The problem is not with the health guidelines, which are for the most part sensible and things that everyone (women and men alike) should try to follow. The problem is that the article is written in such a way that it assumes that all women want to or plan to be pregnant, and that we should take care of ourselves not for our own sakes, but for the sakes of the children that we may or may not ever have. It comes dangerously close to seeing women less as people and more as walking incubators, IMHO.
Interestingly, the original CDC report actually does stress the importance of fixing the healthcare system as a part of the solution - the WaPo article just didn't happen to mention that part.
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Date: 2006-05-17 09:15 pm (UTC)Interestingly, the original CDC report actually does stress the importance of fixing the healthcare system as a part of the solution - the WaPo article just didn't happen to mention that part.