Do you consider state laws/health care access effecting your child when selecting college?
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I know an earlier thread re: Roe was locked because Jeff felt it was political so it belonged in the political forum. I am posting this question because I really want to know how people are helping their kids navigate which colleges they should apply to. The reality is it is not just a political issue any more than worrying whether your kid attending college where there are a lot of wildfires or a colleges vaccine mandate/no mandate policy is. One of my kids is interested in studying abroad during college. NYU has a campus in Abu Dhabi. They have laws that are draconian and I have feel like that should be taken into account before deciding to study there. Same for China and other places where the laws are different and the consequences for running a foul of them severe. I’m trying to figure out how and if we should consider this issue for the U.S. My kids are not rule breakers but they are still teenagers without fully developed prefrontal cortexes.
How are parents weighing this issue? Are any of you taking into account variations in state laws or differences in health care/access to health care services? |
Anonymous
| nope, as long as they are happy there, that's what is most important. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely something to consider. I thought the question posed before was relevant and didn’t feel it should have been locked. For an LGBTQ kid, there are also considerations that must be weighed in terms of their rights. These are issues very much pertinent to college decisions. |
Anonymous
Agree. My gay child is looking solely at schools in New England and California. He’s also always been intrigued by the idea of going to college in Canada or Europe, which is looking increasingly appealing. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely. We just flat out told our kids no family money would be spent in states that don't support the rights of women or gay people. |
Anonymous
| 100% a consideration. |
Anonymous
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Yes, COVID should have taught us that.
I think people should vote with their tuition dollars, and let universities based in say Texas or Florida why they are being ruled out. |
Anonymous
| Yes. I don't want my kid to me a mom as an undergraduate. Schools like Washington University are totally out now that Missouri is criminalizing abortions for people who become pregnant in Missouri regardless of where the procedure is preformed. |
Anonymous
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Well.
I'm paying for my child to go to a school in California where the dining halls still aren't open and half the professors don't bother to show up to teach in person. So I'm a good old D, but kind of wishing my child didn't go to college there right now. So lots to think about. |
Anonymous
| As far as abortion laws go, that would not be a determining factor since we have the wherewithal to get the necessary medication elsewhere, and I will be fully open with my kids regarding their options. It’s the women without support and resources who will suffer the brunt of those laws. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| 100% DD is not considering schools in any state that has passed or is likely to pass extremely restrictive abortion laws or outright bans. |
Anonymous
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Now I do.
I did not pre 2016 but have realized that is too optimistic. |
Anonymous
Yep, this is one (big) reason why my older kid is attending school in New England. My non-LGBTQ HS kid has already said that states limiting abortion rights will be off the table. |
Anonymous
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No, my children are adults who can make their own choices, and I will support them. They think for themselves and they believe abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.
They also happen to know the difference between “effecting” and “affecting.” |