Women to consider themselves 'pre-pregnant'

[samvara]

Forever Pregnant Reactions? Am curious here.

ED: Based on responses; I got this from jupitah.

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Best article so far thank you maharetr. "So why did the WaPo misrepresent this report? Hell, they don’t even mention how important birth control is to this entire project except in passing at the bottom of the article. I think it’s because it’s a political hot potato to openly admit that the two most important steps towards reducing the infant mortality rate and improving the health of newborns in general is to get health care to every woman and to empower women with the knowledge and tools they need to get pregnant only when they want to."

Comments

[terrycat.livejournal.com]

I see the point. It even sounds like a good idea if you don't think about it - "let's make sure every baby is as healthy as we can" is a good ideal.
But. Here's the thing. I can see Bush and his "religious" friends in powerful places taking it one step at a time from "you shouldn't do any of these things just in case" through to "we're gonna keep you constantly monitored, locked in a birthary as soon as you hit puberty". Sounds paranoid, but that's the way things happen.
But hey, at least it's America, land of the free. You may be a slave who's only purpose is to produce babies, but at least no-ones forcing you to wear a burkha.

Gah. I've not even begun to consider the other aspects of this, and already it pisses me off.

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

All 180,000,000 potential mothers?

We could just do it to young black women - I mean they have a much greater risk of neonatal death.