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cynatnite

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23. They use that rhetoric to shut people down...
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:13 PM
May 2019

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.

K&R Solly Mack May 2019 #1
Also pro-abortion. I am definitely a fan of a procedure that helps people stop being pregnant when WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #2
My mother got pregnant at 42, she was 43 when she had my sister. blueinredohio May 2019 #10
I am 42 and couldn't imagine having a baby now, let alone chasing a toddler around. dewsgirl May 2019 #36
Me too. I think safe and effective medical procedures are fabulous. Voltaire2 May 2019 #3
I'm not pro-abortion... cynatnite May 2019 #4
K&R smirkymonkey May 2019 #5
"But abortion is icky." Buzz cook May 2019 #6
Exactly. Thank you. PeaceNikki May 2019 #7
Some people like to pretend that being pro-abortion Mariana May 2019 #11
Yup PeaceNikki May 2019 #12
Yep. Nt mcar May 2019 #8
100% pro abortion here. Lunabell May 2019 #9
It's hard to say Red Mountain May 2019 #13
I think it's high time that we change the narrative. PeaceNikki May 2019 #14
They use that rhetoric to shut people down... cynatnite May 2019 #23
I used to work for Planned Parentood of Connecticut and one thing we helped our abortion patients CTyankee May 2019 #15
Eh, I'll stick with pro-choice qdouble May 2019 #16
Good for you. PeaceNikki May 2019 #17
I'm with you, and I'm unapologetic about it. PatrickforO May 2019 #18
Saying one is pro-abortion rather than pro-choice onenote May 2019 #19
That's ridiculous. PeaceNikki May 2019 #20
. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #21
I am ABSOLUTELY and without reservation PRO ABORTION. AZ8theist May 2019 #22
This exactly ismnotwasm May 2019 #24
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
From the OP. aikoaiko May 2019 #29
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 agree with some of what you say, but... PeaceNikki May 2019 #35
Absolutely! AlexSFCA May 2019 #26
There is no reason to bring unwanted children into the world. (n/t) forgotmylogin May 2019 #28
Semantics always seem to get in the way. BarbD May 2019 #30
Me too. shanny May 2019 #32
Me, too. nt ancianita May 2019 #33
I completely agree and would remind those Brainstormy May 2019 #34
K&R PunkinPi May 2019 #37
The reason I prefer "pro-choice" is because ... moriah May 2019 #38
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
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