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In reply to the discussion: I'm not pro-abortion. [View all]
I'm not pro-abortion. [View all] kpete Sep 2021 OP
I am pro-abortion. Parsing only caters to republiQan vilification of the Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #1
I am pro-abortion forever. ancianita Sep 2021 #13
+1 -- Perfectly stated! -nt CrispyQ Sep 2021 #35
I'm pro abortion as well.. AZ8theist Sep 2021 #57
What does pro abortion even mean? karynnj Sep 2021 #59
It means I am for abortion. I am not against abortion. It's really not difficult. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #60
What it sounds like, though, even to me soldierant Sep 2021 #106
Just absolutely ridiculous. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #107
No, that's not what it means. Mariana Sep 2021 #124
If it sounds like that to you you might want to see an ENT ChubbyStar Sep 2021 #128
I am too. Lunabell Sep 2021 #92
I support body autonomy Lithos Sep 2021 #98
That means you are pro-abortion. Why be squeamish about saying it? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #99
It sounds like a mono-response Lithos Sep 2021 #102
Yep. Mono. All the way. Pro-abortion. Because it isn't complicated at all. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #105
+1000 myccrider Sep 2021 #110
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
Thank you. Mariana Sep 2021 #18
I disagree, somewhat. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #21
People tend to forget that EVERY pregnancy is potentially dangerous Mariana Sep 2021 #27
Yep. And abortion is actually safer than pregnancy. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #29
There is THIS, TOO! calimary Sep 2021 #45
Yes. ShazzieB Sep 2021 #36
But I'm saying that it IS all sob stories, and requiring a sob story to make an abortion acceptable WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #41
I agree Rebl2 Sep 2021 #46
There is that. Definitely. calimary Sep 2021 #43
People who aren't women get abortions? Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2021 #20
Trans men, people in the process of transitioning, people who don't consider themselves women for WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #23
I saw this on Facebook and passed it along. Phoenix61 Sep 2021 #3
I am pro-choice, and not just anyone's choice. DFW Sep 2021 #4
I am pro-choice. It is a personal decision for a woman, and no one else's business JohnSJ Sep 2021 #5
100% Pro Choice here and no one else's business. ananda Sep 2021 #6
No one is pro abortion randr Sep 2021 #7
You must have missed my post up above. I am definitely pro-abortion. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #8
I am pro-abortion. Enough with the parsing. Abortion is a necessary medical procedure. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #10
I am pro-abortion. ancianita Sep 2021 #16
Speak for yourself, please. Mariana Sep 2021 #17
Plenty are in here Polybius Sep 2021 #19
Should we bake you a cake? ChubbyStar Sep 2021 #89
Was I replying to you? Polybius Sep 2021 #109
Dude do you understand how message boards work? ChubbyStar Sep 2021 #121
Of course Polybius Sep 2021 #122
Your header was where I had the issue not your position ChubbyStar Sep 2021 #126
I didn't mean anything insulting by it Polybius Sep 2021 #147
I am pro abortion Farmer-Rick Sep 2021 #32
Randr, I used to hem & haw & be apologetic & try to understand anti-choicers. I emphatically quit. ... Hekate Sep 2021 #64
I am a pro-woman person. Butterflylady Sep 2021 #9
I've always been pro minding one's own business. mountain grammy Sep 2021 #11
I'm stealing this. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #14
I love that! Luciferous Sep 2021 #38
That is the issue in a nut shell The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #77
I'm with you stage left Sep 2021 #97
The only people I know that have had abortions are Republicans. Amazing, huh. fwvinson Sep 2021 #12
I have been a member of many cohorts in my life. The one that availed itself of the most Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #15
Are you absolutely sure of that? ShazzieB Sep 2021 #51
I am Pro- the OP Martin Eden Sep 2021 #22
Frankly, just talking about this makes me ill.... Iwill be 75 soon, and it just brings back all the secondwind Sep 2021 #24
I want to reduce abortion. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #25
Why do you want to reduce abortion? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #26
All medical procedures have risk. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #49
Carrying a baby to term & delivering is actually far more medically dangerous than a legal abortion Hekate Sep 2021 #58
Agree with all you posted The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #63
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 did not say I came around to being pro abortion. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #76
I did not say you did. I was responding to another poster. Butt out. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #80
So sorry I read the flow chart wrong The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #114
Gosh. How sincere you sound. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #120
Well maybe you should "butt out" The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #123
That doesn't even make sense. Have a lovely day. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #127
Boom, I am laughing so hard my dog woke up! Thank you ChubbyStar Sep 2021 #129
. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #130
You told me to butt out I told you to butt out. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #140
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
Yo I thought personal attacks were against the rules of this forum. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #135
You completely misunderstand the nature of personal attacks. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2021 #136
Alright then by your definition I say: The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #137
The post is not the person. The map is not the territory. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2021 #145
The rule states: The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #139
Did you have a particularly large abortion, and that made you want to "reduce" them? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #71
I find no humor in this subject. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #75
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
Some are sourced from within. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #85
That doesn't even make sense. Have a lovely day. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #144
I provided the source for the quotes I used to support my position. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #113
Cue the Princess Bride ChubbyStar Sep 2021 #131
rules The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #138
I'm pro abortion for anyone who wants one. Elessar Zappa Sep 2021 #28
Pro choice means Aussie105 Sep 2021 #112
"Appropriate"? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #117
So why use the qualifier? Why does everyone feel the need to qualify it? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #143
It's not about abortion per se...it's about Men controlling Women. Tommymac Sep 2021 #30
Tommymac kpete Sep 2021 #31
I think you are correct. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #118
Abortion is Birth Control? Roy Rolling Sep 2021 #33
Imagine thinking getting an abortion is lazy. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #42
imagine thinking sex is 'irresponsible' stopdiggin Sep 2021 #52
Having children you don't want is irresponsible Roy Rolling Sep 2021 #66
"An 18 year responsibility". SergeStorms Sep 2021 #83
you realize how close you're tip toeing stopdiggin Sep 2021 #95
Seems to me like a headlong crash. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #100
Then by all means, don't use abortion as your first choice in birth control. As far as what anyone Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #61
im sick of the catholic church. and others pokeing into our lives and AllaN01Bear Sep 2021 #34
I'm anti men having an opinion about abortion at all! jaxexpat Sep 2021 #37
You are exactly right. dchill Sep 2021 #50
Absolutely. SergeStorms Sep 2021 #84
Yo there are a lot of men who support you and can help. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #115
You'd need to ask that of one of the fairer sex. jaxexpat Sep 2021 #116
Thin ice sir. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #142
Then Shakespeare would get banned? jaxexpat Sep 2021 #146
I know I get it and I was just picking at ya a bit. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #148
Perhaps we have evolved beyond the rabbit's dying for our sins. jaxexpat Sep 2021 #149
You are pro abortion or not obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #39
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
That means you're pro abortion. Why does it need all this parsing? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #62
Thanks for the response, Scrivener7. Made me do some thinking. LaMouffette Sep 2021 #68
No, I don't think you are wishy washy. I am past childbearing age too. But twice when I thought Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #69
You have swayed me with your third paragraph: LaMouffette Sep 2021 #93
And I'm so glad I was here for it! Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #94
I am pro abortion, for everyone and anyone who needs one. we can do it Sep 2021 #47
I am pro-choice lonely bird Sep 2021 #48
I am pro-rational sex education and affordable birth control, thereby hopefully ... 11 Bravo Sep 2021 #53
That means you're pro abortion. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #65
As a male in his late 60's MurrayDelph Sep 2021 #54
Oh, what a nightmare. Was the daughter OK? Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #86
She survived and was still able to (and did) have kids MurrayDelph Sep 2021 #90
That's a good ending to a terrible story. Thanks for the update. Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #91
republicans have demonstrated that they are really pro birth followed by pro-death. housecat Sep 2021 #55
I'm pro-abortion. Solly Mack Sep 2021 #56
This, exactly. The OP argument is lovely. I mean that sincerely. It shows the humanity behind the Scrivener7 Sep 2021 #82
Well said! Solly Mack Sep 2021 #87
Excellent post. mrsadm Sep 2021 #70
Kickin' with gusto! Faux pas Sep 2021 #73
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's ringing...the clue phone ChubbyStar Sep 2021 #133
It was a sarcastic joke aimed at stupid old white men who pass stupid laws. The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #134
The rules The Jungle 1 Sep 2021 #141
I have a different view... WarGamer Sep 2021 #88
I'm Pro Choice.. that's the way it should Cha Sep 2021 #96
The issue is, choice means little if someone doesn't have access. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #101
Funny how no one says they're "pro-choice" about any other issue. Mariana Sep 2021 #103
Exactly. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #104
I'm pro-access to abortion for all women. SYFROYH Sep 2021 #108
I'm pro Sandrine who mistakenly became pregnant by a man who turned applegrove Sep 2021 #111
K&R spanone Sep 2021 #119
I'm pro-abortion. Iggo Sep 2021 #125
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