Building a culture of care in America

This is all to say, the “abortion debate” isn’t worth a stitch if it doesn’t acknowledge the whole complex weaving of a caregiver’s life. And if we zoom out even the smallest bit, we realize how tragically we are failing caregivers in this country.

First, some grounding facts: 1 out of 5 pregnancies ends in abortion and 1 out of 4 women has had an abortion by the time she is 45. The majority of those who seek out abortions are experiencing poverty and were using a form of contraception in the month that they got pregnant. Two-thirds of them have already given birth before. Over half of aborti... See more