Friday, July 14, 2006

Re-Writing Roe

Check out this fascinating blog by Jack Balkin, a Yale law professor who wrote a book on re-writing the Roe v. Wade decision. Here's an excerpt from the book, where he basically speaks of the forced birth movement, an idea that needs to get out into the mainstream as an answer to the scary growth in states of the fetal rights movement.

My opinion argues that abortion statutes violate both women’s liberty and their equality. Restrictions on abortion compel women to become mothers, with all of the social expectations and duties that come with motherhood. Whether fairly or not, women in American society still bear most of the responsibility for childcare. They are expected to make sacrifices for their children and they feel most of the brunt of social condemnation if their children are not properly cared for. Moreover, because of the strong social expectations about the duties of motherhood, women suffer stigma and shame if they give their children up for adoption. The right to abortion is the right to have a reasonable time to decide whether to take on the responsibilities of motherhood.

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