{"id":209336,"date":"2019-08-26T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=209336"},"modified":"2019-08-27T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:09:36","slug":"taylor-swift-support-abortion-pro-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/taylor-swift-support-abortion-pro-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"What Taylor Swift (and everyone) can do for women instead of promoting abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mega-star Taylor Swift spent most of her career remaining silent on political issues. She didn’t speak out about things like gay marriage or abortion, and she didn’t endorse any political candidates. But that has drastically changed, with Swift publicly announcing that she not only plans to be more politically vocal in the future, but that she also supports abortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s disappointing to see someone like Swift so vocally support abortion, when she very notoriously has a fan base — still mostly comprised of relatively young women and girls — that idolizes her. Swift’s fanbase, nicknamed “Swifties,” are notorious for their devotion and loyalty to the singer. And until now, she has promoted uncontroversial<\/em> charitable giving and promoted organizations that legitimately help women.\u00a0Just a few years ago, Swift was giving donations to charities that help single mothers<\/a>; what, then, is the message she’s sending now? It’s certainly not a message rooted in feminism<\/a>, though Swift has increasingly come to identify herself as a feminist. It’s a message that tells women they need to be able to kill their own children in order to survive and be successful — and yet that is the message, intentionally or not, Swift is now sending.<\/p>\n

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In a long interview with the Guardian<\/a>, Swift discussed her career and how she plans to be more active when it comes to politics. As lawmakers in Tennessee, her home state, look to ban abortion<\/a>, Swift felt compelled to voice her support for abortion. \u201cI mean, obviously, I\u2019m pro-choice, and I just can\u2019t believe this is happening,\u201d she said in the interview, with reporter Laura Snapes adding that she looked to be in tears. \u201cI can\u2019t believe we\u2019re here. It\u2019s really shocking and awful. And I just wanna do everything I can for 2020. I wanna figure out exactly how I can help, what are the most effective ways to help. \u2019Cause this is just… This is not it.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what are<\/em> the most effective ways to help women experiencing unplanned pregnancies?<\/p>\n