Jeannette Sefcik: 'It’s easy for states to ban all abortions and force women to have babies, but they can’t force unwilling and unprepared mothers to take care of those kids. The state must step up.'
Maybe pro-life politicians and activists will now do something to take care of children after they are born.
The silver lining in the recent Roe decision could be if Republicans will now broaden their view of what it means to be “pro-life,” and include taking care of children after they are born. They could support public policies like paid family leave, child allowances, adoption tax credits and other family and child oriented legislation.
Perhaps activists in the right-to-life movement who really care about kids, not just fetuses, can pressure lawmakers to pass legislation to help those precious new persons and their often-struggling mothers and families. Utah is a real mixed bag, both on abortion policy and on family assistance programs. Just hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe, Utah’s “trigger law” went into effect, which prohibits abortions with limited exceptions. Outnumbered House Democrats are trying to modify the ban, and Planned Parenthood won a temporary restraining order blocking the “trigger law,” and allowing abortion services to resume for now.
It’s easy for states to ban all abortions and force women to have babies, but they can’t force unwilling and unprepared mothers to take care of those kids. The state must step up.
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