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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 02:53 PM Jan 2013

I Can't Take The Anti-Choice Crowd Serious EVER, Not With Their Sheer Hypocrisy. [View all]

You can't call yourself 'pro-life' if all you ever do is try to cut food-aid to families, cut healthcare access to families, execute inmates, send kids to war, advocate for more guns in society, cut Social Security, cut Medicare, etc., the list goes on & on. Those are 'pro-death' policies.

Also, if you truly do consider yourself 'pro-life', how can one make exceptions in cases of rape or incest, I mean, if you truly believe that all life is precious then you must have no problem with forcing women & girls (sometimes very young) into carrying their rapists or incestual fetus to full-term, which is absurd & horrifying, both physically & mentally. Imagine an 11 year old girl being forced to give birth to her rapists baby, or any woman of any age having to do so. If she chooses to do so, then that's her CHOICE.

And another point, this on the rightwing's notion of "small govt". If abortion were outlawed, banned, made illegal, what exactly would the penalty be for woman who still go through with the procedure, albeit illegally? Is the rightwing advocating we start throwing masses of women in jail for making a personal health choice & bodily decision? Wouldn't that destroy the woman's career or possibly existing family, marriage, & life in general? Some "small govt".

Wouldn't making abortion illegal also give the press the right to publish the "criminals" names, photos & possibly home addresses? Is the rightwing's goal to shame women into making a choice they may not be ready for, both financially & emotionally, or even personally? We all know motherhood is extremely difficult, some even say "it's the most difficult job in the world", so why would we thrust the "most difficult job in the world" upon women who have no desire for it? Or young teens for that matter?

Here's what the rightwing doesn't get: One can be 'pro-life' & also be pro-choice. They can choose to teach THEIR children or family members THEIR own personal beliefs while acknowledging the importance of keeping choice legal & safe for others.

No one is infringing on their right to be personally anti-choice, yet they consistently try to infringe on others rights to be personally pro-choice. Here's an idea for the anti-choice crowd and the only principle they should adhere to when it comes to this issue: Mind Your Own Fucking Business.

And

Your

HYPOCRISY.

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100 Percent Correct kairos12 Jan 2013 #1
Also, these "pro-life" people Hayabusa Jan 2013 #2
Exactly. The hypocrisy is astounding. They're "pro-life" yet are willing to kill & bomb. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #4
The people I love even more are the ones who say "a womans body a womans choice) but that DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #3
This makes no sense. Last I checked tobacco, alcohol, & obesity is legal. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #6
True, however there's a thread up now where a state is trying to pass a law that says DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #7
Still makes no sense. And it is a bizarre equation to even make. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #8
I'm pointing out the hypocrisy both ways. The Dems don't believe you have a right to DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #9
I'm a Dem and I don't care what you do with your body as long as it doesn't harm others. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #12
You don't understand the definition of hypocrisy. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #15
Arn't we 'Dem'? daleanime Jan 2013 #16
Let me know when Dems march on DC to take away your smoking rights. JaneyVee Jan 2013 #22
Er, this Dem thinks you have a right to smoke. MH1 Jan 2013 #32
DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav JDPriestly Jan 2013 #20
When you can keep smoke in your own lungs Zoeisright Jan 2013 #14
No. As a woman I don't see them as any different. Either way through laws & taxes DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #24
No one will stop you from smoking or drinking. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #19
Not equivalent. Hissyspit Jan 2013 #26
"Oooo the dangers of second hand pregnancy!" No one said, EVER. nt left coaster Jan 2013 #28
I know you were being sarcastic but there really are second hand dangers and consequences DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Jan 2013 #29
Holy fuck. Give it up. Hissyspit Jan 2013 #35
You're really going there? REP Jan 2013 #33
You're goofy. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #34
my theory, you only truly love the fetus, if you love the old man/woman it becomes... spanone Jan 2013 #5
Shamefully loathsome hypocrisy knows indepat Jan 2013 #10
I really do think our "pro lifers" are really no better than the Taliban. Initech Jan 2013 #11
Not to mention cutting prenatal care and prenatal health research. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #13
One of my sons once got brave enough to tell me he favored "restricting abortions" mountain grammy Jan 2013 #17
It has never been pro-life or anti-abortion adieu Jan 2013 #18
I'm always saying, if you don't believe in abortion then don't have one. SheilaT Jan 2013 #21
As Jennifer Granholm wrote in the Huffington Post a while back, they are Pro-BIRTH, that's it. Flaxbee Jan 2013 #23
As someone once said... PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #25
Pro-BIRTH people HockeyMom Jan 2013 #27
And if a fetus has the same rights as the born OnionPatch Jan 2013 #30
Pro-"lifers" won't be content until the United States of America becomes the Republic of Gilead. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #31
Personally, I never took the anti-choice types seriously either bluestater1966fgs Jan 2013 #36
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