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Showing Original Post only (View all)I'm not pro-abortion. [View all]
Im pro-Barbara who found out at her 20 week anatomy scan that the infant she had been so excited to bring into this world had developed without life sustaining organs.
Im pro-Susan who was sexually assaulted on her way home from work, only to come to the horrific realization that her assailant planted his seed in her when she got a positive pregnancy test result a month later.
Im pro-Theresa who hemorrhaged due to a placental abruption, causing her parents, spouse, and children to have to make the impossible decision on whether to save her or her unborn child.
Im pro-little Cathy who had her innocence ripped away from her by someone she should have been able to trust and her 11 year old body isnt mature enough to bear the consequence of that betrayal.
Im pro-Melissa whos working two jobs just to make ends meet and has to choose between bringing another child into poverty or feeding the children she already has because her spouse walked out on her. (Maybe one of those is a minimum wage job at Hobby Lobby, and she cant afford birth control because her employer went to the Supreme Court to make sure her insurance plan doesnt cover it.)
Im pro-Brittany who realizes that she is in no way financially, emotionally, or physically able to raise a child.
Im pro-Emily who went through IVF, ending up with SIX viable implanted eggs requiring selective reduction in order to ensure the safety of her and a SAFE amount of fetuses.
Im pro-Jessica who is FINALLY getting the strength to get away from her physically abusive spouse only to find out that she is carrying the monsters child.
Im pro-Vanessa who went into her confirmation appointment after YEARS of trying to conceive only to hear silence where there should be a heartbeat.
Im pro-Lindsay who lost her virginity in her sophomore year with a broken condom and now has to choose whether to be a teenage mom or just a teenager.
Im pro-Courtney who just found out shes already 13 weeks along, but the egg never made it out of her fallopian tube so either she terminates the pregnancy or risks dying from internal bleeding.
You can argue and say that Im pro-choice all you want, but the truth is:
Im pro-life.
Their lives.
Womens lives.
You dont get to pick and choose which scenarios should be accepted.
Its not about which stories you dont agree with. Its about fighting for the women in the stories that you do agree with and the CHOICE that was made.
Womens rights are meant to protect ALL women, regardless of their situation - or how big their bank account is. Because, lets face it, rich peoples daughters (yes, even the ones who voted for this bill) will always be able to find safe abortions. They did before Roe v Wade. Most poor women will still get abortions too, whether from centuries old, unsafe home methods or from opportunistic untrained, unsafe people. Roe v. Wade didnt create abortion. It ended poor, desperate women dying from them.
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It means I am for abortion. I am not against abortion. It's really not difficult.
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#60
I'm pro abortion and I don't give a shit why a person gets one. In addition, the names and stories
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#2
But I'm saying that it IS all sob stories, and requiring a sob story to make an abortion acceptable
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#41
Trans men, people in the process of transitioning, people who don't consider themselves women for
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#23
I am pro-choice. It is a personal decision for a woman, and no one else's business
JohnSJ
Sep 2021
#5
I am pro-abortion. Enough with the parsing. Abortion is a necessary medical procedure.
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#10
Randr, I used to hem & haw & be apologetic & try to understand anti-choicers. I emphatically quit. ...
Hekate
Sep 2021
#64
I have been a member of many cohorts in my life. The one that availed itself of the most
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#15
Frankly, just talking about this makes me ill.... Iwill be 75 soon, and it just brings back all the
secondwind
Sep 2021
#24
Carrying a baby to term & delivering is actually far more medically dangerous than a legal abortion
Hekate
Sep 2021
#58
The ONLY people who are looking for middle ground are those on our side. To GOP politicians...
Hekate
Sep 2021
#67
This. There is no middle ground. And we need to stop pretending there is. Any "middle ground"
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#72
I said in my post that I do not understand why the right refuses to find the middle.
The Jungle 1
Sep 2021
#74
That is not all of what you said but none of what you said merits repeating
ChubbyStar
Sep 2021
#132
Did you have a particularly large abortion, and that made you want to "reduce" them?
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#71
Gracious. I seem to have unwittingly hit a nerve. I have no anger toward you.
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#79
You keep saying 'sourced.' I don't think that means what you think it means.
LanternWaste
Sep 2021
#81
Then by all means, don't use abortion as your first choice in birth control. As far as what anyone
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#61
This person must love reality TV sob stories. No woman needs to have a reason
Politicub
Sep 2021
#40
I'm pro-God. I think He or She takes care of the spirits of all unborn babies, whether miscarried or
LaMouffette
Sep 2021
#44
No, I don't think you are wishy washy. I am past childbearing age too. But twice when I thought
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#69
I am pro-rational sex education and affordable birth control, thereby hopefully ...
11 Bravo
Sep 2021
#53
republicans have demonstrated that they are really pro birth followed by pro-death.
housecat
Sep 2021
#55
This, exactly. The OP argument is lovely. I mean that sincerely. It shows the humanity behind the
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#82
Shouldn't it be illegal for men to get the little blue pill without a note from their legal wife.
The Jungle 1
Sep 2021
#78
It was a sarcastic joke aimed at stupid old white men who pass stupid laws.
The Jungle 1
Sep 2021
#134