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DURHAM D

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5. Huh? This is not about choice or anti-choice.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 06:37 PM

Apr 2013

This is a story about medical malpractice and about 10,000 other criminal acts. Your title is totally off-point and completely bogus.

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I am staunchly pro-choice so it pains me to agree with the anti-choicers [View all] cali Apr 2013 OP

The real story here is economic and political. Lack of funding for abortions for poor women: Cali_Democrat Apr 2013 #1

this case doesn't make much of an argument for anti-choicers, though Spider Jerusalem Apr 2013 #2

I think a big piece of the story is the lack of oversight by state agencies cali Apr 2013 #4

It's an important story. Most local dailies aren't likely to pick up ongoing coverage of the trial Brickbat Apr 2013 #3

Huh? This is not about choice or anti-choice. DURHAM D Apr 2013 #5

No, of course it's not a story about choice cali Apr 2013 #6

Yep. redqueen Apr 2013 #9

The media looked the other way because it is about women. DURHAM D Apr 2013 #13

That's what I think too. nt redqueen Apr 2013 #19

The reason the MSM has not covered it is because the victims don't matter. DURHAM D Apr 2013 #11

that clearly is a significant part of my takeaway, genius. cali Apr 2013 #12

Your title and emphasis is still bogus. DURHAM D Apr 2013 #15

No, they're not bogus. and your saying so doesn't make it true. duh. cali Apr 2013 #17

Your OP takes the side of anti-choicers. DURHAM D Apr 2013 #20

ridiculous. gad. cali Apr 2013 #33

I know you have 78K posts but anyone and everyone is still free DURHAM D Apr 2013 #35

this has jackshit to do with the number of posts. duh. cali Apr 2013 #36

The other victims . . . YarnAddict Apr 2013 #25

Tom Ridge ananda Apr 2013 #7

Agreed. Deep down, every pro-choice person LittleBlue Apr 2013 #8

what? No. I don't look at it that way cali Apr 2013 #14

wrong DURHAM D Apr 2013 #16

"Deep down, every anti-choice person knows REP Apr 2013 #31

The poor end up with the least competent medical help it seems. Cleita Apr 2013 #10

yes. and that this guy had a waiting room for white patients cali Apr 2013 #18

This is one of the reasons why single payer or Medicare for All was promoted Cleita Apr 2013 #21

The non-reporting has nothing to do with the choice/anti-choice angle..it has to do with a gag order msanthrope Apr 2013 #22

I think we aren't hearing about it... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #23

Um, I don't think so YarnAddict Apr 2013 #26

Well you could be right... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #29

it is a brutal murder case. Abortion is only tangentially related. IfPalinisAnswerWatsQ Apr 2013 #24

"18-24 inches long with no eyes, or face"? HockeyMom Apr 2013 #27

I am not suprised. Niceguy1 Apr 2013 #28

Go ahead and ban abortion, antis AnnieBW Apr 2013 #30

This is what the Grand Jury had to say about the lack of inspections... nessa Apr 2013 #32

I've heard about this story since 2011. JaneyVee Apr 2013 #34