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Abortion is a power issue. It's not about... WePurrsevere Oct 2020 #1
Yep. Most everything in the Boble supports abortion. Very little "pro-forced birth." TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #21
You forgot cannon fodder mercuryblues Oct 2020 #40
Dang. I forgot that one. TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #41
Yes, that lines up with what I've learned. I know we still have ... WePurrsevere Oct 2020 #55
To me it's regarding women as "carriers" Freddie Oct 2020 #2
In the natural state, the female holds the reproductive power nuxvomica Oct 2020 #3
You nailed it! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #9
If it was really about moral opposition to abortion then these ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #4
Someone asked some Republicans about paying a child stippend for those pregnant during COVID. . . TheBlackAdder Oct 2020 #22
The apple in the garden of Eden represented knowledge. That's what they're against Walleye Oct 2020 #5
Just a slight addition.... Mossfern Oct 2020 #37
Convincing people that Republicans are the moral party. betsuni Oct 2020 #6
... Solly Mack Oct 2020 #7
Absolutely! SheltieLover Oct 2020 #10
That is the bottom line of it all. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #47
Sure does & only caucasian men are allow to have it SheltieLover Oct 2020 #53
You nailed it, Solly Mack! Ohiogal Oct 2020 #19
Thanks Solly Mack Oct 2020 #48
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2020 #23
Excellent post! Turin_C3PO Oct 2020 #32
I'll tell you a secret. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #49
EXCELLENT analysis! not_the_one Oct 2020 #42
I both get and don't get the mindset. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #51
Great post! Poiuyt Oct 2020 #46
Thank you. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #52
The superstitious think there's a "spirit" in the embryo. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #8
According to Jewish tradition Mossfern Oct 2020 #39
The religious "tenets" re: abortion are not based on logic, except perhaps for the political gains hlthe2b Oct 2020 #11
Yep, it was a BS issue for them and it came about... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #16
Weyrich. jmowreader Oct 2020 #27
typo... thanks hlthe2b Oct 2020 #28
Yep, it's all about subjugation--which is why they're packing the courts. GoCubsGo Oct 2020 #12
Abortion and birth control are really about sex-without-responsibility no_hypocrisy Oct 2020 #13
Simple, really DeminPennswoods Oct 2020 #14
I struggle with why the anti-choicers get so worked up over abortion Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #15
Theologically, it is all about "ensoulment" -- the moment that the fetus receives a "soul" Klaralven Oct 2020 #17
I find it always freaks people out when I point out there are directions in the Bible. Gore1FL Oct 2020 #18
And honestly I always saw it as chicanery.... moriah Oct 2020 #25
evolutionary psychology. it is the prime directive to pass on that packet of dna. mopinko Oct 2020 #20
It's mostly about religion, which means it makes no fucking sense. Goodheart Oct 2020 #24
It's all about control Luciferous Oct 2020 #26
They want you to live a joyless life jmowreader Oct 2020 #29
Like all the other GOP hard-line stands, it's bait and switch, and that's why it's nonsense Mr. Ected Oct 2020 #30
Good post, good responses. Delmette2.0 Oct 2020 #31
It's a halo to stick over their heads while railing against feminism JHB Oct 2020 #33
Eh, you're forgetting the part about sex being a voluntary act Azathoth Oct 2020 #34
Great post cane, and many great responses. panader0 Oct 2020 #35
1/3 biology (OP); 1/3 social justice (below); 1/3 legalistic. Mine sum. UTUSN Oct 2020 #36
Yes. My Catholic Church wants married adults to breed like rabbits. KWR65 Oct 2020 #38
There should be a law if abortion becomes illegal, rownesheck Oct 2020 #43
"How the Catholic Church came to oppose birth control" - an article from 2018 OnDoutside Oct 2020 #44
Control of women with a side dose of male fragility Retrograde Oct 2020 #45
Telling that trump got therapy for Covid that contained fetal tissue and didn't hear one complaint spanone Oct 2020 #50
The issue is control of women. KentuckyWoman Oct 2020 #54
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