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efhmc

(16,990 posts)
Mon Aug 19, 2013, 10:08 PM Aug 2013

How is a state enforced pregnancy (Texas) any different from a state enforced abortion (China)?

In either case the woman's body become a ward of the state.

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How is a state enforced pregnancy (Texas) any different from a state enforced abortion (China)? (Original Post) efhmc Aug 2013 OP
absolutely no difference, except location. niyad Aug 2013 #1
Why can't we call the loss of the rights over our bodies what it really is: forced efhmc Aug 2013 #3
pro-forced birth woman-haters niyad Aug 2013 #4
Yup I agree! gopiscrap Aug 2013 #2
It isn't. ljm2002 Aug 2013 #5
But in one case, someone (the woman) is financially and morally responsible efhmc Aug 2013 #6

efhmc

(16,990 posts)
3. Why can't we call the loss of the rights over our bodies what it really is: forced
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 11:18 PM
Aug 2013

birth.

ljm2002

(10,751 posts)
5. It isn't.
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 11:37 AM
Aug 2013

If the state can force you to carry to term, the state can force you not to. It is really that simple.

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efhmc

(16,990 posts)
6. But in one case, someone (the woman) is financially and morally responsible
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 09:37 PM
Aug 2013

for another human being for 18 years. She must do this with little or no help from the state which forced her to give birth.

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