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In reply to the discussion: How can one claim to be progressive while being pro-life? [View all]athena
(4,187 posts)137. I agree that "pro-life" is a lie. What they really are is "anti-choice" and "anti-woman".
Calling them "pro-life" allows them to frame their argument as something compassionate, when compassion is precisely what they lack when it comes to the women they want to force into botched abortions and dangerous childbirths.
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Believe it or not there are people on this board defending this choice instead of campaigning...
brush
Apr 2017
#4
I think she/he broke it down splendidly. Tell Sanders to stop backing pro-lifers
brush
Apr 2017
#142
Because being a "purist" is not a prerequisite for being a progressive/liberal.
Lil Missy
Apr 2017
#9
All good questions about the future, based on past behaviors, NOT the past primary
Hekate
Apr 2017
#25
I think it's fine to be pro life as long as you don't impose your beliefs on others.
Kablooie
Apr 2017
#34
I totally agree with you. Pro-life fits pro-choice Democrats better than...
WePurrsevere
Apr 2017
#85
He's not my Senator, nor am I a target of "Democratic Outreach" -already being a Democrat, but sure.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2017
#130
"I strongly support the right of women to make their own health and reproductive decisions and...
LexVegas
Apr 2017
#112
Not until he got in the US Senate as Gov, he was anti-abortion as Gov (links included)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2017
#141
You are, of course, correct. Anyone saying otherwise has ulterior motives for doing so. nt
LexVegas
Apr 2017
#114
Kaine is opposed to abortion RIGHTS? Or just to abortions? Can you clarify?
NurseJackie
Apr 2017
#65
Again... is he opposed to abortions or abortion RIGHTS? There's a difference.
NurseJackie
Apr 2017
#69
Anytime. Those were the exact same smears that popped up when HRC picked Kaine to be her VP
FSogol
Apr 2017
#86
I believe that the smear was self-deleted for "strategic" reasons. Not because ...
NurseJackie
Apr 2017
#88
Major abortion rights groups and some of their allies on Capitol Hill are tip-toeing around....
Omaha Steve
Apr 2017
#127
It isn't a black and white issue and isn't the most important issue to many people...
cbdo2007
Apr 2017
#57
Because one does not understand that reproductive freedom is necessary for economic justice
Recursion
Apr 2017
#58
I counter that with: How can someone drive a Prius with a Trump bumper sticker?
Initech
Apr 2017
#95
(I call it Anti-choice, not pro-life.) You can't -- and I'm disappointed in Bernie!
50 Shades Of Blue
Apr 2017
#101
I was pointed here by a respose to an OP of mine by the author of this one.
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2017
#105
Better subject, "How can one claim to be a progressive while not being pro choice?"
LAS14
Apr 2017
#107
I agree that "pro-life" is a lie. What they really are is "anti-choice" and "anti-woman".
athena
Apr 2017
#137
By "Pro-Life" you mean "anti-abortion", not someone wanting to outlaw the death penalty, or
ColemanMaskell
Apr 2017
#129
Exactly. But it's not even "anti-abortion"; it's "anti-choice" and "anti-woman".
athena
Apr 2017
#138
How interesting (NOT) that a right-leaning blog didn't post Rep Pelosi's ENTIRE comment:
musette_sf
Apr 2017
#148