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In reply to the discussion: I can't believe these anti-choice extreme views are on DU... [View all]Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)108. Best response I've seen, and most reasonable!
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Doesn't the man also have a choice to not impregnate a woman? Frankly, I'd
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#1
Well, then, I suggest she be very careful when making her choices and she leave the rest
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#14
posters view is punishing woman for having sex. that is all. IF it is murder, then woman must have
seabeyond
Jan 2013
#2
Those who hold that position have a right to their own moral views. Just like you do. ERGO . . .
patrice
Jan 2013
#4
This is it in a nutshell. The government is there to protect us from zealots of all kinds.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#28
I can understand how some people are having a little trouble imagining it, but there are
patrice
Jan 2013
#34
It can be said that CHOICE is also about the opposite of one's own position, so . . . .
patrice
Jan 2013
#22
I am AGAINST anti-Choice. There should be no higher authority than the woman's own.
patrice
Jan 2013
#35
there is a difference in having the freedom to have a different opinion and the freedom to exercise
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2013
#27
I agree strongly, except that my reasons are not based solely on the Democratic party & I imagine
patrice
Jan 2013
#37
That particular individual has long espoused a virulently anti-choice, anti-abortion position.
yewberry
Jan 2013
#24
Why is it when you say "innocent life" and "individual whose life is at stake" do I get the feeling
retread
Jan 2013
#61
Yes it is. Nobody has the right to compel their use of your body. They can't make you give blood,
LeftyMom
Jan 2013
#64
The state has no interest in preventing her from unjustly killing you? That is crazy.
Vattel
Jan 2013
#91
For my own point of reference I have a question for you. At what point in the gestation cycle do you
retread
Jan 2013
#93
You used the term "innocent life" and referred to an "individual". Were you speaking of the
retread
Jan 2013
#97
You have no right to use another person's blood, let alone their entire body, under any circumstance
REP
Jan 2013
#98
I certainly can believe them, but I have been paying close attention for some time. nt
left coaster
Jan 2013
#62
Clearly, that poster thinks his/her notions trump a Supreme Court decision. WRONG.
WinkyDink
Jan 2013
#65
They're not the views of any liberal, progressive, or even reasoning person. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#68
I knew who that was without looking - she calls women who've had abortions "murderers"
REP
Jan 2013
#71
Sadly, there are a fair number of nutty viewpoints I've seen, that really should be discouraged.
AverageJoe90
Jan 2013
#74
This is a huge gripe I have with DU. Choice is specifically part of the Democratic platform.
PeaceNikki
Jan 2013
#88