Not the abortion....those pesky regs are making me crazy!

Ms. Magazine has an interesting take on the newly released and much ballyhooed study from Planned Parenthood's Guttmacer Institute of 289 adolescents.  Jivin J points out that the " study of surveyed 289 teens who were pregnant sometime between 1994 and 1996. Sixty-nine of those teens had abortions. An analysis of the survey and one done 5 years later showed no association between having an abortion and depression or low self-esteem. It will be interesting to see how pro-choicers who typically brush off small sample size studies which show an association between abortion and depression will receive this study. "
Also, it is not unusual for the post abortive teen not to fully grasp the enormity of the act until she marries and has her first "wanted" child. Many women report trauma with viewing that first ultrasound.

But Ms. Magazine just briefly touches on this small study and the results to make their other point that if the women are going crazy it is not the act of aborting their offspring but the laws and regs they must go through to get the job done.  Here some of their complaints.

 State legislators have promoted measures like mandatory pre-abortion ultrasounds and biased counseling. Another way to steer young women away from abortion is to force them to first consult with their parents. Nebraska’s law may be the gold standard, redefining informed consent as a mandate for providers to foist potentially misleading, scientifically dubious “advice” on vulnerable women.

Well let's see....those maddening laws were put into place by bi partisan duly elected legislators....this one is my favorite....making young women, that would be minors,  consult with their parents before undergoing a surgical procedure. Wow, how dare they? Allowing the pregnant woman to view  ultra sound and receiving informed consent as to fetal development and the risks of the procedure....another travesty. Their angst at the legislation in NE that women seeking abortion should be screened to be sure there is no coercion and that they do not have risk factors that may  show a  poential for adverse physical, psychological, or emotional reaction. This one  really gets them on fire.
I have a friend who recently  underwent gastric bypass surgery and before the surgery could be scheduled  she had to undergo psychological counseling as do some patients who elect certain types of plastic surgery. But of course, abortions are quick and simple and over with in a half hour. What's to screen for per Ms. Magazine? Guttmacher's exhaustive study of  69 post abortive teens has made a mockery of organizations such as Silent no More  or Rachel's Vineyard  to name just a few of the post abortion groups that minister to thousands of women and men. They can tell them to buck up and be of good cheer.....the problem was those lousy laws not the act that terminated the life of their fetus (offspring).