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...Kathy Lin’s insights, namely, that the way to abolish abortion is to create a world in which women are not driven to abort their children because of socioeconomic considerations. Banning abortion through statutes will not change the fact that women feel trapped by the burden of unwanted pregnancies. I sincerely believe that the only way we can abolish abortion is to give women with unwanted pregnancies a real choice to keep their child. We each can do this by refusing to view women with unwanted pregnancies as stupid, irresponsible, and therefore undeserving of mercy or charity...
...Like Father, Like Daughter? Not if I Can Help It Those of us physicians who feel the heavy bureaucratic burden of medicine are much less likely to encourage our children to follow in our footsteps
...women can always choose to put up their unwanted babies for adoption—if socioeconomic factors are the main issue, they claim, the simple solution should be giving birth and then letting someone else care for the child. This way, the parent is not tied to an unsustainable burden, and the child is given a suitable developmental environment. Though this may seem like an ideal solution, it ignores several key issues, chief among them the fact that pregnancy and childbirth themselves require significant resources—for example, to pay for hospital fees and compensate for lost wages...
...best known in the world for being Australian, Steve Irwin carried a burden. The action man's death on Sept. 4, after he was speared in the chest by a stingray's barb, has exposed his country's cringe-its tendency to seek foreign validation. The self-styled crocodile hunter made his mark elsewhere before anyone took notice of him in Australia; his khaki-costumed animal-adventure act and "Crikey!" cry were at first deemed over the top for local audiences. As well as selling himself, Irwin was promoting ideas-narrow ones, to be sure-about Australia: a land...
...Survivor • The Burden of The Living An executive made it to safety, but is wracked with guilt knowing his firefighter brother...