug problems and incest.
A year ago here in California, there was an attempt to legislate “parental notification” into law. Fortunately, it was voted down. It’s teens like your daughter’s friend who would have been harmed by this kind of law. They certainly cannot go to their parents — and I have never believed that the law can successfully force this kind of communication with the home.
Of course parents want their children — regardless of age — to come to them if there is a crisis. And I am told that seven out of 10 teens who find themselves pregnant do exactly that. However, those who don’t usually have a good reason for not doing so. Teens like the girl in your letter need counseling and care, not laws forcing them to face abusive parents. I’m glad you wrote to me. Your sad story is a lesson for other well-meaning adults.
Way to go Abby for taking the opportunity to come out against parental notification laws! It’s been well documented as of late that trying to force communication in broken* families is never going to work, and be counterproductive at best, life-threatening at worst.
Let’s hope that people read “other well-meaning adults” as “legislators”.
and to be absolutely clear with you most parents do not abuse their kids the way we found out in this article. I’m aware. many of the Pro-lifers feel that the MAJORITY should get it’s way simply because the majority of girls are safe. I do not feel that way. I feel that EVERY Story where a girl does not feel safe telling her parents she’s pregnant and this happens in is SO HORRIFYING and SO HORRIFIC we should be more concerned with the cases where its’ a problem then those it isn’t. That’s right. I oppose parental notification laws because my position is that if it happens to even one child then we shouldn’t have those laws, I feel like an absolutist about this one. This one Is not one I believe in compromise on.
I nearly CRIED when I found them TEARS of JOY and was So astonished because my mom’s family is in Texas and yeah that was where so much of the pro-choice fight was taking place.
understand something about Jane’s due too, they are the front line radicals. I mean those lawyers ARE The revolution.
These lawyer’s are at the forefront of the battle.
Welcome to it. We need more groups like this.
We need them in more states.