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In reply to the discussion: if men got pregnant..... [View all]DirkGently
(12,151 posts)58. Tiller was also shot by a woman.
Twice.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Shannon
The OP is all in good fun, but the abortion debate is truly not a men vs women proposition.
As the figures you cited show, nationwide men may very slightly oppose abortion more than women percentage-wise, but plenty of the nastiest pieces of legislation, and the most virulently radical anti-choice positions come from women.
She shot George Tiller in both arms outside his abortion clinic in Wichita on August 19, 1993.[4][5][6] She is serving her sentence at FCI Waseca in Minnesota. Her projected release date is November 7, 2018.
At her trial in state court, Shannon testified that there was nothing immoral about trying to kill Tiller.[8] The jurors deliberated for an hour.[9] They convicted her of attempted murder.[9] She was sentenced to 11 years in prison.[8]
While incarcerated in Lansing, Kansas, Shannon signed the Army of God's statement in support of the actions of Paul Jennings Hill.[10]
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On June 4, 1995, she pleaded guilty to setting fires at several abortion clinics in Oregon, California and Nevada. She had been indicted by federal grand juries on 30 counts in connection with fires and butyric acid attacks at nine clinics.
At her trial in state court, Shannon testified that there was nothing immoral about trying to kill Tiller.[8] The jurors deliberated for an hour.[9] They convicted her of attempted murder.[9] She was sentenced to 11 years in prison.[8]
While incarcerated in Lansing, Kansas, Shannon signed the Army of God's statement in support of the actions of Paul Jennings Hill.[10]
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On June 4, 1995, she pleaded guilty to setting fires at several abortion clinics in Oregon, California and Nevada. She had been indicted by federal grand juries on 30 counts in connection with fires and butyric acid attacks at nine clinics.
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No, it's reflective of the fact 99.99999% of those who get pregnant are women
geek tragedy
Sep 2015
#4
If men could get pregnant, there would be no abortion "debate". n/m
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Sep 2015
#11
So you are claiming the terrorist actions of 3 men are altering public policy on this issue...
Major Nikon
Sep 2015
#40
When the strawman and red herrings fail, I guess there's always lame character assassination
Major Nikon
Sep 2015
#43
Majority Pro-choice (women) vs. Minority Pro-Choice (men) is not "negligable."
SunSeeker
Oct 2015
#70
No, untrue and unhelpful is suggesting all anti abortion activists are women.
SunSeeker
Oct 2015
#73
That some women are brainwashed into going against their own interests is undisputed. nt
SunSeeker
Oct 2015
#84
Might as well slap some sense into all forced-birthers, regardless of gender
Major Nikon
Sep 2015
#25
The nature of organized religion is pretty much exclusively about controlling other's actions
Major Nikon
Sep 2015
#37
Probably because you don't look at things through a moral authoritarian lens
Major Nikon
Sep 2015
#56
they would get extra sick time for their periods; childbirth would be a week inpatient,
Lil Missy
Sep 2015
#39