Reproductive Justice Includes Justice for Children

[JimG]

“Reproductive justice” is generally code for “abortion on demand and without apology.” I propose we talk about “authentic reproductive justice,” which means justice for the child.

Justice for children means that every child conceived has a right to be welcomed into life. The financial condition or age or belief systems of their parents are irrelevant. Equality for children means every child is treated the same from conception until birth: cared for by their parents, and welcomed into life.

The shallow concept of “reproductive justice” that we have currently enshrined in our laws cannot last for even a single generation. Sure, men and women may be more equal in education and income. But, children whose parents get married and stay married have immeasureable advantages over children whose parents divorce or never marry. The differences among the rich and the poor, the educated and the less educated, increase in the subsequent generation.
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Authentic Reproductive Justice, which takes account of the human rights of the mother, the father and the child means:

--get married
--stay married
--have sex only with your spouse
--love your spouse.

From Jennifer Roback Morse, in the National Catholic Register

 

[Viki63]

Absolutely true.
Now the trick is to convince everyone that their convenience doesn’t trump a child’s right to existence.

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