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In reply to the discussion: For those of you wondering why they didn't use Planned Parenthood for their abortion [View all]BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)It's a question the majority of men never think about until it effects them. They may also not know if a woman in their own lives has chosen to abort. Most often, they don't care either way. That leaves quite a bit of room for religious crazies to maneuver. And make no mistake about it, except for the true zealots like perhaps Santorum, most pols could care less. It's a way to mobilize the base, that's all.
The women who are anti-abortion have been given false information their entire lives. And again, when faced with that decision, some do choose to abort and then turn around and then want to take that choice away from other women.
The anti-abortion crowd spreads lies that abortions will make a woman sterile or cause breast cancer and they've been very successful. But the staunchest pro-choice women I know are mothers. They might have been on the fence about what they might do, but once they had children, they realized what a *life-changing* experience it is and that EVERY woman should be ready and willing to be a parent.
Anyone who doesn't get that is severely stupid.