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

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Anonymous wrote:Who cares if they decide not to go to College X, Y, Z. They probably don’t need another liberal brainwashed anyways.

No college is "liberal brainwashing" anyone.

You had your kid for 18 years. They have had social media for how long? If your kid can not hack it at college then you failed.

Your agrurement is absurd. And by the way if anything it is the other way around. FACT how many Republicans in Congress went to Ivy League schools and came out brainwashed? Many ie Cruz, Hawley, etc...

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Anonymous wrote:How many abortions are these girls trying to get in the next four years?

+1000

If this was my DD's biggest concern in choosing a college, I would consider myself a massive failure as her mother.

Meanwhile, please tell your smart DD's to go right ahead and take Duke, Emory, Rice etc off of their lists!!! My rising HS junior DD would be delighted not to have the competition from these pious fools.

I agree with you.

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Anonymous wrote:The trolls are out in full force in this thread. Not that I'm shocked.

There is no way that my daughter will apply to schools in states like Ohio and Texas. There were a number of schools that were on our list in the South that have been deleted, including Virginia.

Schools like Rice, Vanderbilt and Tulane will see a drop off for applications. How much of a drop off, remains to be seen. On the flip side, schools in New York, California and Massachusetts will see an uptick in college applications.

If you receive or have received mailers or emails from schools in trigger states, you should let those school officials know that you will not be applying to those schools because of their state laws.

It'll also be interesting to watch if there is a massive amount of transfers over the next year.

The only thing that will be certain about this issue is that no one will be rational about it.

Ha. In your dreams.

You see, dear liberal friends, you are about to learn what we on the pro-life side have known and been battling for 50 years. People do not care about abortion. It's simply not an issue that affects most people, or concerns them at all in their day to day lives. It's been a problem for "our side" for many years and... guess what! Now it's your problem!

[Anonymous]

Anyone sending their kid to college in a red stte is risking their lives.

Huge mistake people

In 2024 GOP is poised to ban women from traveling across state lines. This is not an "abortion" issue it is 100% just women.

Keep deluding yourself this is only about abortion. They have literally said it out loud and have written it down.

By the way. If you think your kids are not having sex at college you are the dumbass.

[Anonymous]

why are we not talking about birth control pills?

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Anonymous wrote:How many abortions are these girls trying to get in the next four years?

+1000

If this was my DD's biggest concern in choosing a college, I would consider myself a massive failure as her mother.

Meanwhile, please tell your smart DD's to go right ahead and take Duke, Emory, Rice etc off of their lists!!! My rising HS junior DD would be delighted not to have the competition from these pious fools.

Dp It is a concern and if you dd gets raped would you force her to have her rapist baby? What if the rapist wants parental rights? I would love to hear your dd's take on the situation. Sometimes kids with controlling parents aren't willing to share what they really believe

My DD would love to give you her take on the "situation." FYI, she is head of her school's Students for Life group. Still interested?

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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.

You don't know what the dangerous and life altering impacts of giving birth have to do with the catastrophic scotus decision to overturn roe? That sounds completely clueless.

Birthing and abortion are two different things. Look it up.

The right to abortion and the making of every other reproductive decision including having a child and intimately and obviously connected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we'd be better off sending our girls to the schools we want - including red states - but getting them all IUDs first. Assuming those remain available.

1. They won't be
2. all Contraception is on the table to be gone by 2023.
3. There are many medical issues a girl can have that now they can not get treatment for in red states.

Not my kid not my money. Never again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Texas has always been toxic but Rice has always been a great university. I wish my kid was a senior this year because it's one of her top choices.

Suit yourself. Turning back the clock 50 years on rights is a lot more than "toxic". It is a major and significant assualt on rights and it requires action.

It is not turning back the clock. The decision was correct. There is no such Constitutional right. Never was. Was made up. That was the greater injustice. Congress has the power today to pass a law that offers full protection. That is where people's anger should lie. Vote for people that will pass the bill.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many abortions are these girls trying to get in the next four years?

+1000

If this was my DD's biggest concern in choosing a college, I would consider myself a massive failure as her mother.

Meanwhile, please tell your smart DD's to go right ahead and take Duke, Emory, Rice etc off of their lists!!! My rising HS junior DD would be delighted not to have the competition from these pious fools.

My daughter’s - and son’s - big concern is the treatment of women. And the attack on their personal liberties.

You want your kids to sit back while human rights are being attacked? Sounds like bad parenting.

[Anonymous]

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.

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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.

You don't know what the dangerous and life altering impacts of giving birth have to do with the catastrophic scotus decision to overturn roe? That sounds completely clueless.

Birthing and abortion are two different things. Look it up.

The right to abortion and the making of every other reproductive decision including having a child and intimately and obviously connected.

Birthing is the process or action of giving birth whereas abortion is the termination of a pregnancy so there is NO birth. It's not that complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:How many abortions are these girls trying to get in the next four years?

+1000

If this was my DD's biggest concern in choosing a college, I would consider myself a massive failure as her mother.

Meanwhile, please tell your smart DD's to go right ahead and take Duke, Emory, Rice etc off of their lists!!! My rising HS junior DD would be delighted not to have the competition from these pious fools.

My daughter’s - and son’s - big concern is the treatment of women. And the attack on their personal liberties.

You want your kids to sit back while human rights are being attacked? Sounds like bad parenting.

What about the future women whose lives are now being saved? You don't care at all about them? Sounds like bad parenting to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if they decide not to go to College X, Y, Z. They probably don’t need another liberal brainwashed anyways.

"Anyways." Snort.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe we'd be better off sending our girls to the schools we want - including red states - but getting them all IUDs first. Assuming those remain available.

1. They won't be
2. all Contraception is on the table to be gone by 2023.
3. There are many medical issues a girl can have that now they can not get treatment for in red states.

Not my kid not my money. Never again.

This is just not true.