Word: parenthood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When every man accepts his share of responsibility for parenthood, there will be almost no need for abortion...
...have counseled many women with unplanned pregnancies, both before and after the Supreme Court decision of 1973. I have presented all options available to them: adoption, foster care, single parenthood, marriage, and safe, legal abortion. Often women who claim they do not believe in abortion choose abortion. They rationalize their decision by saying that abortion is the best decision-just this one time...
...others, the need for an abortion is even more pressing. Dr. Jane Hodgson, medical director of a Planned Parenthood in Minnesota, describes some who come to her clinic: "In many cases the husband or live-in boyfriend has left them struggling to bring up other children, and they are the only breadwinner in the family. Some are alcoholics, others have drug problems. What is to happen to these cases?" In addition, there are the special personal problems posed by teen-age pregnancies. Warns a Planned Parenthood ad: "What if your baby is going to have a baby? Each pregnant teen...
...crimes committed against humanity." This year the march drew more than 60,000. As their own symbols, pro-choice advocates often display coat hangers-grim reminders of the illegal and unsafe abortions to which women would have to resort if the court's ruling were superseded. Says Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton: "The fundamental principles of individual privacy are under the most serious assault since the days of McCarthyism...
...guarantees the right of privacy. Said the court: "The decision whether to bear a child or to have an abortion is so private and so intimate that each woman in this state-rich or poor-is guaranteed the constitutional right to make that decision as an individual." Said Planned Parenthood President Faye Wattleton: "This continues California's role as a national leader in this area...