Letters to the Editor
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Going with Catherine Price's logic, Lynn, I think we need to force abortions on these teenagers
We've heard several times recently from Catherine Price that:
a) it's just a mass of cells, not a baby
b) it's not a civil rights issue
c) it's relatively easy for a parent (a father) to give up/forget/ignore their biological father.
Catherine Price has convinced me. There is no reason for teen pregnancy and it is an economic harm to society.
I think what we could very easily do is create pregnancy detecting toilets (should be relatively simple for a toilet to sample the urine) and then alert the school authorities when a student has become pregnant.
At that point, very early on, she should be forced to take an abortion pill.
Basically, that would enable the young woman to easily abort the mass of cells and get back to her primary job which is to obtain an education.
I hope you agree with me, Ms. Harris, that this is actually the feminist approach to the situation. It supports and doesn't blame the young woman, it is a sex positive solution, and it requires no shaming or punishing of either the mother or the father.
Also, it fits in with the Broadsheet Feminist(TM) approach to Gardasil, which says that it is okay for the government to force potentially unwanted and life damaging chemicals into a young woman's body.
I think I should get at least one red star for my modest proposal. Don't you agree?