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In the discussion thread: 'Pro-Choice' Americans At Record Low, Poll Finds [View all]

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 11:29 AM

91. Yup, but we are always told that abortion is

horrible, traumatic, shameful, etc. etc.

I'm not saying it is a bowl of cherries, but I am saying I hate hearing "no one is pro-abortion." Sure, no one should be going around encouraging people to have unprotected sex. But in some circumstances, it is exactly the girl's/woman's first choice as well as what is best for all concerned, and no one should interfere with that because of their own preferences. They are not the ones who have to endure the pregnancy or be a good, capable parent afterwards.

I too, believe in adoption (heck, I'm adopted myself!). But I also strongly believe young girls should not be forced into that choice if that's not the choice they want.

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108 replies	Author	Time	Post
'Pro-Choice' Americans At Record Low, Poll Finds [View all]	bluesbassman	May 2012	OP
Yes, how many self-identified "independents" are people unwilling to call themselves Republicans?	NYC Liberal	May 2012	#1
This is an important point.	sweetloukillbot	May 2012	#23
Means the same thing on the east coast.	JoePhilly	May 2012	#36
My Xtian friend now identifies as independent & will vote for O since she's sick of the R's & their	wordpix	Jul 2012	#72
how many of those "pro-lifers"	mzteris	May 2012	#2
how many of those "pro-lifers" will go quietly to a clinic to terminate an unwanted pregnancy or	Raster	May 2012	#4
plenty but it will be OK becuz it was different than the usual circumstances	lunasun	May 2012	#29
how many	kardonb	May 2012	#11
You forgot zip	NV Whino	May 2012	#32
Another thing you can bank on with those "pro-lifers"	WhoIsNumberNone	May 2012	#19
+1000	smirkymonkey	Jul 2012	#46
I'm sorry, what?	mzteris	Jul 2012	#47
I'm having one this morning, just to support "Choice", and I'm a dude. nt	DCKit	Jul 2012	#54
you're having one what?	mzteris	Jul 2012	#68
That's REAL support for women's choice! Nice going, and good luck! n/t	Judi Lynn	Jul 2012	#80
Probably 80 percent of the Anti-Choicers.	smirkymonkey	Jul 2012	#73
Me	Captain Lee	Jul 2012	#49
If you are opposed to abortion, please do NOT have one!	CTyankee	Jul 2012	#51
Then never get an abortion	obamanut2012	Jul 2012	#52
Answer	Captain Lee	Jul 2012	#61
so which rope do you cut?	mzteris	Jul 2012	#69
Cut the baby's rope	Captain Lee	Jul 2012	#82
you're new here	mzteris	Jul 2012	#93
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Captain Lee	Jul 2012	#94
MURDER	Sterling	Jul 2012	#95
you're ridiculous.	mzteris	Jul 2012	#97
Abortion was illegal in Nazi Germany	dflprincess	Jul 2012	#100
so........	mzteris	Jul 2012	#70
Who cares what people call themselves? 70% still support choice.	Drunken Irishman	May 2012	#3
You're right DI	Proud Liberal Dem	May 2012	#6
And even that article makes the following point.	CBHagman	May 2012	#26
Complicated?	Proud Liberal Dem	May 2012	#31
So, 77% of people believe in abortion being legal in certain (or all) cases?	Proud Liberal Dem	Jul 2012	#63
That's the crux of this issue right there	agtcovert	Jul 2012	#44
I'm pro-abortion.	OrwellwasRight	Jul 2012	#50
Excellent point	Proud Liberal Dem	Jul 2012	#64
many young girls given no choice but having the babies are from Xtian homes where this is	wordpix	Jul 2012	#74
Agree.	OrwellwasRight	Jul 2012	#92
+1000	wordpix	Jul 2012	#75
I'm Pro-abortion, too!	qwlauren35	Jul 2012	#83
Yup, but we are always told that abortion is	OrwellwasRight	Jul 2012	#91
That chart says it all, without the loaded labels.	SunSeeker	May 2012	#27
My mother does not believe in abortion.	Dawson Leery	Jul 2012	#77
Exactly. 70% are technically pro-choice.	joshcryer	Jul 2012	#108
This was discussed on the news today, and they said it all depends on how the question is asked ...	Tx4obama	May 2012	#5
But THAT wouldn't make headlines	Proud Liberal Dem	May 2012	#8
dicussed today	kardonb	May 2012	#12
How the question is asked is exactly right.	Gormy Cuss	May 2012	#15
add to that...	MrMickeysMom	May 2012	#16
Which is why politcal surveys are mostly BS.	DCBob	Jul 2012	#43
Do they want to build orphanges?	HockeyMom	May 2012	#7
Some people I guess can do it	Proud Liberal Dem	May 2012	#10
In KS gov. Brownback thinks they will populate across Kansas, into the	RKP5637	May 2012	#14
He thinks married couples should be like the Duggars?	HockeyMom	May 2012	#38
Actually, many of these children ARE wanted.	qwlauren35	Jul 2012	#84
oh really...healthy WHITE babies?	alp227	Jul 2012	#89
This isn't the 1950s	HockeyMom	Jul 2012	#90
yeah for healthy WHITE babies!	mzteris	Jul 2012	#98
BUT in the same poll	Iliyah	May 2012	#9
Give the idiots what they want. Just don't then let them come crying to	kestrel91316	May 2012	#13
Reminds me of the 50's and back ... abortions in back rooms, many	RKP5637	May 2012	#17
I'll bet you resemble Nietzche.	tcaudilllg	May 2012	#20
I probably do, especially relative to	RKP5637	May 2012	#22
IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS!	Fearless	May 2012	#18
Push-Poll.	Dawson Leery	May 2012	#21
I was thinking the same thing.	Odin2005	May 2012	#24
I think most people are troubled by abortion and most probably would have a hard time choosing it	Proud Liberal Dem	May 2012	#33
That would be the easy answer but it's not the case here.	Gormy Cuss	May 2012	#39
Yes, a person might say they are pro life themselves	treestar	Jul 2012	#62
That probably describes the position of a lot of people in the middle, including me	yurbud	Jul 2012	#67
If these people were asked	cosmicone	May 2012	#25
The opposite of pro choice isn't pro life. It's anti choice.	indivisibleman	May 2012	#28
Nobody likes abortion but...	hrmjustin	May 2012	#30
This post was hidden by jury decision.	Mark Trail	Jul 2012	#40
Hello and...	FiveGoodMen	Jul 2012	#42
I always liked to read Mark Trail	obamanut2012	Jul 2012	#53
I think abortion is a wonderful thing.	qwlauren35	Jul 2012	#86
Thanks for being brave enough to post this.	OrwellwasRight	Jul 2012	#99
I heard this discussed today on MSNBC	Samantha	May 2012	#34
And if the names were pro-choice and anti-choice the they would be much different	Tunkamerica	May 2012	#35
I've thought for a long time that a lot of self-described "independents" always vote Republican.	harmonicon	May 2012	#37
Easy To Say - Until You Get/or Get Someone Pregnant	otohara	Jul 2012	#41
republican men are anti-choice until their mistress gets pregnant. n/t	progressivebydesign	Jul 2012	#45
Yeah, They're Against Abortion	Yavin4	Jul 2012	#48
Propaganda works	Doctor_J	Jul 2012	#55
Idiots. I wonder how many were men verses women who were polled, because there is no doubt in my	still_one	Jul 2012	#56
this is the latest poll I could find that breaks it down by men vs. women	Douglas Carpenter	Jul 2012	#57
I wonder how many of these so-called pro-lifers are pro-war, anti-welfare, anti- healthcare jerks?	still_one	Jul 2012	#58
I know a pro lifer who is against hospice/ end of life care	maryellen99	Jul 2012	#60
That is inhuman and immoral	still_one	Jul 2012	#78
It's semantics	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jul 2012	#59
Pro-lifers are stupid	and-justice-for-all	Jul 2012	#65
Bullshit.	WilliamPitt	Jul 2012	#66
I don't believe that for a minute	Marrah_G	Jul 2012	#71
Me either.	ananda	Jul 2012	#79
Re defining Reality	OverseaVisitor	Jul 2012	#76
Drive into rural America. I do on a regular basis, doing road trips and going camping.	truthisfreedom	Jul 2012	#81
Well I for one am still pro choice	hamsterjill	Jul 2012	#85
"Oops! Sorry, the page you requested either doesn't exist or isn't available right now!"	KansDem	Jul 2012	#87
Not surprising, I posted the OP on May 23, and some 1 post troll kicked it on Wednesday.	bluesbassman	Jul 2012	#88
Maybe I will change my mind but	Sterling	Jul 2012	#96
I'd like to know how the pollster phrases that question	bluestateguy	Jul 2012	#101
Many younger women have been hoodwinked	glowing	Jul 2012	#102
ironic in a Darwinism kind of way	may3rd	Jul 2012	#103
There is a Middle Ground	turtlerescue1	Jul 2012	#104
HUGS. I trust if you want a kid, you'll adopt.	xfundy	Jul 2012	#105
Adoption,	mzteris	Jul 2012	#106
At 62 years old, don't think so.	turtlerescue1	Jul 2012	#107

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