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In reply to the discussion: Abortion isn't a diamond and should not be rare and/or expensive. [View all]Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)6. A mastectomy...
...is a standard modern medical procedure and should be available to all women at any time they want or need one and covered by their insurance...
...and they should be rare. A medical procedure is not something anyone should look forward to and steps should be taken, including research and education, to make all medical procedures rare.
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So long as women exit the medical facility sobbing and in need of psychological help...
randome
Nov 2013
#3
I don't believe the poster said "treatment for breast cancer' and I get what the poster is saying.
ScreamingMeemie
Nov 2013
#21
surviving abortions without complications is why many of us fight to keep the choice of legal,
uppityperson
Nov 2013
#31
Problem is, you have millions of religious idiots dedicating their lives to just that.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#25
"Safe, legal and rare" may mean that in this case. But it doesn't *always* mean that.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#36
Understood. My initial comment wasn't referring to DU, but I can see how you assumed that.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#44
Abortion IS birth control. How is that "twisted"? and who said you had to hand out
uppityperson
Nov 2013
#32
It's cheaper than the costs associated with delivering a child, I would think insurance companies
Incitatus
Nov 2013
#16
Artificially rare, that is. Which makes the excesses of the diamond industry all the more tragic.
nomorenomore08
Nov 2013
#27
no we are allowed to have intelligent decisions. we aren't allowed to pretend to be prochoice
La Lioness Priyanka
Nov 2013
#37