"Safe, legal and rare" may mean that in this case. But it doesn't *always* mean that. (Reply #36)

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36. "Safe, legal and rare" may mean that in this case. But it doesn't always mean that.

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.

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
Abortion isn't a diamond and should not be rare and/or expensive. [View all]	TeamPooka	Nov 2013	OP
.	gollygee	Nov 2013	#1
Well said	ismnotwasm	Nov 2013	#2
So long as women exit the medical facility sobbing and in need of psychological help...	randome	Nov 2013	#3
Right, because getting an abortion is so much fun.	Dawgs	Nov 2013	#4
As birth control becomes available and free with ACA ...	frazzled	Nov 2013	#5
A mastectomy...	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#6
Well that's just crazy talk!	Nine	Nov 2013	#9
lame...why in the hell should mastectomies be rare?	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#19
I don't believe the poster said "treatment for breast cancer' and I get what the poster is saying.	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2013	#21
LOL!	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#22
as a breast cancer survivor, let me clue you in on a few things	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#26
So...	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#29
surviving abortions without complications is why many of us fight to keep the choice of legal,	uppityperson	Nov 2013	#31
I agree.	Wait Wut	Nov 2013	#33
Diamonds aren't rare and are kept artificially expensive.	hobbit709	Nov 2013	#7
/\ /\ /\ This. So, the analogy should be: It is a diamond	TalkingDog	Nov 2013	#11
Another one!	whistler162	Nov 2013	#8
I think most people having sex know where babies come from.	Incitatus	Nov 2013	#17
one problem: there is no 100% effective birth control method	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#18
Is anyone here saying that it shouldn't be available?	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#10
Problem is, you have millions of religious idiots dedicating their lives to just that.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#25
Moving the goalposts. No one HERE is saying that. No one.	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#35
"Safe, legal and rare" may mean that in this case. But it doesn't always mean that.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#36
Gaol posts moved again.	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#38
Or just clarifying my point. But okay, you win, I guess.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#40
Not trying to win, just want us all to be factual and consistent.	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#43
Understood. My initial comment wasn't referring to DU, but I can see how you assumed that.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#44
As then should vasectomies, yes?	LanternWaste	Nov 2013	#41
Should vasectomies what?	cleanhippie	Nov 2013	#42
Providers should be properly compensated	One_Life_To_Give	Nov 2013	#12
Abortion shouldn't be rare and you want to hand out coupons..	SomethingFishy	Nov 2013	#13
+1	tallahasseedem	Nov 2013	#15
the poster didn't mention anything about what you claim	noiretextatique	Nov 2013	#20
Abortion IS birth control. How is that "twisted"? and who said you had to hand out	uppityperson	Nov 2013	#32
Diamonds aren't rare. They're just hoarded.	WinkyDink	Nov 2013	#14
It's cheaper than the costs associated with delivering a child, I would think insurance companies	Incitatus	Nov 2013	#16
even diamonds are not rare	La Lioness Priyanka	Nov 2013	#23
Artificially rare, that is. Which makes the excesses of the diamond industry all the more tragic.	nomorenomore08	Nov 2013	#27
Please keep your opinion to yourself....	cbdo2007	Nov 2013	#24
no we are allowed to have intelligent decisions. we aren't allowed to pretend to be prochoice	La Lioness Priyanka	Nov 2013	#37
Abortion isn't a compassionate conservative and should not be as rare. nt	valerief	Nov 2013	#28
I think you	mercuryblues	Nov 2013	#30
Oh gee.	99Forever	Nov 2013	#34
Adoption isn't a haircut, either.	pnwmom	Nov 2013	#39

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