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An abortion ban made them teen parents. This is life two years later. {barf alert}
WaPo ^ | Aug 1, 2023 | Caroline Kitchener

Posted on 08/01/2023 6:33:19 AM PDT by Salman

TAMPA — Brooke High was not ready to face her family. Sitting on the edge of her bed, hair dripping wet, the 19-year-old listened to her twin daughters cry in their high chairs on the other side of the door. One hurled what sounded like a plate. Then a bottle.

Her husband, Billy High, also 19, was supposed to be watching them. But Brooke could hear one of his TV shows playing on his phone.

She waited a few minutes, reminding herself of everything their marriage counselor had told her. Treat your partner as you would want to be treated. Soften your tone. Don’t yell.

She heard Billy finally take the girls out of their chairs. Then came a loud splash.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; prolife
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Presented as "front page news", I tagged it "editorial". Because it is. Reads like a third rate short fiction. Which it is.

Imagine being that child growing up, newspaper notoriety and all.

1 posted on 08/01/2023 6:33:19 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

They’re kind of destructive for “clumps of cells.”


2 posted on 08/01/2023 6:35:37 AM PDT by fwdude
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To: Salman

premarital sex made them parents.

the abortion ban saved the child’s life.


3 posted on 08/01/2023 6:35:38 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Salman
Before abortion was a thing there were less unplanned pregnancies because it was expected that you'd be responsible for raising the babies you created.

Abortion exacerbated the problem it was supposedly to cure.

4 posted on 08/01/2023 6:36:04 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: teeman8r

Liberals have always been a little dim about cause and effect.


5 posted on 08/01/2023 6:36:58 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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To: Salman

It was not an abortion ban that made them parents. What made them parents is they self-identified as sexually mature people.


6 posted on 08/01/2023 6:37:02 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: Salman

maybe they should have kept their pants on.....


7 posted on 08/01/2023 6:37:02 AM PDT by wny
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NO! SCREWING each other as teenagers made them teen parents! It’s about time that they owned up to the consequences of their decision


8 posted on 08/01/2023 6:37:26 AM PDT by Bob434
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Gee doing what they did isn’t the cause of their being parents anti abortion laws are

That makes no sense


9 posted on 08/01/2023 6:39:02 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Salman

Reads like fiction.


10 posted on 08/01/2023 6:39:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Salman

I guess adoption wasn’t allowed.


11 posted on 08/01/2023 6:39:28 AM PDT by Varda
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Well, technically an abortion ban doesn’t make parents. Biologically, engaging in unprotected sexual activity may result in becoming parents.

Don’t mean to be pedantic . . .


12 posted on 08/01/2023 6:39:52 AM PDT by MCSETots
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To: teeman8r

twins?

two fer one...


13 posted on 08/01/2023 6:39:52 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: wny

Maybe we should change direction. I haven’t seen any adoption alternatives step up whether it’s organizations or the GOP leadership. They may be out there but our silence is deafening. Too(not enough) defensive. We’re just not ready for prime time.


14 posted on 08/01/2023 6:40:14 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: teeman8r
"premarital sex made them parents."

THIS!
15 posted on 08/01/2023 6:40:55 AM PDT by The Louiswu (PEDO JOE MUST GO!!!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

You’re serious, right?


16 posted on 08/01/2023 6:42:29 AM PDT by ColoCdn (Nihil, sine deo)
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To: Salman

A generation or so ago, 19-year olds often got married in churches and started off married life with the blessings of their families, their communities, and their God.

Now, under Obama care, they are too immature to take care of their own insurance until age 26 or 27 (it’s such an inane lib indea that I forget exactly),


17 posted on 08/01/2023 6:45:29 AM PDT by oldplayer
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I glanced through the article. Sounds like a typical young couple with kids having typical young couple with kids problems. I do give the husband credit for joining the service. At least now the family has a reliable source of income.

It’s the WaPo title that really disturbs me. It sure looks like the author would prefer that the twin girls did not exist.


18 posted on 08/01/2023 6:45:32 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Salman

They became parents due to sexual activity, NOT because of a ban on abortion.


19 posted on 08/01/2023 6:45:53 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Varda

Heaven forbid! In the libtard mind, it is better to kill your young than let somebody else raise them. I’ve actually heard this argument except that they didn’t use the word ‘kill’.


20 posted on 08/01/2023 6:47:53 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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