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Ocelot II

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5. That's exactly why they want to grant legal "personhood" to embryos.

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 3, 2021, 11:21 AM

Sep 2021

But then, of course, you have the dilemma of whose rights prevail and should be protected by the state. In that world, already-born women will lose almost every time.

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While I would still strongly disagree with "pro-life" people, it would be with a bit more sympathy.. [View all] Silent3 Sep 2021 OP

Maybe a lot of them will get the virus. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #1

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RW radio hosts are now an endangered species. dewsgirl Sep 2021 #10

"Pro-choice" is the important phrase. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #2

If a human right were involved, clearly it would be the business of the state to intervene... Silent3 Sep 2021 #4

That's exactly why they want to grant legal "personhood" to embryos. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #5

And if they actually supported preventing abortion Freddie Sep 2021 #3

Well said! DickKessler Sep 2021 #6

They're pro-birth, yet anti-child. nt Carlitos Brigante Sep 2021 #7

In reality, abortion has been around for thousands of years. world wide wally Sep 2021 #9

My mother did in the late 1950's. Texaswitchy Sep 2021 #11

There are two tried and true methods for reducing the number of abortions. Midnight Writer Sep 2021 #12