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In reply to the discussion: How can we actually stop abortion? [View all]no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)16. I don't think that abortion can be banned generally.
Perhaps *legal* abortion incrementally until it's universal, but not abortion itself. There will always be means to terminate a pregnancy whether it's DIY or an illegal system.
And I don't think you can effectively ban firearms or weapons. Laws can be passed but there will be ownership that is grandfathered into the legislation; there will be private sales; there will be secret hoarding. Unless the government is going to initiate unlawful (unconstitutional) searches of persons and private homes and places and then confiscate illegal weapons, you can't really ban them meaningfully. And even if weapons were taken, more would be obtained to replace them.
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Sorry. but this isn't true and it is reductio ad absurdum. It detracts from the real struggle.
cali
Feb 2013
#21
I know, I've been following Rachel Maddow's reports on Kansas and Mississippi
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2013
#7
I just can't imagine. There has to be something wrong with those who support returning to that
Rhiannon12866
Feb 2013
#12
So, you want to find ways to stop abortion - without doing anything that actually stops abortion?
baldguy
Feb 2013
#17