December 2006
Mom Tells Advice Columnist: I May Force My Daughter to Have Abortion
A New York mother has written to national advice columnist Harriette Cole saying she wants her pregnant 14 year-old daughter to have an abortion. The letter points to the alarming trend of parents forcing their children to have abortions when they discover their teenage daughters are pregnant.
February 2006
Dutch Lawmaker Proposes Forced Abortions to Stop "Unwanted Children"
A pro-abortion city councilwoman in Rotterdam says that forced abortions should be used to curb the "problem" of unwanted children in Holland and its territories.
Alderman Marianne van den Anker of the Leefbaar Rotterdam (LR) party says the forced abortion and contraception would reduce the incidence of child abuse.
()() Once you make abortion legal, then people are free to spout ideas like this that promote eugenics.
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