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LostOne4Ever

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122. Okay then what brought that on?

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 11:25 PM

Nov 2013

And what better way to undermine abortion rights than to get allies to attack one another over something so inconsequential?

The religious right has driven out the only PP near my area (as they have done in other parts of the country) and rather than working together to fight back we have one group of pro-choice supporters chiding and talking down to other pro-choice supporters over wording.

We share the shame position in every way, but because of one word one group is going to attack the other and treat them like they are the anti-abortion zealots? I am not the one that needs to grow up.

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So DU is now anti-adoption? [View all] Beausoir Nov 2013 OP

It is? TroglodyteScholar Nov 2013 #1

Obviously since some poster said so.... whistler162 Nov 2013 #39

I have not been on as much the last 2 days so I just don't understand what started all those OP's. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #2

Apparently a lot of people think that abortion is the only valid choice. pnwmom Nov 2013 #18

If you choose otherwise then you are harming their cause... Decaffeinated Nov 2013 #77

That seems to be the gist of many posts. NaturalHigh Nov 2013 #86

That doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense. HappyMe Nov 2013 #85

One would think.... nt Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #117

i think the point was it can also cause depression , anxiety and regret every bit as much as bettyellen Nov 2013 #3

Nice to see some recognition that those who experience regret are not wrong for feeling so. nt Bonobo Nov 2013 #4

people can regret -or not- either decision. so many reasons why too. pressure from loved ones, bettyellen Nov 2013 #8

I'm pretty sure it is also offensive to be told that you are abnormal if you feel something Bonobo Nov 2013 #11

but there is a huge unsupported supposition here about the amount of regret experienced... bettyellen Nov 2013 #13

i would imagine the true regret begins at the point of being preg. the sex that got them preg. seabeyond Nov 2013 #68

More so, actually. REP Nov 2013 #5

Why are p-values so rare in psychological studies? Drahthaardogs Nov 2013 #53

tha fawk? Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #6

I am not suprised... Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #7

Welcome Back. RandiFan1290 Nov 2013 #33

??????? Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #35

Juno came out in 2007 RandiFan1290 Nov 2013 #41

I have lurked for years Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #47

mmhmm RandiFan1290 Nov 2013 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author seaglass Nov 2013 #57

+1. nt seabeyond Nov 2013 #69

He is talking about the reaction to the movie period, not specifically on DU Marrah_G Nov 2013 #91

Having been through the process on the birth parent side, LadyHawkAZ Nov 2013 #9

I am anti-coerced adoption. (eom) StevieM Nov 2013 #10

Did you see this article? REP Nov 2013 #12

Thanks for the link. I didn't remember reading the article before StevieM Nov 2013 #14

I don't think so, no Spider Jerusalem Nov 2013 #15

From the threads I've seen you're right, but... TreasonousBastard Nov 2013 #21

NO ONE on DU who has suggested adoption Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #93

There were two things though gollygee Nov 2013 #98

Theoretical beliefs about which is a better option Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #101

theoretical posts that shame women are not pro choice. boston bean Nov 2013 #102

By the same token, it is not pro-choice to tell everyone Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #124

urging women otherwise known as shaming them and continuing to talk about abortion La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #106

+ this is why many on DU find these "discussions" about their choice and how awful it is, hurt women boston bean Nov 2013 #112

this. nt La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #105

For the millionth time, adoption is an alternative to raising a child. ieoeja Nov 2013 #120

Becauess the simple "fact" isn't. Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #123

well stated, these are not equivalent things. La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #104

No. SheilaT Nov 2013 #16

Advocating that we ought to support all reproductive choice, Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #97

Some of the statements that have been put out here SheilaT Nov 2013 #110

No. Just want it to be rare. egduj Nov 2013 #17

Lol. Iggo Nov 2013 #80

As an adoptee, I'm certainly not anti-adoption. stranger81 Nov 2013 #19

WTF, indeed--I hate these "WTF" threads. MADem Nov 2013 #20

There have been several threads, or subthreads Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #99

Consider the source(s). It's not a widely held POV that adoption is evil. MADem Nov 2013 #116

You want to show everyone the thread in which Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #22

I've been watching. Some anti-Hillary people have taken exception with the "rare" jazzimov Nov 2013 #23

that would make a good "shorter" for some rather long diatribes. lol. Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #27

That explains all the anti-"rare" threads a few days back LostOne4Ever Nov 2013 #31

grow up. it's not about Hillary. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #50

Okay then what brought that on? LostOne4Ever Nov 2013 #122

I am not anti Hillary at all and am fiercely opposed to the "rare" verbiage PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #37

SO you are anti-education and pro-abortion whistler162 Nov 2013 #42

I really expect DUers to be smarter than that PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #48

Yes, I am proudly pro-abortion. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #55

Except for the Beausoir Nov 2013 #127

super dramatic. but it's usually a zygote, not a fetus. A POTENTIAL (not actual) person. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #128

You know better than that. Beausoir Nov 2013 #129

Adoption mostly serves to exploit the poor for the benefit of the prosperous. LeftyMom Nov 2013 #24

Post removed Post removed Nov 2013 #25

maybe a couple of posters? using your criteria, we all believe in JFK conspiracy theories, Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #26

Uh, no. gtar100 Nov 2013 #28

The DU is also anti "rare". Seems the applegrove Nov 2013 #29

you are so off base it would be laughable if not so sad PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #49

also, are you inferring that I personally am a GOP "plant"? PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #66

No, just forced childbirth Warpy Nov 2013 #30

No, but somehow I doubt DU is for calling abortion a murder. idwiyo Nov 2013 #32

Yeah, I just realized this OP is the author of the "killing a child" comment. boston bean Nov 2013 #36

Actually, he/she called it a horrific killing. Sickening. nt DLevine Nov 2013 #40

Yeah! and then said, but I'm "pro choice" boston bean Nov 2013 #43

Agree 100%. I'm getting really sick of this shit. nt DLevine Nov 2013 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond Nov 2013 #73

The person who originally linked adoption to abortion was an adoptee. boston bean Nov 2013 #34

No. DU is - should be - against forced adoption... SidDithers Nov 2013 #38

wow, Sid, I'm feeling some love for you! boston bean Nov 2013 #45

It's one option I considered... Violet_Crumble Nov 2013 #51

I assume you had to rule out one prior. boston bean Nov 2013 #54

Nope. I started off considering all three options... Violet_Crumble Nov 2013 #58

So adoption was never really a consideration? boston bean Nov 2013 #60

Bottom line is I don't agree with you on what makes someone pro-choice... Violet_Crumble Nov 2013 #61

Then you and I do agree. boston bean Nov 2013 #63

Rarely has a post captured my feelings so well. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #90

I would say in no way Dorian Gray Nov 2013 #46

So DU allows anti-choice RW rhetoric?? PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #56

I clicked on that link expecting to see someone saying abortion should be illegal... Violet_Crumble Nov 2013 #59

you believe everything you read on the internet. boston bean Nov 2013 #62

I only believe it if I found it via Google... Violet_Crumble Nov 2013 #65

Violet, that's just not fair. boston bean Nov 2013 #67

yes, and Admin has always allowed it TorchTheWitch Nov 2013 #84

Oh, I know. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #94

That poster equated abortion to killing a child? Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #109

Because that is acceptable as long as you're 'polite about it'. PeaceNikki Nov 2013 #118

No one person speaks for the entire community notadmblnd Nov 2013 #64

Poor rhetorical device. LWolf Nov 2013 #70

Laughably so. n/t Orsino Nov 2013 #113

you create an adoption thrd, then you create this OP. what is your angle. you say you are HORRIFIED seabeyond Nov 2013 #71

No he did not say this was his own personal opinnion, he made a blanket statement boston bean Nov 2013 #74

this is such bullshit. pure bullshit. so much wrong in it. makes me want to start an OP seabeyond Nov 2013 #78

DU is only opposed to treating adoption like a simple answer gollygee Nov 2013 #72

Yes, newcriminal Nov 2013 #81

It probably depends on the specific woman gollygee Nov 2013 #83

Unfortunately there is a vocal minority who actually are against adoption Marrah_G Nov 2013 #92

It really shouldn't have turned into that. HappyMe Nov 2013 #95

umm, who started about a thread linking it to abortion and that boston bean Nov 2013 #100

You started it.. newcriminal Nov 2013 #108

Adoption works well when avebury Nov 2013 #75

I am against forcing a woman to give birth if she doesn't want to. MadrasT Nov 2013 #76

Really? Iggo Nov 2013 #79

Weird, isn't it? LittleBlue Nov 2013 #82

Well said. Beausoir Nov 2013 #130

I'm not anti-adoption DefenseLawyer Nov 2013 #87

I think some people are so quick to protest the pro-lifers that they refuse to accept any liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #88

Such a powerful statement to make. Thank you for a voice of reason. Beausoir Nov 2013 #125

It's just a small number of people Marrah_G Nov 2013 #89

Marrah, where exactly are people saying they are against adoption La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #107

Lioness, you have been in the threads. Marrah_G Nov 2013 #111

..... HappyMe Nov 2013 #114

Many of us are quite glad that you were born LittleBlue Nov 2013 #115

I dint think DU is anti adoption... actslikeacarrot Nov 2013 #96

how so? La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2013 #103

Nope. If that's what you take from recent threads you missed the first stage of the discussion Gormy Cuss Nov 2013 #119

+ 1000000 boston bean Nov 2013 #121

I immediately believe you! Deep13 Nov 2013 #126