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DinahMoeHum

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14. My Body, My Choice, I Am The Law

Reply to sheshe2 (Original post)

Sat Dec 2, 2023, 11:10 PM

Dec 2023

put that on a poster sometime.

Makes a great chant, too (call and response mode)

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You don't get a say... [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2023 OP

Agree republianmushroom Dec 2023 #1

Amen mcar Dec 2023 #2

Yup. n/t North Shore Chicago Dec 2023 #3

Absolutely! jaxexpat Dec 2023 #4

Hear hear! Picaro Dec 2023 #5

It always amazing me that any man with a mother, sister, or daughter can be anti-choice. n/t CincyDem Dec 2023 #6

Having helped men get abortions, I find this meme to be a little anti-trans. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #7

Huh? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #15

There are men who need abortions. They should get a say. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #18

How are these men getting pregnant? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #19

Trans men are men. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #20

I don't think abortion activism is exclude any PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #21

The meme in the OP does, as does language that implies a man can't have an opinion about abortion because he can't get WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #22

Well, it specifically says unless a child can come out of your body... Trueblue Texan Dec 2023 #26

Which would then imply that people who have had hysterecomies can't have an opinion about abortion. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #29

I see your point, but hopefully the intended point got through to most. nt Trueblue Texan Dec 2023 #36

Ditto women who are childless by choice and post-menopausal women. meadowlander Dec 2023 #44

Don't you think you are splitting hairs with that? flying_wahini Dec 2023 #37

"Physically female" isn't a thing. meadowlander Dec 2023 #41

No. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #54

Way to miss the point Hekate Dec 2023 #45

Help me out, then. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #52

Oh, For Gods Sake DET Dec 2023 #66

I have an opinion on abortion... Wounded Bear Dec 2023 #8

Exactly Farmer-Rick Dec 2023 #28

Perfect. The rest of this discussion is just noise. EarnestPutz Dec 2023 #62

Yes, but if you are a man you should keep that opinion to yourself Silent3 Dec 2023 #65

💯 K&R onecaliberal Dec 2023 #9

I understand the rally-the-troops appeal of this kind of rhetoric, but it's not so clever... Silent3 Dec 2023 #10

'Man' speaks of the men that are writing laws... sheshe2 Dec 2023 #11

The meme literally says "an opinion on abortion shouldn't come out of HIS mouth" Silent3 Dec 2023 #39

With all due respect, you did bring farmers & infrastructure into the discussion, & that was a howling faux pas Hekate Dec 2023 #47

I brought farmers and infrastructure into the picture clearly as an illustration... Silent3 Dec 2023 #59

A lot of women vote for these men Kaleva Dec 2023 #57

Abortion should never be a political issue nor be in the purview of government or law enforcement. jaxexpat Dec 2023 #33

Should never be a policitcal issue perhaps, but you can't escape the fact that it is Silent3 Dec 2023 #40

If the question of regulating abortion remains a political issue then we have given into an extinction level tyranny. jaxexpat Dec 2023 #67

I don't disagree with anything that you've said Silent3 Dec 2023 #68

Where I'm trying to go is that men's opinions on the matter are ultimately.... jaxexpat Dec 2023 #69

Are the opinions of non-fertile women just as irrelevant? Silent3 Dec 2023 #70

Are the opinions of non-fertile women just as irrelevant? jaxexpat Dec 2023 #71

Whoa.. Ain't that the Stark Truth! Cha Dec 2023 #12

The choice is the woman's. redqueen Dec 2023 #13

My Body, My Choice, I Am The Law DinahMoeHum Dec 2023 #14

That's perfect! sheshe2 Dec 2023 #17

Does that also apply to vaccine mandates? Seeking Serenity Dec 2023 #51

Some men can't do without.. chouchou Dec 2023 #16

Ditto that! n/t CousinIT Dec 2023 #23

No shit, sister. Glamrock Dec 2023 #24

EXACTLY!!! niyad Dec 2023 #25

If it was men who got pregnant moniss Dec 2023 #27

Is anyone proposing to restrict recreational use of ED drugs? redqueen Dec 2023 #30

There have been articles in the news moniss Dec 2023 #31

If men got pregnant, the roles would simply be reversed. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2023 #55

I don't think moniss Dec 2023 #60

I keep waiting for a MAGAt to be asked the Time Machine question Seinan Sensei Dec 2023 #32

Or Obama. progressoid Dec 2023 #35

Unfourtunately a third of women in America don't want other women to get abortions. progressoid Dec 2023 #34

Remember: There are zero laws Bettie Dec 2023 #38

Exactly. William769 Dec 2023 #42

I mean men can have opinions about it ....but they just shouldn't count GuppyGal Dec 2023 #43

"No right to speak"? Even if we're on your side? Towlie Dec 2023 #46

I concede the point, with thanks for being an ally Hekate Dec 2023 #49

Sadly, too many Americans are committed to the subjugation of women dlk Dec 2023 #48

A lot of men (most probably) support a woman's right to choose gulliver Dec 2023 #50

It's also besides the point because even if a majority of women were against abortion... Silent3 Dec 2023 #64

Agree!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2023 #53

100% right on the money!!!!! bluestarone Dec 2023 #56

Sing it, Sister! Warpy Dec 2023 #58

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2023 #61

K&R! I feel exactly the same way!!! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2023 #63