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May. 17th, 2006 02:19 pmForever Pregnant
Is this like... a joke? I mean, last I checked, I was a human person, not an incubator.
Part of the reason for the high infant mortality rate in the US has more to do with nutrition and accessibilty to good prenatal care.
This does *not* have to be handled in such a patronizing manner. For example, when I went in to get birth control, I would have had NO objection to the doctor saying to me "Hey, be aware that taking folic acid supplements are a good idea--birth control isn't always perfect, and if it failed and you thought you might be inclined to go through with the pregnancy, you'd be helping to insure the baby would be in good health."
This doesn't imply to the woman, in my opinion, that she's a baby-making machine, just gives her some information she may not have known and leaves it to her to do with what she will, at the OB-GYN's office at a moment when it is in fact pertinent and appropriate.
However, I think it's idiotic to IGNORE the fact that fully HALF of all pregnancies are unplanned--wouldn't it be more appropriate to work on "Every child a wanted child?" As in, make birth control easily available and affordable, more reliable with fewer side effects, and cut the "unplanned" number down, which would be just as effective as every woman of childbearing age taking folic acid?
What the hell happened to good old-fashioned logic? Has it gone out of style?
Is this like... a joke? I mean, last I checked, I was a human person, not an incubator.
Part of the reason for the high infant mortality rate in the US has more to do with nutrition and accessibilty to good prenatal care.
This does *not* have to be handled in such a patronizing manner. For example, when I went in to get birth control, I would have had NO objection to the doctor saying to me "Hey, be aware that taking folic acid supplements are a good idea--birth control isn't always perfect, and if it failed and you thought you might be inclined to go through with the pregnancy, you'd be helping to insure the baby would be in good health."
This doesn't imply to the woman, in my opinion, that she's a baby-making machine, just gives her some information she may not have known and leaves it to her to do with what she will, at the OB-GYN's office at a moment when it is in fact pertinent and appropriate.
However, I think it's idiotic to IGNORE the fact that fully HALF of all pregnancies are unplanned--wouldn't it be more appropriate to work on "Every child a wanted child?" As in, make birth control easily available and affordable, more reliable with fewer side effects, and cut the "unplanned" number down, which would be just as effective as every woman of childbearing age taking folic acid?
What the hell happened to good old-fashioned logic? Has it gone out of style?
