NYT Article on "Rise of Single-Parent Families is Not a Good Thing"

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

So, an extreme minority of babies born each year are from rape. The majority are born to single mothers by choice.

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

is this stat from before or after the morning after pill became widely available?

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

is this stat from before or after the morning after pill became widely available?

After Plan B but before the abortion pill.

Many are children so they don’t find out they are pregnant until it’s too late.

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

So, an extreme minority of babies born each year are from rape. The majority are born to single mothers by choice.

Most are born to married women.

30% of pregnancies within a marriage are unwanted.

40% of those pregnancies end in abortion.

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

So, an extreme minority of babies born each year are from rape. The majority are born to single mothers by choice.

If single mothers by choice are a majority why do they never seem to show up in statistics and studies? Even this research seems focused on single parents who are divorced/widowed/abandoned by the father of their child which is a different dynamic that women who set out to be single mothers.

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

So, an extreme minority of babies born each year are from rape. The majority are born to single mothers by choice.

If single mothers by choice are a majority why do they never seem to show up in statistics and studies? Even this research seems focused on single parents who are divorced/widowed/abandoned by the father of their child which is a different dynamic that women who set out to be single mothers.

Studies show over 70 percent of Black infants are born to unmarried mothers. They are choosing to have children while not married. That is a single mother by choice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

So, an extreme minority of babies born each year are from rape. The majority are born to single mothers by choice.

That is the statistical fact.

People have gotten dumber over the years and no longer comprehend simple statistics.

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

So, an extreme minority of babies born each year are from rape. The majority are born to single mothers by choice.

If single mothers by choice are a majority why do they never seem to show up in statistics and studies? Even this research seems focused on single parents who are divorced/widowed/abandoned by the father of their child which is a different dynamic that women who set out to be single mothers.

Studies show over 70 percent of Black infants are born to unmarried mothers. They are choosing to have children while not married. That is a single mother by choice.

How did you get so ingnorant?

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

Yeah! You are right. But GOP wants to prevent abortions and White women are complicit in electing them. What can we do?

This is a country of BIPOLAR voters.

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

In other words Americans are hypocritical schizophrenics who have no idea what they want, what they value, or how to better their lives. Which, in turn, makes them very susceptible to all sorts of con men/women.

News at 11.

I mean I think some of us do recognize what is beneficial for society and that is to get married before having sex and then any subsequent babies will be raised in a two-parent household, which yields statistically stinger outcomes for all children across all metrics.
But, since this viewpoint has been dismissed long ago as antiquated and unrealistic, despite its societal benefits, we reap what we sow.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t want to hear one.single.word about 2-parent families come out of the mouth of anyone who does not also fully support full access to reproductive care.

Why is that?

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

First of all, no women are "being forced to have a baby." Free and subsidized birth control is available, abstinence is available, the abortion pill is available and yes, there are very few women who do not have the means to take a Greyhound bus to the next state. For the few who can't, you can donate to a non profit to pay for it.

People need to be taught that there are consequences to their actions. When 70% of black children are born out-of-wedlock, there is something wrong. Women are not victims; they are making choices. And the choices that they are making are keeping themselves and their children in reduced circumstances.

Abstinence doesn’t help you if you are raped. Republicans want to ban the abortion pill too. The cost of going to another state is not just a bus ticket, it is multiple days lost at work and potentially a hotel stay because many states have multi day waiting periods.

While this is true, the % of children born to single parents as a result of rape is an extremely small number.

5% of rape victims become pregnant.

50% abort, 36% have the baby, the rest miscarry.

So, an extreme minority of babies born each year are from rape. The majority are born to single mothers by choice.

If single mothers by choice are a majority why do they never seem to show up in statistics and studies? Even this research seems focused on single parents who are divorced/widowed/abandoned by the father of their child which is a different dynamic that women who set out to be single mothers.

Studies show over 70 percent of Black infants are born to unmarried mothers. They are choosing to have children while not married. That is a single mother by choice.

How did you get so ingnorant?

DP. Why is PP’s statement “ignorant?”

And why the childish name-calling? This is obviously a serious issue, but the discussion is brought down by meaningless insults.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

In other words Americans are hypocritical schizophrenics who have no idea what they want, what they value, or how to better their lives. Which, in turn, makes them very susceptible to all sorts of con men/women.

News at 11.

I mean I think some of us do recognize what is beneficial for society and that is to get married before having sex and then any subsequent babies will be raised in a two-parent household, which yields statistically stinger outcomes for all children across all metrics.
But, since this viewpoint has been dismissed long ago as antiquated and unrealistic, despite its societal benefits, we reap what we sow.

This.

Society benefits from shared values. People do better when the bar is set high.

Yet for whatever reason we’ve devolved to a bad place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all.

In other words Americans are hypocritical schizophrenics who have no idea what they want, what they value, or how to better their lives. Which, in turn, makes them very susceptible to all sorts of con men/women.

News at 11.

Abortion has been readily available for quite some time. Yet there are so many single parents. They didn't choose abortion, so that's not the issue here. It's weird that someone is assuming they would have aborted their child rather than raise in a single parent household when they had the chance and didn't.

No, abortion has never been “readily available” in many places, even pre-Dobbs. Nor has birth control.

Please. Most people are gladly having their kids. They wouldn't choose abortion anyway.

Statistically true.

Also statistically true that most third-trimester abortions are performed on healthy fetuses by healthy women, same as in first trimester abortions, but that doesn’t prevent the “most third trimester abortions are to save the life of the mother or due to fetus abnormality” narratives from being pervasive. (Source is Guttmacher Institute—a pro-choice research group)

Most people think what they want to think in order to hold their position, even when the stats and facts don’t support it.