CMU Lecture: The Feminist Case Against Abortion
Posted by tom | Nov 14, 2008
A friend passed along the below announcement of a talk sponsored by Feminists for Life. Wish I could attend. If you do, please take some notes and let me know your reactions/reflections.
Serrin M. Foster presents "The Feminist Case Against Abortion"
Wednesday, November 19, 8:00pm
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
McConomy Auditorium, University Center
Oh my gosh, I totally went to a lecture by this woman while I was in grad school at CMU. She spoke at Pitt. So I'm glad she came to my alma mater eventually. While my notes are long buried, I remembered sitting there enamored by the fact that there even was such an organization. I felt like my mothership had finally landed! That is to say, I could relate to the basic premise of being against abortion and still completely for the empowerment of women. Of being pro-life and pro-woman at the same time. For example, I still remember her description of a rather novel idea for helping college-age, unwed women who find themselves pregnant: specialized on-campus housing and resources that will allow them to finish school and support their child. Flawed? Of course. Like that it's more expensive than providing on-campus abortions. Tsk, tsk. Expensive for whom?
Posted by Maggie, Jan 7 2009, 21:09