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grumpyduck

(6,645 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 08:30 AM Sep 18

I think the abortion question (debate?)

should be reframed.

Instead of focusing on abortion, which we know many magats are against and rant against, maybe the whole thing should be reframed as "should the government have any say in what people do with their own bodies" or something similar.

That way the issue applies to both men and women and might get some male idiots to ask whether they want that to happen to them.

IOW, don't talk about abortion, talk about people's rights to their own bodies.

Jusr a thought.

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I think the abortion question (debate?) (Original Post) grumpyduck Sep 18 OP
"My body, my choice" has been around for decades. sinkingfeeling Sep 18 #1
The Anti Vaxers snowybirdie Sep 18 #5
Yes it has, grumpyduck Sep 18 #7
And what would men be defending? Their right to not impregnate/impregnate? sinkingfeeling Sep 18 #9
Their right to doing grumpyduck Sep 18 #11
And my point is no one is attempting to pass laws that are stopping men from doing what they want sinkingfeeling Sep 18 #12
That's how it is framed gab13by13 Sep 18 #2
Why? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 18 #3
Roe allowed the government to have quite a bit of a say in what pregnant people do with their bodies, FWIW. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 18 #4
Right, and it was overturned. grumpyduck Sep 18 #6
not for that reason tho lol WhiskeyGrinder Sep 18 #10
Harris has been using this approach all this time. poli-junkie Sep 18 #8

grumpyduck

(6,645 posts)
7. Yes it has,
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 08:49 AM
Sep 18

but it's mostly perceived as applying to abortion, i.e., women. Men haven't had to defend their rights to their bodies.

Maybe it's time to go there.

grumpyduck

(6,645 posts)
11. Their right to doing
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 09:01 AM
Sep 18

what they want with their bodies, especially with health or abuse issues, without the government sticking their nose in it.

That's my whole point: steer around the sex, abortion, murder, and religuous angles and make it more generic.

sinkingfeeling

(52,962 posts)
12. And my point is no one is attempting to pass laws that are stopping men from doing what they want
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 09:41 AM
Sep 18

with their bodies.

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