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PeaceNikki

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14. I disagree.

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 10:56 PM

Jan 2013

I argue that the pro-choice movement needs to embrace the pro-abortion label in order to resist the mounting political attacks against abortion access and Roe vs. Wade. Firmly standing in the pro-abortion camp is the only way to hold our ground and move forward as a society with reproductive justice. We cannot play nice anymore. We cannot try to reason with people whose only mission is to get rid of safe and legal abortion completely.

Abortion is an option for someone facing a pregnancy, and that it is an option that is just as valid as the choice to parent or pursue adoption. Abortion can be an empowering experience. When you are pregnant and you don’t want to be, the ability to take control over your life, your future, and your body can be positive. Claiming the pro-abortion label reflects these diversities of women’s lived experiences and accurately reflects what we are fighting for.

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The benefits of decriminalizing abortion [View all] PeaceNikki Jan 2013 OP

K&R - nt Ohio Joe Jan 2013 #1

k&r with thanks uppityperson Jan 2013 #2

Speaking of abortion.... PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #3

I am pro-abortion. it's a moral choice that liberates women, saves lives and PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #4

But the key word you used is "choice".... PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #5

ok, but you said that nobody is. I am. it's a medical procedure. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #6

I see what you're saying.... PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #7

I don't like the implication that fully supporting and/or having one is shameful PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #8

Fully supporting or having an abortion is NOT shameful PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #9

I understand where the poster is getting at gollygee Jan 2013 #15

Exactly. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #18

That's like saying that you're "pro-mastectomy". Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #11

I disagree. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #14

"Abortion rates are fairly low and have steadily declined since 1997" is the second bullet point Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #16

+1 MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #20

I'm pro-mastectomy and pro-abortion. Both are blessings to women who need them. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #27

Their is a +1 on the Pro Abortion here. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #10

wow. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #12

I'm pro-abortion. RudynJack Jan 2013 #17

I would bet that more women are coaxed or guilted into childbirth than abortion. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #19

Exactly. RudynJack Jan 2013 #21

bullshit, indeed. there are laws against "abortion coercion", but not coerced childbirth. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #23

There is actually a theory (the "Donohue-Levitt Hypothesis") that legal abortion reduces crime. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #22

absolutely astonishing that women can manage their own health care, their own bodies, without niyad Jan 2013 #13

About those abortion rates going down... TreasonousBastard Jan 2013 #24

the point is: decriminalizing has not caused an increase PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #25

That too... TreasonousBastard Jan 2013 #26

Good point. The best way to reduce abortion is by making contraception widely available Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #29

This thread is not about reducing abortion, it's about reproductive choice. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #30

The poster I was replying to had "abortion rates going down" in the post title. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #31

It's the second time you've tried to twist it into that. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #32

I would prefer that my daughters use contraception than get pregnant and have an abortion. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #33

this article isn't about what you want for your daughters PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #34

May I offer my humble and sincere apologies for straying so far off-topic. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #35

K&R SunSeeker Jan 2013 #28

I don't agree with everyone on here overthehillvet Jan 2013 #36