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14. "Safe, legal, and rare" has been used by liberals for over 20 years.

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #12)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 06:18 PM

Nov 2013

Some so-called liberals think that instead of fighting the people who want to make abortion illegal or at least near-impossible to obtain, we should start picking fights with other liberals about the semantics of a phrase that has been used for a couple decades now. That's what I call "faux concern."

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I want abortion to be safe and legal AND rare AND convenient and unshameful and covered by insurance [View all] Nine Nov 2013 OP

You should drop the antiquated "rare" bit. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #1

I agree gopiscrap Nov 2013 #2

I think "rare" is still a desired outcome. enough Nov 2013 #4

No. "Rare" is subjective. And numbers are meaningless w/o context. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #7

Thank you so much, PeaceNikki! Control-Z Nov 2013 #16

Absolutely. Daemonaquila Nov 2013 #8

Depends. Are you talking about your own choice or are you trying to force "rare" BS on others? idwiyo Nov 2013 #3

'Rare' is really nobody's business except the woman's Cirque du So-What Nov 2013 #5

"Rare," by definition, relates to more than an individual's personal decision. Nine Nov 2013 #11

Perfect. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #15

Yes, the "rare" meme is a form of female shaming. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #6

Look, no one wants abortion to be commonplace. Pab Sungenis Nov 2013 #9

Yep. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #13

No, I don't. Wait Wut Nov 2013 #10

What makes people think it's not 'rare' now? leftstreet Nov 2013 #12

"Safe, legal, and rare" has been used by liberals for over 20 years. Nine Nov 2013 #14