Some U.S. students re-think college plans in states with abortion bans

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Anonymous wrote:Seems silly to blame colleges (and not apply to them) for government decision. Most of these colleges established over a century ago.

miss the point much? no one is blaming the colleges, they are simply not willing to subject themselves or their daughters to backwards, anti-women environments. Just so happens those colleges reside in backwards states. I assume that you yourself wouldn't want to a state with politics you vehemently disagree with, so these students are making the same decision. Tons of great colleges for all beliefs. No need to live in an environment that doesn't respect your rights.

Many people live in states where they don't agree with their politics (e.g. Florida). Part of the reason America is so divisive is because of people like you who seem to advocate for a divided country

Spoken like one who has never birthed a child. You do have any concept of the life altering nature of that? Permanent and significant...physically, mentally, emotionally, financially.....for ever and ever.

Overturning Roe is not disagreeable "politics". It is an assualt on fundamental rights.

Not sure what birthing a child has anything to do with this when we're talking about aborting a child. Instead of having a polite discussion, you seem to like to hurl insults. Some would argue that the unborn child also has rights too. You may not agree with that position and that's okay. Just try to sound like a rational human being. It's easy to be a jerk when you hide behind anonymity.

But are those rights greater than the woman who is carrying the fetus? What if the mother has several children and would die if she had the baby. Is it better for those alive children to not have their mother because of the life of the fetus "trumps" the mom?

I don't believe that anyone is arguing about who's rights are greater, simply that some would argue that the unborn child also has rights.

Yes but you are telling a women who is already born that her rights are less than a fetus. 'what don't you get about that?

Said no such thing. You are either making it up or can’t read.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t be obtuse. Young people make mistakes. Plenty of people have failed birth control. There are hundreds of rapes on college campuses every year. It’s not a moral failing to have an unwanted pregnancy.

In many, many cases ... yes, it is.

I hope your daughter is never raped.

She will never know because her daughter will fear her mom will blame her.

Is that a mom posting such garbage? I was thinking scoldy old man. Who are you super judgy, unwanted pregnancies are moral failings poster? Mom, dad, young old?

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Anonymous wrote:I as pro-choice as anyone, but it just seems dumb and showy to make a major decision such as a college choice on state abortion laws.

And if your daughter gets pregnant in a red state? Even discussing options over the phone with her could put you in jail for life, or bounty hunters could sue you into oblivion.

Still no big deal to tou?

You speak as those these girls may just catch a cold. My DD has a set of values and morals that make "getting pregnant" while she is in college extremely, extremely unlikely. Women don't just "become pregnant," you know. I feel really sorry for you parents for whom this is a major worry. Perhaps you should have started thinking about that when she was about 6.

+1. It shocks and saddens me what shallow, meaningless relationships so many of these posters seem to have with their daughters. Do you not know your girls at all?

Yes, it’s tragic how shallow and meaningless the relationships between pro-lifers and their daughters are. Their daughters could never even tell them if they were raped or assaulted. Heartbreaking.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t be obtuse. Young people make mistakes. Plenty of people have failed birth control. There are hundreds of rapes on college campuses every year. It’s not a moral failing to have an unwanted pregnancy.

In many, many cases ... yes, it is.

Sex is a primal human need.

Morals don't play a role in sex between consenting adults.

Do you run your life based on your "primal" human needs? An evolved society is based on the idea that mature, responsible people control those "primal" needs. It's what separates us from the apes.

+1. And some are clearly closer to those apes than others.

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This whole trend is probably a bunch of hype and it won’t last long.

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Yay! I was hoping this would happen. I only hope it lasts for another 3 yrs until my younger daughter is ready for applying.

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Anonymous wrote:"The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide has some students rethinking their higher education plans as states rush to ban or curtail abortion, according to interviews with 20 students and college advisers across the country.

For some students, the restrictions raise fears that they won't be able to get an abortion if they need one or that they will face discrimination for gender differences. Others said they worried about facing racial prejudice or being politically ostracized.

"I'm only in high school right now, and I'm still finding out who I am," said Samira Murad, 17, who will be a senior this fall at Stuyvesant High School in New York. "I don't want to move somewhere I can't be myself because of laws put in place."

It is too soon to determine whether such concerns will affect admissions in a measurable way, and evidence from other recent divisive state laws suggests there may be little overall impact.

But in the wake of Roe's overturn, college counselors said abortion has figured prominently in many conversations with clients, with some going as far as nixing their dream schools."

Kristen Willmott, a counselor with Top Tier Admissions in Massachusetts, said students she works with have told her they are taking some top schools in Texas, Florida and Tennessee off their application lists due to their restrictive abortion laws.

Alexis Prisco, who is entering her senior year at Eastern Technical High School in Maryland, had planned to apply to her parents' alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri."

https://news.yahoo.com/u-students-think-college-plans-101417689.html

What the hell? I'm pro-choice but that quote is insanity. Abortion is not birth control. Someone please inform this girl of that.

+1000. Translation: I don't want to move somewhere that I have to act responsibly and put a lid on my wild sex life.

You want to force all college kids to abstain from sex?

You can’t force your religious views on others.

The senior doesn’t need to be informed of anything. She wants to be somewhere where she has agency over her own body. Also often the places that are eliminating reproductive freedom, are the same ones trying to pass anti-LGBTQ legislation and are debating if slavery should be referred to as “forced relocation” in school books. My kids definitely have considered all those aspects and it influenced their college list.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't let anyone tell you that abortion is not used for birth control.

Yes. Trump probably used it that way to keep the 13 yo from having his baby.

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