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Bluenorthwest

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11. And yet abortion is very much illegal in Costa Rica and allowed in Poland only for life of the

Reply to G_j (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 07:23 AM

Dec 2015

mother and cases of rape, which have to be approved and are not available by request at all. So this strikes me as a bit self indulgent. 'If we had reproductive freedoms we'd not allow protest of those freedoms' is not really a strong argument. 'If we were not oppressive our freedom would be better than yours'.

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The U.N. Sent 3 Foreign Women To The U.S. To Assess Gender Equality. They Were Horrified. [View all] G_j Dec 2015 OP

Maybe they need to impose sanctions mwrguy Dec 2015 #1

That would be funny yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #4

I am not surprised at their findings. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2015 #2

Considering 2/3rds of this country cheers on the death penalty... davidn3600 Dec 2015 #10

This should be investigated. I hope some time was spent on violence against women. Thinkingabout Dec 2015 #3

They did, G_j Dec 2015 #6

An abortion clinic in Alabama is where they went to assess gender equality in the US? oberliner Dec 2015 #5

It's shocking to those of us who live with this every day as well. haikugal Dec 2015 #7

One of them was from Costa Rica? Where abortions are illegal in almost all cases, including when... EX500rider Dec 2015 #8

Elective abortion is illegal in Poland. I wonder what she must think of that. cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #9

And yet abortion is very much illegal in Costa Rica and allowed in Poland only for life of the Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #11

Yeah, I was about to mention that... Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #12