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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.

That's not what the PP's post implies. She states that it is important to her daughter's college choice that she has abortion access. Any 18-21 YO young woman who makes important life decisions such as where she goes to college based on the fact that she may not be able to get an easy abortion has the morals of an alley cat. I stand by my earlier comment.

Some if these young people are well educated, informed, and concerned about women's rights. Try educating your kids about important issues...they might appreciate it.

Way to deflect the point. Anyone this concerned about easy abortion access when she goes to college does not sound well-educated or informed at all. In fact, it sounds like she's going to college for the "experience," shall we say, rather to actually receive an education.

Way to miss the point. You write like someone very ignorant and inexperienced with reproductive issues. If you had experience with pregancy, childbirth, miscarriage, menstruation, infertility, contraception, etc. etc... you would understand thst reproductive rights are about a fundamental right of women to control critical decisions about their lives.

You have no idea to whom you're talking. But this is not about me. It's about an 18 year old girl and an obviously overly-domineering mother who is sadly putting her own misguided political anger ahead of what may be in her DD's desires and best interests.

If you think it wise to send DC off to college in texas than have at it. These unjust, backwards, draconian laws are no joke and my kids will understand exactly what they are about.

They make their own decisions and they don't want to live in Texas and some others backwards states for very good reason.

Sure, mama, keep talking. No one believes you. You would give your left arm for your kids to get into Rice, or Duke, or Emory, etc., and you know it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the question. Is there a point to this post?

Yes, the point is you are a better person and the sole arbiter of what is worth posting about and seeking feedback on. Congrats!

You didn’t answer about the post is what is the point? That’s right it’s a troll post to stir up exactly the kind of responses that it has. From bookish moms of bookish white daughters who, if they were being perfectly honest, were always going to early decision to Bates or bowdoin anyway. The California thing is a red herring so it’s less obvious to people like me

Maine has reproductive rights protections protected by law do good for Maine. Some states have some respect for women!

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the question. Is there a point to this post?

Yes, the point is you are a better person and the sole arbiter of what is worth posting about and seeking feedback on. Congrats!

You didn’t answer about the post is what is the point? That’s right it’s a troll post to stir up exactly the kind of responses that it has. From bookish moms of bookish white daughters who, if they were being perfectly honest, were always going to early decision to Bates or bowdoin anyway. The California thing is a red herring so it’s less obvious to people like me

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

Why? Your daughter’s not smart enough to figure out a way to get out of state to kill her baby?

Exhibit A why a person would chose not to head off to forced birther state. Why would he at she want to dealing with this nonsense?

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

Why? Your daughter’s not smart enough to figure out a way to get out of state to kill her baby?

Anonymous wrote:Point out to him which states don't allow abortion. Is that a state he wants to support? Something both my sons have talked about a lot in the last couple of months.

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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.

There is no tolerating people who do not recognize another person's human rights.

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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.

What now?

Anonymous wrote:He should live there now before wildfires, drought, and other extreme climate events make those states uninhabitable.

And all the unwanted children.

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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.

That's not what the PP's post implies. She states that it is important to her daughter's college choice that she has abortion access. Any 18-21 YO young woman who makes important life decisions such as where she goes to college based on the fact that she may not be able to get an easy abortion has the morals of an alley cat. I stand by my earlier comment.

Some if these young people are well educated, informed, and concerned about women's rights. Try educating your kids about important issues...they might appreciate it.

Way to deflect the point. Anyone this concerned about easy abortion access when she goes to college does not sound well-educated or informed at all. In fact, it sounds like she's going to college for the "experience," shall we say, rather to actually receive an education.

Way to miss the point. You write like someone very ignorant and inexperienced with reproductive issues. If you had experience with pregancy, childbirth, miscarriage, menstruation, infertility, contraception, etc. etc... you would understand thst reproductive rights are about a fundamental right of women to control critical decisions about their lives.

You have no idea to whom you're talking. But this is not about me. It's about an 18 year old girl and an obviously overly-domineering mother who is sadly putting her own misguided political anger ahead of what may be in her DD's desires and best interests.

Why send DC off to some state that just tuned back the clock 50 years on women? Particularly DD. Who wants to be a second class citizen in a second class state?

Anonymous wrote:I was refused birth control as a married woman with a prescription at a pharmacy in the deep south when I worked at a college. Fortunately, there was more than one pharmacy.

Problem is, eventually, college age girls may have a hard time finding or accessing birth control in the forced birth states. It's something your son needs to be aware of, because we know what kids get up to in college.

I would recommend looking at CA or some of the states in the southeast that might be purple-NC, VA is somewhat warmer, possibly GA depending on the outcome of the next election.

You really don't want to go to college in a state where they might not have potable water (MS), the utilities might fail (Texas), everything might flood (LA), or the governor is interfering in the classroom (FL).

Yes. All of these have been in the news just this week.

It really is a shame about TX's messed up politics, because my husband's family is in TX and we at one point very seriously considered moving to Austin to be closer to them.

Now I'm thinking about sending my child to Canada for school for a couple years while we sort this nonsense out. (This is worst case scenario planning in case the Rs manage to seize control of the 3 branches and declare a nationwide abortion ban)

With the idiocy, I'm less concerned about my child getting pregnant than being jailed for having the wrong kind of birth control in a certain state. She had an IUD for a while, but it was giving her trouble, so we're now getting her a ring that can be used for a year. This is NOT for birth control, it is for terrible cramps. Having a birth control method already in place, though, is a nice added bonus.

You'd better believe I am sending her off to college with as many Plan B pills as I can for her AND her friends. But I'm also not taking the chance on sending her to one of the ban states.

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Anonymous wrote:Point out to him which states don't allow abortion. Is that a state he wants to support? Something both my sons have talked about a lot in the last couple of months.

Maybe more to the point, make sure he understands that if he impregnantes his girlfriend in one of those states, he's going to be a father with everything that entails in terms of his life plans.

Solid point, PP.

Very good point. Who will pay child support? Son or parents?

I was refused birth control as a married woman with a prescription at a pharmacy in the deep south when I worked at a college. Fortunately, there was more than one pharmacy.

Problem is, eventually, college age girls may have a hard time finding or accessing birth control in the forced birth states. It's something your son needs to be aware of, because we know what kids get up to in college.

I would recommend looking at CA or some of the states in the southeast that might be purple-NC, VA is somewhat warmer, possibly GA depending on the outcome of the next election.

You really don't want to go to college in a state where they might not have potable water (MS), the utilities might fail (Texas), everything might flood (LA), or the governor is interfering in the classroom (FL).

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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.

That's not what the PP's post implies. She states that it is important to her daughter's college choice that she has abortion access. Any 18-21 YO young woman who makes important life decisions such as where she goes to college based on the fact that she may not be able to get an easy abortion has the morals of an alley cat. I stand by my earlier comment.

Some if these young people are well educated, informed, and concerned about women's rights. Try educating your kids about important issues...they might appreciate it.

Way to deflect the point. Anyone this concerned about easy abortion access when she goes to college does not sound well-educated or informed at all. In fact, it sounds like she's going to college for the "experience," shall we say, rather to actually receive an education.

Way to miss the point. You write like someone very ignorant and inexperienced with reproductive issues. If you had experience with pregancy, childbirth, miscarriage, menstruation, infertility, contraception, etc. etc... you would understand thst reproductive rights are about a fundamental right of women to control critical decisions about their lives.

You have no idea to whom you're talking. But this is not about me. It's about an 18 year old girl and an obviously overly-domineering mother who is sadly putting her own misguided political anger ahead of what may be in her DD's desires and best interests.

If you think it wise to send DC off to college in texas than have at it. These unjust, backwards, draconian laws are no joke and my kids will understand exactly what they are about.

They make their own decisions and they don't want to live in Texas and some others backwards states for very good reason.