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forestpath

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17. Anti-choice men would be all for abortion for their OWN wives in that case. Just nobody else's.

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Is anybody asking men, "What if your wife was raped and became pregnant?" [View all] starroute Oct 2012 OP

i did ask an anti abortion woman this about her daughter. she was aghast that i would say soemthing seabeyond Oct 2012 #1

That's the question to ask. Not about the wife, but about the 12 yr. old daughter. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #63

I'm a man who is a person .... Vox Moi Oct 2012 #2

It's the statement my husband made JustAnotherGen Oct 2012 #3

It is NOT a men's issue. IDoMath Oct 2012 #4

I think the OP is suggesting Pab Sungenis Oct 2012 #8

*could* not *should* IDoMath Oct 2012 #10

I think we're on the same page. Pab Sungenis Oct 2012 #19

Do as I say, not as I do. DefenseLawyer Oct 2012 #5

The man is equally traumatized? gollygee Oct 2012 #6

The only reason I got past that is because.. IDoMath Oct 2012 #11

The point was approaching right wing men though treestar Oct 2012 #28

I am going to give the OP the benefit of the doubt lapislzi Oct 2012 #62

I think a man could be equally traumatized by a system that forces her to carry the child. reusrename Oct 2012 #67

Please explain to me how gollygee Oct 2012 #68

Because she's much stronger than him. reusrename Oct 2012 #72

Someone asked J. Danforth Quayle III this question Doctor_J Oct 2012 #7

For J. Danforth Quayle III's daugher, it WOULD be a choice... JHB Oct 2012 #53

In that case the baby is a gift from Satan. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2012 #9

. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #12

Am I the only one who sees Myrina Oct 2012 #13

And then because of how it affects the husbands and boyfriends gollygee Oct 2012 #14

And how about calling it the "health of the WOMAN," not the "mother" because what if she CTyankee Oct 2012 #15

How about calling it sovereignty of her body? IDoMath Oct 2012 #24

Maybe we just call femrap Oct 2012 #39

Amen. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #40

I see it too. Excellent post and follow up comments to it! bettyellen Oct 2012 #21

You are not alone IDoMath Oct 2012 #23

I'd femrap Oct 2012 #44

Do you want the lyrics? IDoMath Oct 2012 #46

Yes, I femrap Oct 2012 #51

Here you go - to the tune of "We're off to see the wizard" IDoMath Oct 2012 #57

.... femrap Oct 2012 #65

I agree. The whole argument is based on a premise that puts rape in a different category Texin Oct 2012 #29

+1,000 femrap Oct 2012 #47

uh, yeah... marions ghost Oct 2012 #59

Many of these monsters know exactly what it's about. reusrename Oct 2012 #73

Great insight. ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #41

You're right. Ineeda Oct 2012 #45

This should be a medical privacy issue Doctor_J Oct 2012 #64

Slowly decriminalizing rape? moondust Oct 2012 #71

How far would they go? Myrina Oct 2012 #74

Bingo -- give this person a prize nichomachus Oct 2012 #75

Advanced record-keeping & HMOs may be partly to "blame" SoCalDem Oct 2012 #76

I've never resorted to the line of thinking Animal Chin Oct 2012 #16

Anti-choice men would be all for abortion for their OWN wives in that case. Just nobody else's. forestpath Oct 2012 #17

Because they don't and couldn't even entertain the notion that Texin Oct 2012 #32

a conservative in good standing would say bowens43 Oct 2012 #18

Sadly.... ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #43

Fucked up premise - lets pander to men who will never give a shit unless... bettyellen Oct 2012 #20

The traumatization is not equal. Poor choice of words. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #22

Bad things don't happen to Republicans... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #25

These conversations almost always are made in the abstract. And in that context you get one Grammy23 Oct 2012 #26

Well in a republican religious household I can see the daddy or the husband telling his southernyankeebelle Oct 2012 #27

I asked it, but other than you and I....bupkis SoCalDem Oct 2012 #30

would and could you love this child as if it were your own?.... Sheepshank Oct 2012 #31

Is the assumption that the rape would be kept secret? Texin Oct 2012 #33

It wouldn't be their business gollygee Oct 2012 #34

There is surely a supporty system...then there are the gawkers Sheepshank Oct 2012 #38

I think in most states....... Swede Atlanta Oct 2012 #35

Equally traumatized? What the fuck? AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #36

Here are the questions that should be asked of these idiots. SheilaT Oct 2012 #37

My sentiments exactly lunatica Oct 2012 #52

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. nt SunSeeker Oct 2012 #42

wasn't it femrap Oct 2012 #49

Gloria Steinem's lawyer, the irrepressible Florynce Kennedy, said that. SunSeeker Oct 2012 #61

Those were the days femrap Oct 2012 #66

the whole if raped can have an abortion is very dangerous to males lued Oct 2012 #48

Welcome femrap Oct 2012 #50

I stopped right at "equally traumatized". MadrasT Oct 2012 #54

Look, any man asked this question will pretend to be Sir Galahad. The law should not be about WinkyDink Oct 2012 #55

Republican men would force her to have B Calm Oct 2012 #56

Bingo. Arugula Latte Oct 2012 #58

A lot of it is questioning the morals of the rape victim. Rozlee Oct 2012 #60

When it happened to me quaker bill Oct 2012 #69

how does one say something arely staircase Oct 2012 #70