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MineralMan

(150,911 posts)
8. There might be. And people who have such reasons
Mon Mar 12, 2012, 01:23 PM
Mar 2012

shouldn't use contraception or have abortions for that matter. It's a matter of personal choice in every case. Nobody has the right to insist that anyone else do anything at all having to do with reproductive rights.

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Nat Hentoff comes to mind. He was secular and anti-abortion. immoderate Mar 2012 #1
Hentoff, like a lot of medically ignorant antiabortionists Warpy Mar 2012 #15
Agreed. Hentoff kind of romanticized the fetus as a "person." immoderate Mar 2012 #22
I think if you really take the time to research, you'd find few Christian denominations are against hlthe2b Mar 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Mar 2012 #3
There are no non-religious reasons AFAIK Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2012 #4
Jesus spoke often about abortion... orwell Mar 2012 #5
I must have missed the Christian reasons gratuitous Mar 2012 #6
Saying "I'm a D, he's an R" is hauling out a broad brush. stopbush Mar 2012 #14
No gratuitous Mar 2012 #16
The Bible is make believe. All religions are based on make believe. stopbush Mar 2012 #27
Yeah, that whole "serve one another in love" gratuitous Mar 2012 #30
Oh, please. The ethos of reciprocity dates back to ancient Egypt. stopbush Mar 2012 #32
So? gratuitous Mar 2012 #34
You're offering the broken clock argument for religious belief. stopbush Mar 2012 #35
Broad brushes for narrow minds. LanternWaste Mar 2012 #18
the only non-christian reason... Beer Snob-50 Mar 2012 #7
There might be. And people who have such reasons MineralMan Mar 2012 #8
Yes, egotism could be behind anti-contraception. And also abortion. sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #9
I'd be willing to bet there are some "back to nature" types who are against family planning Recursion Mar 2012 #10
Nothing comes to mind sakabatou Mar 2012 #11
On contraception, I got nothin'. On abortion... FATNED Mar 2012 #12
A further extension to that is SATIRical Mar 2012 #17
Yes, and it's the most common reason to oppose contraception, even among Christians. IT HURTS PEOPLE saras Mar 2012 #13
Not sure about the first... JSnuffy Mar 2012 #19
Not just Christians OPOS Mar 2012 #20
Roman Catholics, Mormons, and some fundamentalist groups are the only Christian groups I know of Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #21
No Aerows Mar 2012 #23
Contraception? I'd say it isn't even an issue among most Christians, so I'd lean toward no and TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #24
I've spoken of my atheist tea-party friend before OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #25
I wouldn't want to see contraception or abortion forced on women Cleita Mar 2012 #26
Thoughtful, reasonable people will be outbred by careless idiots? FarCenter Mar 2012 #28
Since most Christians aren't against contraception onenote Mar 2012 #29
Yes, but such reasons probably don't feature much in America LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #31
The most conservative Islam clerics oppose contraception muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #33
The idea that sex should be for procreative purposes only has nothing to do with religion lapislzi Mar 2012 #36
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