tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post3251516429122342532..comments2024-03-28T17:53:43.541-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: Choice and GendercideDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-71926012461317970882011-06-25T09:15:56.727-04:002011-06-25T09:15:56.727-04:00Sounds like a really interesting book. The sex-sel...Sounds like a really interesting book. The sex-selective abortion debate is a massive headache for most pro-choice feminists and most of the analysis I've read seems almost deliberately weak. I've written about it a while ago here: http://asteadyinvitation.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/sex-selective-abortion-a-feminist-dilemma/<br /><br />Also, read the New York Times link with horror. The caveat that the author was in fact an abortion activist helped explain things somewhat, but I have no idea why she thought writing this horrific (and hopefully unusual?) account by disguising herself as though she was non-partisan would have made people more sympathetic to her cause.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-52883422066523584172011-06-24T23:17:47.985-04:002011-06-24T23:17:47.985-04:00I read the article as well and was really disturbe...I read the article as well and was really disturbed. At the beginning of the article, she said she assumed the gender imbalance was due to infanticide, but was surprised to realize that wasn't the case. I was also surprised by this . . . and that the rest of the article didn't seem to support her conclusion. <br /><br />Then I realized that I think of abortion and infanticide as the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-1593430953918376152011-06-24T15:34:52.311-04:002011-06-24T15:34:52.311-04:00There is a dissonance that they can't bear to ...There is a dissonance that they can't bear to have pointed out.<br /><br />There's a breastfeeding blog that I read periodically and, last week she was lamenting that breastfeeding was seen as an exceptional choice and not a natural consequence of giving birth. She was also lamenting that many women choose not to breastfeed because of the lack of maternity leave and that leave is not supported in the culture because of the widespread belief that women "choose" to have the baby so it is no one's problem but hers.<br /><br />But she is also loudly and proudly and adamantly pro-choice.<br /><br />So I responded in the comment thread that as long as conception and pregnancy continuation were considered wholly a choice made by the woman that could have been avoided if she chose differently, then breastfeeding and maternity leave would be viewed the same way.<br /><br />My comment didn't last 24 hours before it was deleted. <br /><br />Also does anyone else find it creepy how pro-abortion a large portion of breastfeeding and natural birth advocates are? OB-GYNs for that matter too.Jennynoreply@blogger.com