If Abigail Van Buren is going to write colums like this - she should be on the Editorial page.
(This was in my local paper this morning, but not on the paper's website, so I pulled it from uexpress.com.)
""parental notification" into law. Fortunately, it was voted down."
Yes, the nazi's voted that the state could take your child, perform surgery on them and all without telling anyone.
Hitler and Mengela did this and so did the California voters.
The letter never even mentioned abortion and Abby has no idea if it was even considered. The girl may have had to tell her parents because she was bound to start showing her pregnancy eventually. Abby just assumes she wanted an abortion, sick.
Pure BS. I wouldn't put anything past the LA Slimes.
When I got to the third sentence I just "knew" this is a fake. Surely Abby (the people who are Abby) didn't fall for it either. This has to be a planned social message. While perusing the paper this morning I was thinking how I never read Dear Abby. Seems like a hundred years ago Ann Landers was more real.
However, this letter doesn't talk about the other side of the issue- girls being coerced into abortions by their older lovers, or by others who want the baby dead. At least parents, even those who would demand their daughter have an abortion upon notification, would almost always have their child's (at least perceived) best interest at heart. A parent is likely to know their child's medical history that would avoid any complications. A parent would be more likely to listen to their daughter if she changes her mind at the clinic. A parent would want an abortion done as safely as possible, even if it cost more money. A parent would be their for their daughter if she need therapy. A parent can step in and work to end the underlying problem that caused the pregnancy in the first place.
A teenage boy or older predator won't do those things. A nurse or other non-related adult does'nt know the children. There is no foolproof solution that covers 100% of life's scenarios, but when it comes to the welfare of children, I am willing to bet on the parents 95%+ of the time.
Pure propaganda. Will the writer ever be called on this lie? My guess is a resounding "no".
BTW, as other posters have pointed out, "Dear Abby" passed away and the baton has been handed down to her daughter, I think. It's always nice to keep the lies going on in the tradition of the family.
No one has any moral clarity any longer. No matter what the excuse, even....but it wasn't his/her fault....but we don't want to offend them in case they want to believe the gospel....but everyone is a sinner....and on and on Moral clarity first. Then give hope and a road out.
I noticed another one the other day by a Dr. DEMANDING socialized medicine.
I call the letter expelled bovine hay waste.
I'd be willing to stand on a limb and say that this story is made up BS. While there are probably parents who might do something like this, if this particular "story" was derrived in order to influence the upcoming election and ballot measures, then "Dear Abby" should be yanked from all of the papers that carry her ignorant column.