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CharlotteVale

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2. But women don't just have abortions because they can't afford a baby.

Reply to pinstikfartherin (Original post)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 07:35 PM

Oct 2015

Lots of women have abortions because they don't want a baby and their birth control failed or they were careless and didn't use any. What about them? Your solutions, while well-meaning, are irrelevant to their inability to get an abortion if they want/need one. In fact, if anything they will have a harder time because they'll be still be looked down on if they have abortion if they could afford a baby or have government help to afford one.

When Democratic politicians say things like nobody likes abortion, it comes across as nothing but pandering to right-wingers to me.

I think your plan should be enacted, but leave abortion out of it.

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Framing the Abortion Debate in Reaction to PP Debacle [View all] pinstikfartherin Oct 2015 OP

Abortion is a moral and positive choice that liberates women, saves lives, and protects families. PeaceNikki Oct 2015 #1

But women don't just have abortions because they can't afford a baby. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #2

Understood. pinstikfartherin Oct 2015 #4

Your "half full" marginalizes women who Republicans will demonize. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #6

Yes, people are happy that abortions happen gollygee Oct 2015 #3

I'm happy about abortions; don't think they're difficult choices REP Oct 2015 #5

Exactly. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #7

Really? OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #8

THIS. Thank you. nt pinstikfartherin Oct 2015 #9

Yup. Really. Andecdote is not the plural of data. REP Oct 2015 #10

Do you have links to these studies? OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #11

Here you go PeaceNikki Oct 2015 #13

Oh, okay...so you were talking about regret. OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #14

What if it is as easy a decision as I think it is for many, if not most, women? REP Oct 2015 #16

Nothing... OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #17

Yes. REP Oct 2015 #15

You're talking post-abortion... OneGrassRoot Oct 2015 #18

things got very real for me when my wifes obgyn introduced us to our new oncologist dembotoz Oct 2015 #12