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pinstikfartherin

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4. Understood.

Reply to CharlotteVale (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 07:52 PM

Oct 2015

There is not a solution to make everyone happy on this issue, and we have to be realistic. Easier said than done.

I guess I'm still a glass half full kind of person, so I hope for compromise and level heads, but we all know that's not reality.

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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