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Entry: Freedom from shame? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/freedom_from_shame#32367 Post contents: Very interesting article, and, as a resident of the Bay State myself, I'll assume that the remark in your opening sentence was made in jest! On a serious note, I would like to raise one question - while I certainly agree that a fifteen-year-old's pregnancy should not be treated as a joyous, or even normal, matter, at what point would we create a risk of causing so much shame among such girls that they conclude that they have no alternative but to abort? I don't know that there's an easy answer to this dilemma, but I think we ought to consider the fact that the greater acceptance of teenage (and unmarried in general) pregnancies over the last 50 years has, in large part, at least removed that as a reason for abortion. Sent at: 2008 12 01