Mandated abortions are usually associated with China, but recent news stories show it happens in the United States, too. Before she was the WNBA's coach of the year, Washington Mystics head coach Marianne Stanley was at the University of California at Berkeley. There, reports The Washington Post, she told newly pregnant assistant coach Sharrona Alexander that she could keep either her unborn baby or her job. Likewise, The Washington Times reports that Samanthia Robinson, interim Assistant Emergency Medical Services Chief for Washington, D.C., told trainees they'd be fired upon pregnancy. Three of the trainees, fearing for their jobs, had abortions. But this isn't China—Alexander (who refused to have the abortion) received a $115,000 settlement from the school, and Robinson was forced to retire.
Copyright © 2002 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.
Related Elsewhere
Stories referenced above include:
EMS chief linked to abortions retires—The Washington Times (Sept. 23, 2002)
Have something to add about this? See something we missed? Share your feedback here.
Our digital archives are a work in progress. Let us know if corrections need to be made.
Annual & Monthly subscriptions available.
- Print & Digital Issues of CT magazine
- Complete access to every article on ChristianityToday.com
- Unlimited access to 65+ years of CT’s online archives
- Member-only special issues
- Learn more
More from this Issue
Read These Next
- From the MagazineIs Sexuality a Matter of First Importance?The apostle Paul’s discussion of same-sex sexuality in 1 Corinthians 6 is a clear, compassionate, and proportionate model for church leaders.Português
- Editor's PickN.T. Wright: What Jesus Would Say to the ‘Empire’ TodayHow Jesus and the Powers, cowritten with Michael F. Bird, calls Christians into the political sphere.