MORE THAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND   6 comments

If the sanctity of newborn life is so important that women can be forced to endanger their own health and life, why isn’t there a concerted effort to be sure that the newborn result is guaranteed a healthy environment. That would require parental leave, supportive and secure housing, sufficient income to provide healthy food both to the infant and to the caretaker parent(s), a stress-reducing life situation, and education on the limitations and needs of infants. Maybe I’m missing something. I find that I’ve been assuming that those who lobby for banning abortion are doing it out of love for the unborn, but maybe love has nothing to do with it. Maybe sanctity doesn’t necessary imply love and caring. But then, what does it mean? Help me on this one, please.

Posted April 6, 2024 by Mona Gustafson Affinito in Uncategorized

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6 responses to “MORE THAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND”

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  1. Right on!!!👊

    and by the way..why are men and their responsibility for the conception and obligation to mother and child NEVER discussed??!!

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    Lucy
    April 6, 2024 at 11:13 am

  2. Lucy,

    Because historically men have always domonated most of the cultures on the planet. Religion(s) exhibits this over and over again in all writings,, teachings and religious law. I believe that the basic universal comandment of Thou shalt not kill coupled with the historically male dominated place in the christian Bible and many of the other religious sacred books shows that women have never shared the same footing of equality as men, is the reason that we have the struggle for womens rights especially in her own right to choose and decide for herself. Sadly, It has been the going trend if you will for the ages long time of homo sapiens visible footprint on this earth.

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    ellenempson
    April 6, 2024 at 11:33 am

  3. I think my “good one” response goes to Lucy, and a “So true” response goes to Ellie. But really, do the “Let’s go back to the old days” folks really believe women would silently retreat into subservience. On the other hand, I plan to blog on the tough spot men find themselves in now with all the old rules shattered, trying to find who they are. Right now I’m reading Reeves “Of Boys and Men,” a fabulous work that deserves seven stars if there were such a designation available

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    Mona Gustafson Affinito
    April 6, 2024 at 11:54 am

  4. I mailed you a relevant article from Scientific American.

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    Doug
    April 12, 2024 at 2:10 pm

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