anti-choicers want no choices at all

A Disappointed Constituency

Even though we now have a pro-choice President-elect, and an expanded majority in both houses of Congress, the anti-choice forces want you to know that they won't be going "silently into the night." They've given up on having friends in high places, and their dream of a couple of more Alito-like Supreme Court nominees, but they do predict that:

...activists would stage more mass demonstrations and abortion-clinic vigils...

Another outlet for activism is the ever-growing network of local pregnancy centers run by anti-abortion staffers who seek to persuade young women with unintended pregnancies to choose adoption or single motherhood over abortion.

"While legislative efforts to protect the unborn and women from abortion may be limited in future years, the work of pregnancy centers is advancing stronger than ever," said Melinda Delahoyde, president of Care Net. Her network supports 1,100 centers, and is concentrating expansion efforts in black and Hispanic inner-city areas.

It should be pointed out here that a federally funded study found that 87% of those pregancy centers:

...often mislead pregnant teens about the medical risks of abortion, telling investigators who posed as pregnant 17-year-olds that abortion leads to breast cancer, infertility, and mental illness.

But never mind that because they are willing to work with Barack Obama to find that middle ground that he talked about during the campaign. Perhaps when it comes efforts to reduce unwanted pregnancies through education and contraceptives? Nope:

Anti-abortion leaders say they are unwilling to do this if it means abandoning their abstinence-only approach and supporting greater access to birth control for unmarried women.

"We have a totally different view from other side in how we look at sexuality," said Pavone. "That's where there's no common ground."

So, where are they willing to compromise? On parental notification? Nope. On mandatory waiting periods? Nope. On federal funding for abortion? Nope. In other words, for the anti-choice segment of society, there is no compromise, only the desire to continue the fight to make sure the only reproductive choice a woman has is no choice at all.

(Daily Kos)