Abortion isn't a diamond and should not be rare and/or expensive.

"The more people talk about it needing to be rare, the more I want to give out free coupons for them at the mall."

...then it's all good.


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We should want them to be available to all women at anytime, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't want them to be rare.

it will become more rare.

It should always be available. Accidents happen, even with birth control.

...is a standard modern medical procedure and should be available to all women at any time they want or need one and covered by their insurance...

...and they should be rare. A medical procedure is not something anyone should look forward to and steps should be taken, including research and education, to make all medical procedures rare.

why should a treatment for breast cancer be rare?

With research and advances, it would be awesome if the procedure (not treatment for breast cancer) became rare.

So true! We shouldn't try to prevent breast cancer so that we can make sure every woman has the need to have a mastectomy!

MORE MASTECTOMIES!!!!

In fact, we should make ALL cancer prevention ILLEGAL!!! Then, we'll toss sex education out of schools so that we can have MORE abortions!!! Woot!

Speaking of lame...let's do away with education ALL TOGETHER because it creates MORE SCIENCY PEOPLE!!! They want to PREVENT this crap! Can you believe that?!!/1?

I'm so glad there are people like you that totally GET THAT!!!

1) science has no clue about what causes cancer, so preventing it...well, they are pretty clueless about that too. and honestly, there is a lot of variance on how breast cancer is treated.
2) if you are unlucky enough to get breast cancer, mastectomy is thankfully available for those who need it.
3) education is great, but see #1. in the case of breast cancer in women, there are some things that might lessen your risk of developing it, but please see #1 again.
4) i'm all for funding research, e.g., the kind that lead the Genentech's Oncotype DX test., which saved me from chemo. still, that test is not yet standard, and it should be. too many women are doing chemo needlessly because they are not offered that test.
but see #1...again...for the reality of where we are now in terms of breast cancer.
and yes...your comparison is still lame.

...you think that we should discontinue all research to make the need for mastectomies rare?

Hey, I'm happy you survived. I have three friends and the wife of a friend that survived as well. I also have 5 friends that survived abortions. One of them...just barely. At 20 years old she was told she will never be able to have children. I'd like those instances to be rare. As rare as the need for any cancer treatments.

Medical procedures are great, when necessary. I'd like to see the day when the need for them is rare. You think that's lame? Good for you. I'm sick of people pretending not to understand what's being said. The need for some to just be obstinate is not my game...it is, in fact...lame.

hygienic medical abortions accessible rather than only backalley abortions that have killed and sterilized too many.

That's not the point I was trying to make. But, I couldn't agree more. Unfortunately, too many people are trying to pick a fight over a single word. I didn't say I don't want them accessible, affordable, legal or safe. I would just like to see the day when abortions are rare. More funding for Planned Parenthood and other women's health organizations, education, research, healthier lifestyles, mental health treatments...all of these things could help reduce the need for abortions.

I've been put into the situation of having to make a choice when I was 17 years old and living on the street. I was emotionally immature and had zero support. The thousands of teens that are making this choice today are going through the exact same emotionally charged decision. The rest of us can sit back and talk about how it's only a medical procedure, a clump of cells, how it should be easy and affordable and safe, but it isn't easy for a lot of these young women. It's terrifying. The other option is even more terrifying. I want these young women (and men) to receive the planning and education they deserve. I want them all to live happy, stress free lives. If an abortion becomes necessary, I want them to get counseling if they need it without fear of reprisals. If they choose to not terminate, I want them to receive counseling if they need it without fear of reprisals.

I'm not just thinking about a woman's right to choose. I'm thinking of the individual. Each woman has her own story. I don't think it's wrong to wish that none of these women ever had to make that choice. That every young woman is free to pursue an education, career, and plan a family in her own time frame. Not be forced to make a possibly life altering decision in a few weeks. So, I will say it again...I hope to live to see the day when abortions are rare.

Hey, I read somewhere that teen pregnancies are down in the US. That means abortions just became a little more rare. See what I did there?

Which means there are a lot of poor people suffering and dying, practically enslaved, so rich white men can control things.

Yup better to not educate people on how to have safe sex and have woman decide to have a invasive procedure than the opposite.

Using a condom is common sense.

so all the education in the world won't make the need for abortion disappear. there are also reasons, other than birth control failure, for the necessity of abortion. we do need more and better education, and abortion.

Or is this just another misrepresentation of what people mean here when they say it should be "rare"?

So the rest of us need to push back against these assholes, rhetorically and otherwise.

But you knew that already.

And if education and contraception are widespread and effectively used, abortions SHOULD be quite rare.

That's what it means when you hear "safe, legal, and rare" here.

Oftentimes it means expressing disapproval of abortion without having the stones to actually say so outright. Maybe not on DU, but certainly in the wider world. And "the wider world" is what I'm thinking about here, mostly. I wasn't criticizing DU'ers specifically.

Thanks for playing.

Neither of which have your posts been.

Not that I really mind being corrected when I misstate things.

"education and contraception are widespread and effectively used, abortions SHOULD be quite rare...."

As then should vasectomies, yes?

Pretty sure that vasectomies fall under "contraception", of which there are many forms available.

IOW, what is your point?

Insurance should cover it (ACA req?) but it will cost whatever is proper compensation for the facility and professionals required to properly do the work. That may or may not meet an arbitrary definition of expensive. It's out of pocket costs that should be low.

Really?

You want to hand something out? Hand out planned parenthood pamphlets or condoms.

Why in the fuck would you want to teach people to use abortion as a form of birth control?
That's just twisted. Regardless of what your religion or moral code thinks. Period.

Oh and BTW nice post. Way to join in the hunt to find new ways to divide up liberals. Now I can't just be pro choice I have to want to hand out abortion coupons at the mall..


I hope women have all the access they need, and never have to use it.

"teach people to use abortion as a form of birth control" that is. nor did s/he say you need to pass out coupons at the mall.

coupons at the mall?

I hope women have all the access they need or want and would never presume to judge them as to why they "want" or "need" an abortion.

would want to cover at least some of it. Or maybe the future customer is worth more. California lets nurse practitioners perform abortions now that should help lower the cost. Hopefully more states will follow.

we are only allowed to be pro-choice with no intelligent discussion here at DU, a discussion forum.

when really we are not.

should join the Girl Scouts. I hear you can get a free abortion with 6 boxes of thin mints and there is a golden coupon in one box of Peanut butter patties for a lifetime supply.

Another Word Cop on patrol.

Ideally, it would be rare because women would have access to effective and affordable contraception and healthcare; and most woman would rather not have to go through the procedure if they could avoid an unplanned or complicated pregnancy.

But it should always be the woman's choice and be safe, affordable, and accessible.