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In reply to the discussion: I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice [View all]ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)24. This exactly
The anti-science quackery about abortion is one thing, the sheer hateful misogyny of the anti-choice mindset is another, but framing is important. HELL yes Im pro-abortion. The emotionalizing of fetuses is simply ugly misdirection. Those against abortion arent caring about lives. They have made an immoral moral stand, not caring who it effects, who it hurts, who it kills. It is, at its base, about personal ego.
There was a recent study on pregnancy that indicated pregnancy makes profound and permanent changes in the body. Some might be good, some might be bad. But they are always there. And they want to deny choice. As in no choice. Even abstaining from sex isnt a guarantee, because rape is always possible.
This horrifies me.
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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