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Entry: Slaughterhouse '73 Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/slaughterhouse_73#15079 Post contents: Adriana is right on the money. The hysterical hostility toward single mothers that pervaded Western societies (let's leave aside Islamic, just for now) no doubt made birth control and later abortion seem like a godsend. Ironically, the Church NOW treats unwed mothers who choose to keep their babies with great tenderness and regards them as virtually heroic--given that they could easily and cheaply avoid the responsibility (as the man involved typically does). One friend of mine suggested that perhaps God allowed the evil of abortion to happen in order to correct the pharisaical behavior of Christians. However, I'll note that obsessions with legitimacy and the stability of the family--and hence female chastity--are widespread through most human cultures (excepting, it seems, some African societies). They aren't of Christian or Jewish origin, but seem to be a typical outgrowth of human biology--and the need for men to "know" that their offspring are their own if they are going to support them. Or, as my Cajun friends used to say: "Mama's baby is Papa's maybe." Sent at: 2008 05 17