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DemUnleashed

(633 posts) Tue Jul 5, 2022, 10:56 AM Jul 2022

Republicans like to trot out... [View all]

Republicans like to trot out people who say something like "My mom thought about having an abortion but she didn't. If she had, I wouldn't be here today!"

We need to trot out people to say "My mom had an abortion before. If she hadn't, I probably wouldn't be here today!"

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Republicans like to trot out... [View all] DemUnleashed Jul 2022 OP

I would respond to that with "And you are proof she made the wrong decision!" nt Atticus Jul 2022 #1

Bravo...Excellent retort. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2022 #3

A better question perhaps is to ask each one of the republicans if they paid for or had an abortion? SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #2

We should ask, if your daughter was pregnant due to incest...what would you do. LakeArenal Jul 2022 #4

That is a better question! SWBTATTReg Jul 2022 #6

Or better: WHEN your daughter WAS a victim......? LakeArenal Jul 2022 #7

"My mom had serious complications during pregnancy. If she hadn't been able to get an abortion, sop Jul 2022 #5

Winner. LakeArenal Jul 2022 #8

+1 Mad_Machine76 Jul 2022 #12

So... DemUnleashed Jul 2022 #9

And isn't it nice that whatever your mother chose to do gratuitous Jul 2022 #10

Most people are too kind to point out Mad_Machine76 Jul 2022 #11

I always say "I'm glad your mother had the right to choose." johnp3907 Jul 2022 #13

Too bad Hitler's mother didn't have an abortion. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #14

When Republicans say that, I wish their mothers had decided differently n/t Silent3 Jul 2022 #15