Letters to the Editor
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regrets
Ms. So writes: "For every story in which a woman moved on with a sigh of relief, there seems to be another story of lifelong guilt and regret."
Yeah. Just imagine the regret of the girl with abusive parents faced with an anti-choice judge, who might end up physically abused, kicked out of her home, and/or forced into a motherhood that ruins her chances of building the life she wanted for herself or for her children.
Regret is not something to base legislation on. To base laws that constrain women on the fact that women might someday regret some action they take is the embodiment of paternalism.
I would also like to agree with what someone said above: the law is not about protecting families from government interference. If there is no such law, there is no interference. On the contrary, the law would MANDATE government intrusion into families, no matter whether or not it is appropriate to do so.