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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a thread on terminating beause of severe maternal illness, a poster noted that while she was 100% against abortion, she considered it when she had the same illness.  This sentiment is why we call it "anti-choice" when you are against abortion rights and access.  The fact that the poster ahs the opportunity to even consider ending her misery is because of activism keeping access to abortion safe and legal.  That she could not morally make that decision is fine, the fact is she had a decision to make.  So just something for anti-choicers to think about- when you are participating in removing women's access to abortion (by voting for crazies, etc.)  No one wants you to have an abortion if you don't want one, but your moral [b]choices[/b] should not dictate the choices for everyone.  [/quote]

It's not too different from anti war protesters insulting the very soldiers that protect their freedoms.  [/quote]
I'm opposed to insulting soldiers and I think people who do that are pathetic and self-centered.
But for the record, very few soldiers have actually "protected my freedom."  I thank Alice Paul for fighting to give me the right to vote.  I thank countless other grassroots feminists for fighting to give me the right to own property, the right to equal employment, and the right to fight back against sexual abuse and rape.  I thank the ACLU for fighting to protect my civil liberties.  The wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, and Korea for example, did [i]nothing[/i] to protect those freedoms.

I honor soldiers for their service to our country, but thanks to the policies of administrations over the years (both Democratic and Republican), most (but not all) of our wars have had everything to do with advancing state interests and little to do with actually protecting our freedoms.[/quote]

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