Official Abortion Thread
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Anonymous
I have no problem with them making that choice of no abortion for themselves but they don’t get to restrict the liberty of others to make a different choice for themselves. |
Anonymous
damn sick stat lingo bro. Way to own the conservatives |
Anonymous
You must hate minimum wage laws |
Anonymous
DP, but no, you don’t understand the concept. Choice means everyone gets to make the choice for themselves, not for others. If you don’t want an abortion, don’t have one. That’s your choice. It’s that simple. |
Anonymous
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/alabama-abortion-law-republican-ignorance-female-reproduction.html?via=rss_socialflow_facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Dmj1iUEuzfJakLS5kbI2lcyLhkyM_9r-NKg99nHSZ43UGM0VjhDqUlXA
"Chambliss also drew a blank when asked how he would define an “attempted abortion,” which would be punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He said he didn’t know what an “attempted abortion” was, but that it meant that a fetus somehow remained viable after an abortion procedure. He was likewise stumped when questioned about how doctors would be able to tell a miscarriage from a medication abortion, since the two would present indistinguishably to a doctor. “The burden of proof would be on the prosecution,” he shrugged—implying, as if he’d just considered it for the first time, that all women who miscarry in an Alabama with an abortion ban should be investigated as criminal suspects." Soco lifers what do you guys think about putting women in jail for having miscarriages?! |
Anonymous
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When I was pregnant with my first daughter I found out at 16 weeks I carried a genetic mutation that, if inherited by both parents, was fatal. In many situations the mutation would cause stillbirth. When babies were born with the mutation they would die a painful death - usually within a few months, but sometimes surviving up to a year. We knew we didn’t want a baby born to that circumstance. We got my husband tested for the mutation, but had to wait 3-4 weeks for the results. We could have found out immediately with amniotic testing, but the odds that my husband had the mutation and the fetus would inherit it from both parents and the risk of miscarriage from testing were about comparable (1:200 or so) so we waited. Meanwhile we were researching abortion options and found many states limited then around 20 weeks on the premise that that’s when a baby feels pain. I have no idea when a fetus can feel pain, but I was certain a disease causing bones to knit until a child suffocated would be painful too and abortion seemed a preferable option. To say I was deeply relieved when I learned my husband didn’t carry the mutation is an understatement. Never did I expect to be researching 3rd trimester abortions and, prior to that point, frankly didn’t understand why anyone would consider one.
I thought my 2nd pregnancy would be much easier, but found out at my first appointment (6 or 7 weeks) that I had a complication that put me at increased risk for miscarriage and at heightened risk of developing sepsis. Typically this complication either resolves itself or can be medically corrected in the 2nd trimester, so we just had to hope I’d make it that far. In other cases, however, the complication does not resolve and then has about a 80% maternal fatality rate. (I tried asking both my ob and my high risk specialist whether this was a risk and both said “let’s reassess in the 2nd trimester”) If I’d had to decide at that 1st appointment / within the first weeks whether to abort - knowing there was some chance the complication could kill me - I don’t know what I would have done. I’d spent a few years trying to conceive and don’t know that I could have again, but felt an obligation for my older daughter to have a mother. I also don’t know what would “count” in such a case about the life of the mother being at risk. Is 80% sufficient? 50%...? (One could argue that the life of the mother is at risk in all pregnancies, and more so for bland women). At any rate, I had the luxury of being able to go on modified bedrest and wait and see what happened and discovered at 17 weeks we were out of the woods. |
Anonymous
| Pp here... typing on phone. Black, not bland. Sorry. |
Anonymous
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Alabama is amazingly awful.
25 white men agreed to this and then one woman signed it into law. Skimmed through this thread but if any woman on here thinks it is okay to have 25 white men from ALABAMA and a silly woman declare your rights . . . well, I do not know what to say to you other than I am sorry you did not receive a proper education. Trumpsters will believe anything spouted by Miller, Ms. Lindsey and Turtle McConnell. It is very sad. I am not a fan of abortion. HOWEVER, that these MEN in ALABAMA decided that there are no exceptions for RAPE AND INCEST? DEPLORABLE. Just simply disgusting. The "right" has lost their collective mind. BTW, I am white and have never had an abortion but this is abominable. |
Anonymous
The fact meant decide it is not relevant. A Gallup poll posted earlier shows almost half of women are pro-life and not pro-abortion. The numbers between men and women who were pro-life were only about 2% different. This shows there is a large number of pro-life women’s the argument it’s some patriarchal plot to rule over women is just stupid |
Anonymous
Alonso’s half of women polled are pro-life. The percentage between men and women is only 2%. There’s half a chance the people lobbying for pro-life are women. So it isn’t incels. I’m divorced and dating a great woman. So I’m not some incel. I’ve dated women from all walks of life from Ivy League grad to basic state college, different races and political views. Americans, Israelis, Latino and Europeans. If politics would come up there were plenty of pro-life women. |
Anonymous
Why do you think you have any say with what happens to women’s bodies? |
Anonymous
You can't tell the difference between a personal choice and imposition of restrictions on others? |
Anonymous
Just like people can choose to commit a crime or not? If you don't want to go to prison, don't commit a crime. That's your choice. It's that simple. |
Anonymous
If a woman chooses to have sex with a particular man, and she gets pregnant, then he becomes part of the decision-making process. That's one reason it's so important for truly self-empowered women to make responsible choices. That's how she gets to control what happens to her own body. |
Anonymous
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I’m choosing to look at the upside here.
There are plenty of conservative women who are anti abortion, for OTHER women. I’m all for taking away their right to a safe legal abortion. Enough of them bleed out in back alleys, and it will improve the country two fold. 1) eliminates lower IQ from the gene pool 2) improves the polling data |