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Lucy Goosey

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4. It's not radical to me...

Reply to Humanist_Activist (Original post)

Tue Aug 21, 2012, 08:19 PM

Aug 2012

...but I'm in Canada, where abortion is regulated by the medical profession, and not by criminal law.

I'm stating to feel like we need to start some sort of non-profit organization up here that could help American women coordinate and pay for abortions in Canada.

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Am I really that radical that I view abortion as a purely medical issue? [View all] Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 OP

Biology made women the ultimate deciders on this. randome Aug 2012 #1

No, but men can make it more risky and dangerous for women to have access to abortion... Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #8

I'm a guy and that's my position on it. It's up to each woman and her Dr. NightWatcher Aug 2012 #2

Yes, you are in this day and age. Cleita Aug 2012 #3

+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #5

I guess I shouldn't tell him I use fetal stem cells as butter on my toast? Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #17

Actually, that's not true. Most Americans are pro-choice. Warren DeMontague Aug 2012 #30

It's not radical to me... Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #4

That's all it is - a medical issue/procedure. Solly Mack Aug 2012 #6

How I view it is not relevant quaker bill Aug 2012 #7

+1,000,00 Auntie Bush Aug 2012 #31

No, you are right. smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #9

that's how the supreme court saw it too spanone Aug 2012 #10

Well, yes and no, they viewed it as an issue of privacy... Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #16

Pregnant mother in irreverible coma. Fetus healthy, 3 months from birth. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #11

Whoever the person charged with her care says it is... Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #13

You're the female partner/spouse, and want the child to be born healthy NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #18

Yes, because that happens so often leftstreet Aug 2012 #19

That's an argument for same sex marriage rights, not an anti-choice argument. n/t Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #20

I would say that in your example drmeow Aug 2012 #29

What's your problem? You say "I view" that is an apparent opinion and other people may agree with jody Aug 2012 #12

Uh, can someone translate this for me, or parse it into something intelligible? Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #14

+1 (nt) NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #23

After a day to let the rusty gears in my head turn, it finally clicked as to what you are saying... Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #37

I'm a scientist accustomed to using math and statistics to test hypothesis. I'm always jody Aug 2012 #43

Postmodernism sucks ass. Read this book. 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2012 #39

I agree Marrah_G Aug 2012 #15

Good question. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #21

I just see way too many people frame it as some type of objective moral or ethical issue... Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #25

Yes, you are a radical Hydra Aug 2012 #22

I think Fracking should be looked at more closely... Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #24

Not from my perspective ladym55 Aug 2012 #26

Man I've been waiting since the 60's to be a radical-you and me-radicals all the way MichiganVote Aug 2012 #27

Not by me ismnotwasm Aug 2012 #28

Until quite recently, the begining of life was associated with the first breath FarCenter Aug 2012 #32

I agree. And furthermore, progressoid Aug 2012 #33

I put no qualifiers in my view, so technically what you said isn't necessary... Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #34

Post removed Post removed Aug 2012 #35

Pro-Choice, not pro-abortion, only anti-choicers use that language. n/t Humanist_Activist Aug 2012 #36

Give him some credit. 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2012 #42

And the welfare queens and the gun grabbers and the feminazis in the Democrat Party too. 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2012 #40

I see you got most of the wingnuts to out themselves. LeftyMom Aug 2012 #38

That is a correct assessment. 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2012 #41