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CTyankee

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5. I make the "women are moral agents" argument and it does help silence some of the more
Wed Dec 28, 2011, 11:30 AM
Dec 2011

reasonable types who just haven't thought this thing through. Here are some lines of reasoning I have used.

"If you are a conservative, how can you believe that the government should be able to tell a woman when and whether to have a child?"

"If the state can force a woman to bear a child, then it can also force a woman to have an abortion."

"The so-called prolife movement would also like to ban people from using contraceptives. Without contraception we would have MORE abortions, not less. How is THAT prolife?"

"Planned Parenthood prevents more abortions than any other organization in the country."

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