Anonymous wrote:No. You know why? Because I look at the most successful ways to decrease the rate of abortions, and both here and abroad, it's not by allowing or promoting them to be banned.

I'm all for ways to decrease the rate of abortions being sought that are actually effective. Are you?

THIS. OP READ THIS.

On one level, I think I understand some feelings you have. I have also felt conflicted about abortion at times. It is not an easy topic. But educate yourself further and you will see that outlawing abortion is only a path to death and suffering for so many women and families. It will not "save" these babies. In many ways it will doom many of them. This fa-la-la fantasy people have about how great it will be for these babies is just a fantasy. This will destroy many, many lives.

Read the stories of women who have been brave enough to share their abortion stories. They will move you. They are as varied as people are.

And if you feel conflicted, pour that energy and passion into doing positive things that truly will reduce the number of abortions.

One of the girls who got an abortion at 16 moved to Texas with her boyfriend in her early twenties. They had a very volatile relationship and I suspect she had a miscarriage or an induced abortion by her boyfriend and moved back home.

The other who got an abortion got a full ride to a small Christian private school in Iowa and now has a husband, three kids and a berry farm. Her family was very religious and to this day I still don't think they know that she got an abortion. The father of her baby however has been in jail on and off since high school and two most people's knowledge has four or five kids with four or five different women around the county.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s hundreds of millions of women in this country. Many cycles happen each month, many “natural” miscarriages and many helped miscarriages and still births. This is 96% of cases.

That being said, I think I can agree that blatant abortions for reasons other than health and viability are concerning to me! My mom aborted before me because she felt pressured being unmarried and deeply regretted it the rest of her life.

So sad. Didn’t your mom realize most likely you wouldn’t exist without her earlier abortion?

We would, she then married my dad and decided how many kids she wanted herself. But it’s irreversible. She was young and influenced by family who handled it for her and my dad caved too. It’s a familial secret tragedy she only shared with me recently.

Not likely. It would have changed her path completely. She probably wouldn't have married your dad.

She would have. Stop buttoning this up. There are cases where it’s not right that’s what this thread is about.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s hundreds of millions of women in this country. Many cycles happen each month, many “natural” miscarriages and many helped miscarriages and still births. This is 96% of cases.

That being said, I think I can agree that blatant abortions for reasons other than health and viability are concerning to me! My mom aborted before me because she felt pressured being unmarried and deeply regretted it the rest of her life.

So sad. Didn’t your mom realize most likely you wouldn’t exist without her earlier abortion?

We would, she then married my dad and decided how many kids she wanted herself. But it’s irreversible. She was young and influenced by family who handled it for her and my dad caved too. It’s a familial secret tragedy she only shared with me recently.

Not likely. It would have changed her path completely. She probably wouldn't have married your dad.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s hundreds of millions of women in this country. Many cycles happen each month, many “natural” miscarriages and many helped miscarriages and still births. This is 96% of cases.

That being said, I think I can agree that blatant abortions for reasons other than health and viability are concerning to me! My mom aborted before me because she felt pressured being unmarried and deeply regretted it the rest of her life.

So sad. Didn’t your mom realize most likely you wouldn’t exist without her earlier abortion?

We would, she then married my dad and decided how many kids she wanted herself. But it’s irreversible. She was young and influenced by family who handled it for her and my dad caved too. It’s a familial secret tragedy she only shared with me recently.

Anonymous wrote:Definition of irony: a mommy website full of shrill posters lamenting the idea that states may be tough on abortion

Old man...the majority of abortions are requested by moms. Educate yourself before posting nonsense.

Anonymous wrote:Definition of irony: a mommy website full of shrill posters lamenting the idea that states may be tough on abortion

Nothing ironic about it. The forced birthers seem to have no clue.

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Anonymous wrote:No. You know why? Because I look at the most successful ways to decrease the rate of abortions, and both here and abroad, it's not by allowing or promoting them to be banned.

I'm all for ways to decrease the rate of abortions being sought that are actually effective. Are you?

This. The most “pro-life” peeps are the same ones who want to limit access to contraception. Why isn’t plan B OTC by now, for starters.

You’re an idiot. The GOP has been trying to make birth control pills OTC for years. The dems are the ones against it since it takes away their “republicans don’t like birth control” narrative. It’s all about politics for the left. They couldn’t care less about women.

Wheres your proof?

I am not for-abortion, I am for-choice.

I'm a poster who had went with a couple of friends in high school while they got abortions in the nearest town that offered them about an hour away. There were tears but most were tears of relief. Tears of sadness that this is what it had come to tears of fear, not knowing what light ahead tears of worry that someone would find out.... Tears because one really did want to become a mom just not at the age of 17 by some guy she couldn't even remember hooking up with at a party. Later to find out she was likely drugged and raped.
I would like to think if I was in their situation I wouldn't have made the same choice but it's not my body or life and I'm not going to judge them or force my moral decisions and life choices on them. I have made a million choices in my life that I'm sure others would not have looking from the outside. But none of them know my history, my past, my life and why I did what I did. And to be honest they don't need to.

With abortion legal, it impacted no one's life outside those directly affected such as the woman. Making it illegal is going to knock over a whole stack of dominoes that I don't even think our society is ready to comprehend yet

Being pro choice and being pro abortion are too different things. OP, do you think each individual woman should have the right to choose? What if the government said that any embryos/fetuses showing signs of abnormalities must be aborted? Would you feel as conflicted? Being pro choice does not mean you are anti-life. Start calling the opposing side Anti-choice and things seem a lot clearer.

Anonymous wrote:I was aware before now. I’ve been conflicted by this my whole life. I took my college friend to have an abortion. Drove her there and back. She cried the whole way home. As an 18 year old, I didn’t know what to make of it all. And ever since it’s been a very difficult for me say whether I’m for or against abortion.

Hormones, sadness that she got pregnant in the first place, response to any anesthesia that was used, relief… https://www.tampabayabortionclinics.com/resources/emotional-issues-related-to-abortion/

She could have been crying for any number of reasons, but I agree that as an 18 year old who was already conflicted that was probably confusing for you to witness.

I’m too lazy to go looking for links, but pretty much any and all post abortion shame comes from, unsurprisingly, being shamed by forced birthers and the propaganda they push.

I like women alive and in charge of their own lives so I’m not conflicted.

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Anonymous wrote:No. You know why? Because I look at the most successful ways to decrease the rate of abortions, and both here and abroad, it's not by allowing or promoting them to be banned.

I'm all for ways to decrease the rate of abortions being sought that are actually effective. Are you?

This. The most “pro-life” peeps are the same ones who want to limit access to contraception. Why isn’t plan B OTC by now, for starters.

You’re an idiot. The GOP has been trying to make birth control pills OTC for years. The dems are the ones against it since it takes away their “republicans don’t like birth control” narrative. It’s all about politics for the left. They couldn’t care less about women.

Money where your mouth is.

Who sponsored what bill, and who blocked it?

Anonymous wrote:There’s hundreds of millions of women in this country. Many cycles happen each month, many “natural” miscarriages and many helped miscarriages and still births. This is 96% of cases.

That being said, I think I can agree that blatant abortions for reasons other than health and viability are concerning to me! My mom aborted before me because she felt pressured being unmarried and deeply regretted it the rest of her life.

So sad. Didn’t your mom realize most likely you wouldn’t exist without her earlier abortion?

There’s hundreds of millions of women in this country. Many cycles happen each month, many “natural” miscarriages and many helped miscarriages and still births. This is 96% of cases.

That being said, I think I can agree that blatant abortions for reasons other than health and viability are concerning to me! My mom aborted before me because she felt pressured being unmarried and deeply regretted it the rest of her life.