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In reply to the discussion: I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice [View all]cynatnite
(31,011 posts)23. They use that rhetoric to shut people down...
to silence the with horrific rhetoric.
But once you get into the minutia, the details of the difference between a zygote, an embryo and a fetus, they don't know how to react other than "life begins at conception" and blah, blah, blah...more horrific rhetoric.
They don't know how to argue the science, the biology or the facts. The rhetoric is all they know.
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Also pro-abortion. I am definitely a fan of a procedure that helps people stop being pregnant when
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#2
I am 42 and couldn't imagine having a baby now, let alone chasing a toddler around.
dewsgirl
May 2019
#36
I used to work for Planned Parentood of Connecticut and one thing we helped our abortion patients
CTyankee
May 2019
#15
I believe abortion is a positive social good overall, too, but I still wish abortions were more rare
aikoaiko
May 2019
#25
"I don't think being pregnant is like a blown out knee or cancer." What does this mean?
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#27
Ah of course. Being pregnant is a problem that abortion solves, is how I read it. I've said the
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#31
I am not pro-penectomy, but pro the right to remove one's own if it helps combat gender dysphoria.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2022
#39