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In reply to the discussion: What is the real reason that rethugs are anti-abortion? I don't accept that they care about the [View all]cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Do you want them jailed, too, if they had an abortion if it was outlawed in your world?
My mother calls herself pro-life because she is against abortion, but she does not feel that the government has a place in the decision. It is up to the woman. The reason being is that she remembers the days of when women were forced to be pregnant against their will. This resulted in injuries and deaths of women who were desperate to abort the fetus themselves. It also put them in backrooms where unsafe abortions happened as well. It wasn't that long ago when women couldn't have access to birth control or had to get their husbands' permission for tubal ligation.
That's the world my mother remembers. She is very republican, christian and conservative, but this is one issue she is very firm on. She does not want to us to go back to those days.
Your stance on this issue is a direct path to those days and fortunately your opinion is a minority in this country.