The Economic Geography of America's Abortion Wars
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/politics/2013/05/economic-geography-americas-abortion-wars/5629/
"We don't want a country where abortion is simply outlawed. We want a country where it isn't even considered," said Representative Paul Ryan in a speech a few weeks ago.
It's not as far off as you think. In just the past several weeks, the Kansas legislature passed a sweeping new bill that says life begins at conception. This follows on the heels of North Dakota's ban on abortions after a fetal heartbeat is found (typically about week six, before many women know they are pregnant), Arkansas's prohibition of abortions after week 12, and Alabama's tightened regulations on abortion providers. On the other side of the issue, a federal court in New York ordered that the so-called "morning-after pill" be made available to women and girls of all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls under a certain age. (This is currently being appealed by the Justice Department.)
The word "choice" presumes that women actually have options. While the right to have an abortion is still protected by Roe v. Wade, in practical terms, it has become a privilege that is reserved for the residents of relatively affluent states. In more than half of all states, 90 percent of counties lack any abortion providers. Women in almost nine in 10 (87 percent) of U.S. counties (a third of U.S. women of reproductive age) lack access to any abortion services at all, according to a 2011 study in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.
The upshot is that more and more women who are determined to obtain an abortion must travel great distances and out-of-state to do so. A 2005 study in the Annual Review of Public Health found that "nearly one-quarter (24 percent) of women seeking an abortion travel 50 miles or more to find a capable physician."
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because being an unwed mother is no longer looked on as something shameful.
Remember when I was a teen that if you got pregnant you either got married or went to visit Auntie Bea for a semester. Had one friend get married at 16 and drop out of school. Back then you couldn't stay in school as a pregnant person. I'm not even sure she got her GED. Nowadays, they have nursery facilities.
Had another friend whose boyfriend finally agreed to marry her when she was about two weeks shy of delivering. Everybody heaved a great sigh of relief. Not sure if either of the two couples stayed married.
Being pregnant and unmarried back then was a major no-no. You were shunned by the 'righteous.'
Hell, I even remember one guy friend who announced he would only marry a virgin. We girls all had a good laugh on that one.
"We don't want a country where abortion is simply outlawed. We want a country where it isn't even considered," said Representative Paul Ryan in a speech a few weeks ago.
That's what I want too, Ryan. I want every child to be wanted. I want every child to have access to health care. I want every child to have three meals a day. I want every child to be cared for in a safe & kid friendly environment, when their parents are at work. I want every child to have a good & free education, all the way through college. I want every child's family to live in an economic situation where the family can provide for themselves, without parents having to work 60+ hours a week.
Oh wait, that's not what you meant at all, is it you arrogant little shit of a man. 
Let me state again how much I loathe these repub men.
