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In reply to the discussion: I'm not pro-abortion. [View all]Solly Mack
(90,798 posts)56. I'm pro-abortion.
Women and girls don't need a tragic story to have an abortion. They shouldn't have to convince anyone that their choice is worthy of consideration as an "exception".
Her body. Her business. Her choice.
Yes. There are a shit-ton of horrific circumstances in the world - but women and girls shouldn't have to be in a bad situation to appeal to the compassion of authoritarian assholes or their choice seen as an acceptable excuse just to get an abortion.
The supposed compassion of assholes, or lack thereof, should have no bearing at all. Should not even be a consideration.
My rights should not be determined by the whims of others.
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It means I am for abortion. I am not against abortion. It's really not difficult.
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#60
I'm pro abortion and I don't give a shit why a person gets one. In addition, the names and stories
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#2
But I'm saying that it IS all sob stories, and requiring a sob story to make an abortion acceptable
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#41
Trans men, people in the process of transitioning, people who don't consider themselves women for
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#23
I am pro-choice. It is a personal decision for a woman, and no one else's business
JohnSJ
Sep 2021
#5
I am pro-abortion. Enough with the parsing. Abortion is a necessary medical procedure.
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#10
Randr, I used to hem & haw & be apologetic & try to understand anti-choicers. I emphatically quit. ...
Hekate
Sep 2021
#64
I have been a member of many cohorts in my life. The one that availed itself of the most
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#15
Frankly, just talking about this makes me ill.... Iwill be 75 soon, and it just brings back all the
secondwind
Sep 2021
#24
Carrying a baby to term & delivering is actually far more medically dangerous than a legal abortion
Hekate
Sep 2021
#58
The ONLY people who are looking for middle ground are those on our side. To GOP politicians...
Hekate
Sep 2021
#67
This. There is no middle ground. And we need to stop pretending there is. Any "middle ground"
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#72
I said in my post that I do not understand why the right refuses to find the middle.
The Jungle 1
Sep 2021
#74
That is not all of what you said but none of what you said merits repeating
ChubbyStar
Sep 2021
#132
Did you have a particularly large abortion, and that made you want to "reduce" them?
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#71
Gracious. I seem to have unwittingly hit a nerve. I have no anger toward you.
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#79
You keep saying 'sourced.' I don't think that means what you think it means.
LanternWaste
Sep 2021
#81
Then by all means, don't use abortion as your first choice in birth control. As far as what anyone
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#61
This person must love reality TV sob stories. No woman needs to have a reason
Politicub
Sep 2021
#40
I'm pro-God. I think He or She takes care of the spirits of all unborn babies, whether miscarried or
LaMouffette
Sep 2021
#44
No, I don't think you are wishy washy. I am past childbearing age too. But twice when I thought
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#69
I am pro-rational sex education and affordable birth control, thereby hopefully ...
11 Bravo
Sep 2021
#53
republicans have demonstrated that they are really pro birth followed by pro-death.
housecat
Sep 2021
#55
This, exactly. The OP argument is lovely. I mean that sincerely. It shows the humanity behind the
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#82
Shouldn't it be illegal for men to get the little blue pill without a note from their legal wife.
The Jungle 1
Sep 2021
#78
It was a sarcastic joke aimed at stupid old white men who pass stupid laws.
The Jungle 1
Sep 2021
#134