so?

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Anonymous wrote:
It's good he knows what he wants.

Personally, I have explained to my children that I will not give a quarter of a million to red states for their education.
They understand this, and it's moot anyway, since they prefer cooler places.

Interesting way to convey that education is all about narrow-mindedness.

Shoving women backwards 50 years is not worthy of my education dollars.

Respect for others starts with learning that there are different points of view in the world and learning to work with others with whom we may disagree.

My concern about your posts is not the point of view expressed, but the tone of self-righteous, indignation and intolerance for opposing viewpoints.

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Anonymous wrote: I am absolutely making abortion access a factor on where my DD goes to college.

If this is truly a factor in where your DD goes to college, then you have raised her with the morals of an alley cat. Sorry, but that's the truth.

No. All my parent circle, comprised mostly of centrists, Independents and moderate Democrats, who are rather conservative in terms of sex, alcohol, drugs, etc, for their families, are not comfortable sending their boys or their girls to red states. It's not that they fear their children will become pregnant or make a girl pregnant. It's not that they fear their daughters might be raped. It's a response to the political climate and not wishing to support and invest in places where a large swathe of the population denigrates vaccines, thinks Covid is like the flu, wants to arm teachers to fight school shooters, leans towards authoritarian leadership, cannot accept the 2020 election was counted accurately, and has a very restrictive view of women's health and women's rights, and indeed, their life.

I agree. I will not financially support these places. There are plenty of wonderful options, at home and abroad, without going to such benighted locations.

She's a child. The parents should say "fine, good, but college admissions are rocky at best so we need to cover the field inlcuding your best instate schools". if money is a factor, which itis in almost 99% of applicant cases because of the extreme rise in private cost in order to pay for the diversity trainers, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I’m glad that my kid’s school in North Carolina has shuttle busses to DC over breaks

This is awesome!

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Anonymous wrote: I am absolutely making abortion access a factor on where my DD goes to college.

If this is truly a factor in where your DD goes to college, then you have raised her with the morals of an alley cat. Sorry, but that's the truth.

Not this PP, but GFY. Truly, I mean that wholeheartedly.

It isn't about morals. College kids have sex. Accidents happen even with birth control.

I'm not sending my child to any state where the doctors refuse to operate for fear of losing their medical license over an incomplete miscarriage or an ectopic, leading to the death of my child because of draconian laws.

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Anonymous wrote:
It's good he knows what he wants.

Personally, I have explained to my children that I will not give a quarter of a million to red states for their education.
They understand this, and it's moot anyway, since they prefer cooler places.

Interesting way to convey that education is all about narrow-mindedness.

Shoving women backwards 50 years is not worthy of my education dollars.

Anonymous wrote:
It's good he knows what he wants.

Personally, I have explained to my children that I will not give a quarter of a million to red states for their education.
They understand this, and it's moot anyway, since they prefer cooler places.

Interesting way to convey that education is all about narrow-mindedness.

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Anonymous wrote: I am absolutely making abortion access a factor on where my DD goes to college.

If this is truly a factor in where your DD goes to college, then you have raised her with the morals of an alley cat. Sorry, but that's the truth.

You have raised her to value and respect women's rights. Same for our sons. Having women treated as second class citizens is not good for anyone.

states are set to outlaw birth control methods, too. And kids could get in trouble to bringing those into the state.

and don't try to gaslight and say "that isn't going to happen"

we've heard that nonsense before

I hope that several states reverse themselves as more babies forced to be born without skull and women dying of untreatable miscarriage stories become overwhelming, but all we can do now is vote these psychos out of office and keep the forced birthers from taking control of Congress and the White House.

It's good he knows what he wants.

Personally, I have explained to my children that I will not give a quarter of a million to red states for their education.
They understand this, and it's moot anyway, since they prefer cooler places.

Anonymous wrote: I am absolutely making abortion access a factor on where my DD goes to college.

If this is truly a factor in where your DD goes to college, then you have raised her with the morals of an alley cat. Sorry, but that's the truth.

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn't take long for the "abortion is birth control" crowd to chime in.

+1. Their obvious jealousy is astounding.

Jealous of what?

Of people who live in the south. It's the only possible explanation. Internalized self-hatred.

To control their reproductive choices*

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Anonymous wrote:I’m very pro choice and the Supreme Court opinion is appalling. I would never expect (or want, although it’s their decision) my kids to factor that decision into college choice. I’m hoping they practice safer sex and if not, I’ll be happy to get anyone where they need to go for health care if it becomes necessary.

I expect my daughter to factor it in. It's not just about BC -- there are medical emergencies that don't give you enough time to get to another state. BC fails sometimes, and ectopic pregnancies can go south very quickly.

You make valid points and I completely understand why families are making this a factor in college decisions. But I hope people are putting the risks in perspective. For example, there is a MUCH greater risk of a female college student getting killed in a car accident than getting pregnant while practicing safe sex/using birth control and then developing an ectopic pregnancy, or some similar condition, that requires immediate emergency treatment. And even if a state were to outlaw Plan B, have your kid take a supply with them -- no one's going to search their dorm room.

It represents an insidious disrespect for women and their freedom and privacy to go troll their own reproductive choices. Why go to state that is smacking it's women back 50 years in time in terms of their basic rights?