A judge in Nebraska’s Supreme Court ruled that a 16-year-old foster child was not “mature enough” to have an abortion. She is, apparently, mature enough to:
- endure nine months of a potentially difficult pregnancy
- endure childbirth (which is much more dangerous than abortion)
- have a child to take care of financially and emotionally for something like … I don’t know, 20 years
- be a teen parent totally alone in this world with no close relatives to support her and her child
Welcome to the perfectly logical world of anti-choicers. (Jezebel)
- Contraception: good for women and good for society. (Raw Story)
- Expanding the availability of abortions — California, you’re doin’ it right. (NYT)
- Not interfering with a woman’s legal right to abortion — Ohio, you’re doin’ it wrong. (NYT)
- Although World Contraception Day was two weeks ago, it’s still important that you know these five things about birth control. (ThinkProgress)
- Not so fast, Virginia, your abortion restrictions will not go unchallenged!! (WaPo)
- A thoughtful mother wants safe, legal abortion access available for her daughter and everyone else’s. (The Daily Beast)
- Another religious “institution” doing whatever possible to restrict their female employees’ access to abortion. (LA Times)
- If you’re a GOP legislator, why would you focus on resolving the silly government shutdown when you can instead propose more legislation around abortion? (RH Reality Check)
