Intelligencer - The ‘Pro-Life’ Policies Hurting Women

Most abortion opponents profess a deep concern for the well-being of women. An interest in their emotional state, or their physical health, perhaps even the welfare of the children a pregnant woman may already have at home. It is possible to love the fetus as much as the woman who carries it, these activists insist. Live Action, which was founded by the prominent abortion opponent Lila Rose in 2003, sells a “Love Them Both” T-shirt for the low price of $24.99. Crisis pregnancy centers across the country sometimes offer free diapers or car seats while they peddle lies to women in need. But that paltry alternative to a robust safety net leaves many women — and children — behind, as a new story from the Washington Post shows. Though abortion opponents say they embrace women and their needs, the policies they promote create a nightmare world that many women cannot escape.

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