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In reply to the discussion: I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)39. I am not pro-penectomy, but pro the right to remove one's own if it helps combat gender dysphoria.
... with doctor determination that it would help, not on a whim, ... and in a medical clinic or hospital.
Being pro-choice but wishing to reduce the need for abortions is not being against abortion or pro-abortion.
Abortion is not a lark or a choice made for fun. It is a right but not something to be wished for.
Being pro-education means wishing to see more people get educations.
Being pro-abortion means wishing to see more people get abortions.
I do not wish for more abortions. I wish there were better education, better availability of contraceptives, and more respect for women so that there would be need for fewer abortions. All the same, and as a bottom line, if a woman would like to have an abortion I believe she has the right to one.
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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