So the other night I went to Prolife feminist talk and I
feel like I am still processing everything that happened. For the most part she discussed things
that I feel are important. Here
are a couple points I did find important:
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There needs to be more options to help women
when they are pregnant and in school. Housing for families, scholarships,
daycare centers, and health centers that understand situations like these.
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There needs to be more education about these
options.
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Continue to provide emotional and financial
support for women who have been abused or in abusive situations.
·
End parental rights for rapists
That’s pretty much all though. The discussion got a little “iffy”
for me when we discussed birth control.
When someone in the audience asked her companies position on birth
control she replied “we don’t have a stance on it. We don’t decided on either
side. We help women after they get pregnant” This raised a lot of questions for
me. She also called herself “pro-mom.”
I have no issues with women wanting to be mothers or being mothers. But what does pro mom mean? Does that
mean you want every person to be a mother? Is that why you don’t support birth
control? Why wouldn’t you want to
put women in a position where they feel ready to have kids and make birth
control more accessible? Suddenly it felt that they were pushing motherhood
onto women. Ehh… I didn’t like it. The more I think about it the more
uncomfortable I get.
It's good that some useful solutions were offered to help women who have children instead of just taking the stance that against abortion. Hopefully it means theyre considering some of the reasons why women get abortions. I wish I knew what she meant by pro-mom though...
ReplyDeleteAgreed! It was certainly interesting that for once, a pro-life group actually discussed some solutions to financial problems faced by many women who decide to carry out their pregnancy to term, rather than just yelling "bootstraps!" However, the "pro-mom" statement just seems so....well... empty without further explanation.
DeleteI have so many issues with he phrasing that comes with the "pro-life" movement (and really anything that is pro-something phrased because those who oppose that movement aren't anti-life or anti-moms, etc). I feel like by not addressing birth control and sex education, this organization is not making any true progress to reduce the number of abortions.
ReplyDeleteThe four topics that you mentioned do seem very important things that they are helping communities with but I agree with you about the pro-mom thing. The phrase is confusing. Did she give any explanation to what she meant by pro-mom? I'm assuming she probably didn't..
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