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gkhouston Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-21-05 05:17 PM
Response to Reply #43
45. "except when it presents a threat to a woman's health"
and what forms of contraception do they believe threaten a woman's health?
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  -Feminists for Life? BurtWorm  Jul-21-05 11:28 AM   #0 
  - Yes she is.  sparosnare   Jul-21-05 11:30 AM   #1 
  - analogous to 'healthy forests' and 'clear skies'--simply a ploy to make  rodeodance   Jul-21-05 11:32 AM   #3 
  - Like the "environmental group"  MountainLaurel   Jul-21-05 11:38 AM   #10 
  - On the bright side,  kiki   Jul-21-05 01:46 PM   #23 
  - exactly! don't you just love  stanwyck   Jul-21-05 04:30 PM   #38 
  - All feminists and all democrats are FOR life. none.. not ONE of us  bushisanidiot   Jul-21-05 11:34 AM   #6 
  - Actually, some people are pro-abortion  DerekG   Jul-21-05 04:24 PM   #35 
     - That's ridiculous. However, there are people who are for abortion -  Iris   Jul-21-05 05:31 PM   #52 
        - What are you talking about?  DerekG   Jul-21-05 06:23 PM   #66 
           - so what if some people see no ethical or moral quandaries about this  Iris   Jul-22-05 12:24 PM   #71 
  - So it's a loony anti-choice group hiding under a "feminist" front?  BurtWorm   Jul-21-05 11:38 AM   #11 
  - I doubt that "Elizabeth Cady Stanton" would approve using her name  SharonAnn   Jul-21-05 11:41 AM   #14 
  - Tough to say...  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 03:52 PM   #32 
  - I bet they don't mention the book "The Women's Bible" she wrote  BrklynLiberal   Jul-21-05 04:47 PM   #40 
     - Why would they?  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 05:12 PM   #44 
        - Maybe because they're using her name for a  buddyhollysghost   Jul-21-05 05:37 PM   #57 
           - That doesn't matter  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 09:54 PM   #69 
              - Doesn't matter to YOU  buddyhollysghost   Jul-22-05 04:54 AM   #70 
  - So does Rush call these women  stanwyck   Jul-21-05 04:31 PM   #39 
  - I think this is the group Patricia Heaton is a part of n/t  LostinVA   Jul-21-05 11:31 AM   #2 
  - Yep. She is their "spokesperson".  BrklynLiberal   Jul-21-05 11:33 AM   #4 
  - Thanks and I know how you feel I had to stop watching frasier  DanCa   Jul-21-05 11:38 AM   #12 
  - Kelsey is a bigtime freeper  stanwyck   Jul-21-05 04:28 PM   #37 
  - My mom stopped watching it after Patricia Heaton  LostinVA   Jul-21-05 11:48 AM   #18 
  - Is she that actress in t hat Raymond show ?(nt)  DanCa   Jul-21-05 11:33 AM   #5 
     - Yup n/t  LostinVA   Jul-21-05 11:49 AM   #19 
  - Doesn't she remind you of Quayles wife?  BrklynLiberal   Jul-21-05 11:35 AM   #7 
  - She reminded me very much of Quayle's wife in style  barb162   Jul-21-05 05:25 PM   #47 
  - I don't know, but they completely misrepresent S.B. Anthony:  bertha katzenengel   Jul-21-05 11:36 AM   #8 
  - So typical of their ilk..They cherry pick quotes to suit their purpose...  BrklynLiberal   Jul-21-05 11:46 AM   #15 
  - I don't think they are cherry picking with Susan B. Anthony  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 03:39 PM   #31 
     - au contraire....  BrklynLiberal   Jul-21-05 04:26 PM   #36 
        - I saw those, but  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 04:58 PM   #42 
  - I see nothing about abortion in that quote  sonicx   Jul-21-05 03:04 PM   #28 
  - Of course they're feminists!!  abernste   Jul-21-05 11:37 AM   #9 
  - Hard To Tell  iamjoy   Jul-21-05 11:39 AM   #13 
  - You can know all about birth control  China_cat   Jul-21-05 11:46 AM   #16 
  - Bingo! Or your pharmacist won't fill your prescription of birth control!!!  BrklynLiberal   Jul-21-05 11:47 AM   #17 
  - That's Part Of What I Mean  iamjoy   Jul-21-05 01:40 PM   #22 
  - And because she can't help resenting the  China_cat   Jul-21-05 02:44 PM   #25 
  - I think i remember reading that...  sonicx   Jul-21-05 03:14 PM   #30 
  - As far as FFL is concerned, contraception is OK  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 05:11 PM   #43 
     - "except when it presents a threat to a woman's health"  gkhouston   Jul-21-05 05:17 PM   #45 
     - It doesn't say...  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 05:30 PM   #51 
        - Contraceptives are the obvious way to avoid abortion so...  sonicx   Jul-21-05 05:37 PM   #56 
        - I read the full article about Ortho-Evra  gkhouston   Jul-21-05 05:43 PM   #58 
     - It doesn't do anything to address the fact that poor women  China_cat   Jul-21-05 05:50 PM   #61 
  - Do they support increasing funding for social programs?  sonicx   Jul-21-05 03:10 PM   #29 
     - Good Question  iamjoy   Jul-21-05 04:22 PM   #34 
     - they don't "specify" much of anything  noiretblu   Jul-21-05 05:28 PM   #49 
        - NOW: Victims of Illegal Abortion  iamjoy   Jul-21-05 05:46 PM   #59 
           - yeah we know the answer: they are anti-choice  noiretblu   Jul-21-05 05:48 PM   #60 
     - NO!  Bluerthanblue   Jul-21-05 05:22 PM   #46 
        - Actually, the support a great many social programs  RatRacer   Jul-21-05 05:33 PM   #55 
           - i wrote them 3 times  Bluerthanblue   Jul-21-05 05:53 PM   #62 
           - I wonder which campuses they're active on  gkhouston   Jul-21-05 06:11 PM   #64 
           - having perused their site, i agree with you  noiretblu   Jul-21-05 06:18 PM   #65 
           - what about the woman who just plain doesn't want to breed?  Scout   Jul-22-05 12:47 PM   #75 
              - I don't think so.  gkhouston   Jul-22-05 12:49 PM   #76 
  - I don't know much about them...  MattSWin   Jul-21-05 11:53 AM   #20 
  - Yeah, and their high rollers fundraising circle is named after  BurtWorm   Jul-21-05 11:57 AM   #21 
  - um...they don't: they are anti-choice  noiretblu   Jul-21-05 05:29 PM   #50 
  - how can they support equal rights for women  gkhouston   Jul-21-05 05:31 PM   #53 
  - Slaveholders for Abolition! Racists For Diversity! I Could Continue....  DistressedAmerican   Jul-21-05 01:48 PM   #24 
  - Yeah and I'm a Republican for impeachment  Generator   Jul-21-05 02:47 PM   #26 
  - Founder Susan Carpenter McMillan later turned up with Paula Jones  KamaAina   Jul-21-05 02:50 PM   #27 
  - Oxymorons for clarity? Or, is that "oxymorans".  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jul-21-05 04:12 PM   #33 
  - Orwellian n/t  Swamp Rat   Jul-21-05 04:49 PM   #41 
  - No they are not,...  Finder   Jul-21-05 05:27 PM   #48 
  - they are an anti-choice organization with a catchy title eom  noiretblu   Jul-21-05 05:31 PM   #54 
     - why choose when men can do that for you?  Mandate My Ass   Jul-21-05 05:57 PM   #63 
     - They target college women and younger.  BurtWorm   Jul-21-05 08:02 PM   #67 
        - Lebensborn  Finder   Jul-21-05 08:31 PM   #68 
        - if I were a cynic (which I am)  gkhouston   Jul-22-05 12:28 PM   #72 
           - excellent observation.  Iris   Jul-22-05 12:31 PM   #73 
              - hmm, that's a toughie. By that age, you might be choosing  gkhouston   Jul-22-05 12:39 PM   #74 
 

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