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RobinA

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80. I Disagree Completely

Mon May 9, 2016, 02:48 PM

May 2016

As a parent or potential parent, part (if not all) of your responsibility is to think about the child. Choice isn't all about me, me, me. It's about making a decision weighing what you believe to be best for all involved. People's mileage may differ as to what is best, but choice should never be, although it often is, What do *I* want?

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Pregnant Connecticut Teen Who Tested Positive for Zika Virus Says She Will Keep Her Baby [View all] tabasco May 2016 OP

Good luck to her and her baby. In_The_Wind May 2016 #1

I do hope she will have lots of support. riversedge May 2016 #2

Then I trust you've kicked in some $$$ to her gofundme account? EL34x4 May 2016 #5

Good catch. cheapdate May 2016 #7

I don't agree with this at all. Demit May 2016 #33

I don't either. cheapdate May 2016 #35

Ah. My sarcasm detector must need recharging. :) Demit May 2016 #36

I'm sure the fundy anti-choice groups are organizing efforts to take care of the child. Hassin Bin Sober May 2016 #12

If they can't afford the baby, then they shouldn't have it. FLPanhandle May 2016 #18

Pro-choice means her body, her choice. Shaming her for making her own decision to keep it is no 24601 May 2016 #21

Pro-choice does not mean have children even if you can't afford them. FLPanhandle May 2016 #29

By that logic, pro-education means not attending college unless you can pay for it yourself. 24601 May 2016 #45

Yes it does. Pro-choice means the pregnant person has the choice. It's not up to you to decide uppityperson May 2016 #55

So how much is this going to cost me? Nt daa May 2016 #78

If you want to send me money, that's neat. Thanks. But I don't usually charge people to reply to me. uppityperson May 2016 #79

+1000 smirkymonkey May 2016 #66

I don't see how expressing an opinion is "shaming her." Demit May 2016 #34

Willfully exposing a fetus to a high risk of major birth defects is child abuse - n/t lbrtbell May 2016 #51

It's not high risk womanofthehills May 2016 #61

I have not see the phrase "learned THEY were pregnant on March 14", I like it. LiberalArkie May 2016 #3

It's common among the younger generation. hamsterjill May 2016 #71

This is her "choice". old guy May 2016 #4

Come again? enlightenment May 2016 #15

Papa, don't preach. snort May 2016 #19

I'm not your papa and I don't preach. old guy May 2016 #27

Buh bye, daddy. snort May 2016 #48

old guy greymouse May 2016 #37

I think you miss my point folks. old guy May 2016 #39

I think I agree with you. This is a choice that I have to jwirr May 2016 #52

Accepted by me? Of course her choice, whether abort or not, is acceptable to me and many. uppityperson May 2016 #56

Some would accept it and some wouldn't nt LiberalElite May 2016 #63

They are so young, I hope they have thought this through.. apparently, they made their choice secondwind May 2016 #6

Religion means never needing to think. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #42

God "gave" you a miracle? Kelvin Mace May 2016 #8

Yup iandhr May 2016 #10

rofl CarrieLynne May 2016 #16

No kidding CountAllVotes May 2016 #24

How much is this "miracle from god" going to cost taxpayers? FLPanhandle May 2016 #9

oh i dunno....in good republican fashion there kid will be expected to pull himself up by bootstraps dembotoz May 2016 #13

Even if he... 3catwoman3 May 2016 #76

Why don't you reconsider your words as they come across as pro-abortion rather than pro-choice? 24601 May 2016 #23

well that is silly I am tired of trying to be pleasant to zealot antiabortion freaks dembotoz May 2016 #41

Look at the tree - I was not commenting on your post. 24601 May 2016 #44

i would extend my coverage to include the other post dembotoz May 2016 #64

Probably not womanofthehills May 2016 #54

I'm quite sure we all cost the taxpayers at one time or another. LanternWaste May 2016 #72

Nothing to see here... Moostache May 2016 #11

she had a choice. stonecutter357 May 2016 #14

i wish people would think more about the baby than themselves CarrieLynne May 2016 #17

That's actually an anti-choice POV Ineeda May 2016 #47

i see your point CarrieLynne May 2016 #70

I Disagree Completely RobinA May 2016 #80

Your opinion totally differs from mine. Ineeda May 2016 #81

If a mere 1% is too high a risk, what then is the number and on what is it that measure on? LanternWaste May 2016 #73

There is no guarantee the baby will be damaged. NutmegYankee May 2016 #20

she thought she would never be able to get pregnant JI7 May 2016 #22

Well hopefully she learned CountAllVotes May 2016 #26

learn what ? JI7 May 2016 #28

That she could get pregnant, that is what CountAllVotes May 2016 #30

it was a doctor that told her she could not because of meningitis JI7 May 2016 #32

I know a women in my town named "Miracle" womanofthehills May 2016 #60

I don't think that's the smart choice, but it ain't my choice. Iggo May 2016 #25

Very true. nt awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #43

I respect her choice, but prognosis isn't good Warpy May 2016 #31

Columbia and Venezuela - not seeing a spike in microcephaly womanofthehills May 2016 #59

Here you go Warpy May 2016 #62

Make the doctor pay for everything TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #38

There is much we don't know about this virus B2G May 2016 #40

I do hope the baby is all right. I wish her the best. CTyankee May 2016 #68

What a stupid girl. Fuckin' religion. nt valerief May 2016 #46

Very shocked at the attitudes of some on this thread. Coventina May 2016 #49

I wish her luck cannabis_flower May 2016 #50

Meningitis causes infertility? Zoetrope May 2016 #53

I agree. LisaL May 2016 #57

That jumped out at me, too. 3catwoman3 May 2016 #77

She has a point. So might also her baby's head Blandocyte May 2016 #58

She's an idiot truthisfreedom May 2016 #65

I'm sure your bias compels you to allege as much LanternWaste May 2016 #74

The difference being, facts and logic are on my side. truthisfreedom May 2016 #75

She might think God has given her a miracle, but it could turn into a nightmare really fast. Vinca May 2016 #67

+1000 smirkymonkey May 2016 #69