Abortion Funding
by The Hill-Man
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posted Apr 20 2011 2:38PM
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Should a state funded website be advising teenagers on how to have an abortion and keep it secret from their parents? The Boston Herald has an interesting piece on this today and it doesn’t bother me at all.
The website is mariatalks.com, where “Maria” and her friends answer questions and offer advice on contraception, safe sex and abortion. Whether the far, far right likes it or not, abortion is legal and teenagers have the right to seek that procedure if they so desire. Massachusetts’ law requires those under 18 to get approval of one parent or a judge if they wish to have an abortion. Critics of the website say “Maria” is encouraging teenagers to avoid speaking to the parents and go directly to court.
While I hope that parents and kids would be able to discuss the issue and come to the best decision for all involved, I am sure you can’t count on it in a lot of cases. Do we really want teenagers making an uniformed decision that leads to another kid brought into the world with no one to care for him/her?
Taxpayers are contributing $100,000 to the website through a DPH grant. To me, it’s money well spent. How much does this state spend a year on kids who were brought into the world by parents who couldn’t care less about them?
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