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In reply to the discussion: The benefits of decriminalizing abortion [View all]overthehillvet
(38 posts)36. I don't agree with everyone on here
BUT I am strongly pro choice. What a woman and her doctor decide is none of my business. And none of anyone Else's either. I have no right to be involved in her difficult decision and no right to judge her. Stay the hell out of my bedroom and out of our medical situations.
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I don't like the implication that fully supporting and/or having one is shameful
PeaceNikki
Jan 2013
#8
"Abortion rates are fairly low and have steadily declined since 1997" is the second bullet point
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#16
I'm pro-mastectomy and pro-abortion. Both are blessings to women who need them.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#27
I would bet that more women are coaxed or guilted into childbirth than abortion.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2013
#19
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
Good point. The best way to reduce abortion is by making contraception widely available
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#29
The poster I was replying to had "abortion rates going down" in the post title.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#31
I would prefer that my daughters use contraception than get pregnant and have an abortion.
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#33