Abortion Dilemma: How to Avoid It

The feminist message of the past 50 years is that women are independent and don’t need men. In many ways, that’s been proven right. Women outperform men in school, are more likely to graduate from college, and are much more likely to initiate divorce.

Nevertheless, there remains a stubborn context in which women are not independent: pregnancy. Women can’t get pregnant without men. And after conception, the condition makes them dependent. But on what should they depend? Or better yet, on whom?

About the Author

Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

Featured Tags

The feminist message of the past 50 years is that women are independent and don’t need men. In many ways, that’s been proven right. Women outperform men in school, are more likely to graduate from college, and are much more likely to initiate divorce.

Nevertheless, there remains a stubborn context in which women are not independent: pregnancy. Women can’t get pregnant without men. And after conception, the condition makes them dependent. But on what should they depend? Or better yet, on whom?