Sherry Chandler

Forever Pre-pregnant

Amanda at Pandagon wants us all to set the record straight. The CDC report referenced by the Washington Post does not recommend that women be treated as forever pre-pregnant.

I’ll admit, the flare-up over this WaPo article chastising women for not acting like we’re in a constant state of pregnancy is causing me to bang my head against the wall. I noted, strongly I thought, yesterday that the article is very misleading and doesn’t describe the report at all. You can read the report here. There are two main things that are very important to keep in mind during all this:

• The CDC did not suggest that the only reason to keep women healthy is for our duty to produce good soliders for the Fatherland.
• However, the WaPo article basically did say that.

…It’s not just that the report lays the blame on society for not getting poor women in front of a doctor more often that fits our agenda, either. The report firmly states that it’s in a woman’s best interests to plan her pregnancies to fit her life goals.

So is Amanda right that it is the Washington Post that has the agenda in slanting their report the way they did? Read the whole post.

1. Wartime Agenda
2. Unsafe at any speed…
3. Different from Ordinary Women
4. Should we privatize education?
5. So glad to be post-menopausal

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