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By Deana Schroeder Note: The following is a guest post from a member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Women Pregnant By Sexual Assault (WPSA). I’ve been there. I was 17, drugged and raped. When I learned I was pregnant, my family, counselors, and doctors took control. They intended the best. They wanted to help me. […]
Today, Reggie Littlejohn of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers testified before the Congressional Executive Commission on China about the one-child policy. The policy requires Chinese couples to have a birth permit before having a child, with most being allowed only one child. The enforcement of this policy includes birth quotas, invasive medical examinations for women, and […]
Men have no legal say when it comes to abortion, and often little opportunity to support their partners and unborn children. Men and teenage boys who don’t want the abortion may be silenced, left out of the discussion, or be victims of coercion along with their partners. Research suggests that most abortions are unwanted or […]
Abortion does nothing to change a woman’s life situation. All it does is end the life of her unborn child. So why do we act as if abortion is the cure-all solution we’ve been looking for since the beginning of time? Abortion does not end poverty, so why do we offer it as a solution […]
“Some women in the United Kingdom are forced or coerced into abortions by their family or partners. Other women are injured during the procedure or die as a result of problems. I have witnessed fights break out between partners, and boyfriends forcing their girlfriends into abortion centers. Abortion providers are seemingly happy to play a […]