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50. I'm pro-abortion.

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 09:04 AM

Jul 2012

There are times when it is absolutely the best choice and the right thing to do. I've seen too many abused, unwanted children with miserable, incapable parents to believe otherwise. And I don't just mean "child beating." It takes a lot more more to raise a healthy, functioning adult than to refrain from beating the crap out of a child.

And I am not sure why anyone would want to force/require a 13 or 14 year old (or younger) to go through child birth if she didn't want to. She shouldn't be forced to experience pregnancy if she doesn't want to -- I don't believe she "owes" it to anyone to go through with the pregnancy. Too many "pro-lifers" just think that young girls and women who are irresponsible enough to get pregnant should have to have the baby and give it up for adoption not because they care about the baby but because they care about shaming the sex out of wedlock.

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'Pro-Choice' Americans At Record Low, Poll Finds [View all] bluesbassman May 2012 OP

Yes, how many self-identified "independents" are people unwilling to call themselves Republicans? NYC Liberal May 2012 #1

This is an important point. sweetloukillbot May 2012 #23

Means the same thing on the east coast. JoePhilly May 2012 #36

My Xtian friend now identifies as independent & will vote for O since she's sick of the R's & their wordpix Jul 2012 #72

how many of those "pro-lifers" mzteris May 2012 #2

how many of those "pro-lifers" will go quietly to a clinic to terminate an unwanted pregnancy or Raster May 2012 #4

plenty but it will be OK becuz it was different than the usual circumstances lunasun May 2012 #29

how many kardonb May 2012 #11

You forgot zip NV Whino May 2012 #32

Another thing you can bank on with those "pro-lifers" WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #19

+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #46

I'm sorry, what? mzteris Jul 2012 #47

I'm having one this morning, just to support "Choice", and I'm a dude. nt DCKit Jul 2012 #54

you're having one what? mzteris Jul 2012 #68

That's REAL support for women's choice! Nice going, and good luck! n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2012 #80

Probably 80 percent of the Anti-Choicers. smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #73

Me Captain Lee Jul 2012 #49

If you are opposed to abortion, please do NOT have one! CTyankee Jul 2012 #51

Then never get an abortion obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #52

Answer Captain Lee Jul 2012 #61

so which rope do you cut? mzteris Jul 2012 #69

Cut the baby's rope Captain Lee Jul 2012 #82

you're new here mzteris Jul 2012 #93

Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #94

MURDER Sterling Jul 2012 #95

you're ridiculous. mzteris Jul 2012 #97

Abortion was illegal in Nazi Germany dflprincess Jul 2012 #100

so........ mzteris Jul 2012 #70

Who cares what people call themselves? 70% still support choice. Drunken Irishman May 2012 #3

You're right DI Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #6

And even that article makes the following point. CBHagman May 2012 #26

Complicated? Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #31

So, 77% of people believe in abortion being legal in certain (or all) cases? Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #63

That's the crux of this issue right there agtcovert Jul 2012 #44

I'm pro-abortion. OrwellwasRight Jul 2012 #50

Excellent point Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #64

many young girls given no choice but having the babies are from Xtian homes where this is wordpix Jul 2012 #74

Agree. OrwellwasRight Jul 2012 #92

+1000 wordpix Jul 2012 #75

I'm Pro-abortion, too! qwlauren35 Jul 2012 #83

Yup, but we are always told that abortion is OrwellwasRight Jul 2012 #91

That chart says it all, without the loaded labels. SunSeeker May 2012 #27

My mother does not believe in abortion. Dawson Leery Jul 2012 #77

Exactly. 70% are technically pro-choice. joshcryer Jul 2012 #108

This was discussed on the news today, and they said it all depends on how the question is asked ... Tx4obama May 2012 #5

But THAT wouldn't make headlines Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #8

dicussed today kardonb May 2012 #12

How the question is asked is exactly right. Gormy Cuss May 2012 #15

add to that... MrMickeysMom May 2012 #16

Which is why politcal surveys are mostly BS. DCBob Jul 2012 #43

Do they want to build orphanges? HockeyMom May 2012 #7

Some people I guess can do it Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #10

In KS gov. Brownback thinks they will populate across Kansas, into the RKP5637 May 2012 #14

He thinks married couples should be like the Duggars? HockeyMom May 2012 #38

Actually, many of these children ARE wanted. qwlauren35 Jul 2012 #84

oh really...healthy WHITE babies? alp227 Jul 2012 #89

This isn't the 1950s HockeyMom Jul 2012 #90

yeah for healthy WHITE babies! mzteris Jul 2012 #98

BUT in the same poll Iliyah May 2012 #9

Give the idiots what they want. Just don't then let them come crying to kestrel91316 May 2012 #13

Reminds me of the 50's and back ... abortions in back rooms, many RKP5637 May 2012 #17

I'll bet you resemble Nietzche. tcaudilllg May 2012 #20

I probably do, especially relative to RKP5637 May 2012 #22

IDIOTS IDIOTS IDIOTS! Fearless May 2012 #18

Push-Poll. Dawson Leery May 2012 #21

I was thinking the same thing. Odin2005 May 2012 #24

I think most people are troubled by abortion and most probably would have a hard time choosing it Proud Liberal Dem May 2012 #33

That would be the easy answer but it's not the case here. Gormy Cuss May 2012 #39

Yes, a person might say they are pro life themselves treestar Jul 2012 #62

That probably describes the position of a lot of people in the middle, including me yurbud Jul 2012 #67

If these people were asked cosmicone May 2012 #25

The opposite of pro choice isn't pro life. It's anti choice. indivisibleman May 2012 #28

Nobody likes abortion but... hrmjustin May 2012 #30

Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #40

Hello and... FiveGoodMen Jul 2012 #42

I always liked to read Mark Trail obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #53

I think abortion is a wonderful thing. qwlauren35 Jul 2012 #86

Thanks for being brave enough to post this. OrwellwasRight Jul 2012 #99

I heard this discussed today on MSNBC Samantha May 2012 #34

And if the names were pro-choice and anti-choice the they would be much different Tunkamerica May 2012 #35

I've thought for a long time that a lot of self-described "independents" always vote Republican. harmonicon May 2012 #37

Easy To Say - Until You Get/or Get Someone Pregnant otohara Jul 2012 #41

republican men are anti-choice until their mistress gets pregnant. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #45

Yeah, They're Against Abortion Yavin4 Jul 2012 #48

Propaganda works Doctor_J Jul 2012 #55

Idiots. I wonder how many were men verses women who were polled, because there is no doubt in my still_one Jul 2012 #56

this is the latest poll I could find that breaks it down by men vs. women Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #57

I wonder how many of these so-called pro-lifers are pro-war, anti-welfare, anti- healthcare jerks? still_one Jul 2012 #58

I know a pro lifer who is against hospice/ end of life care maryellen99 Jul 2012 #60

That is inhuman and immoral still_one Jul 2012 #78

It's semantics ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #59

Pro-lifers are stupid and-justice-for-all Jul 2012 #65

Bullshit. WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #66

I don't believe that for a minute Marrah_G Jul 2012 #71

Me either. ananda Jul 2012 #79

Re defining Reality OverseaVisitor Jul 2012 #76

Drive into rural America. I do on a regular basis, doing road trips and going camping. truthisfreedom Jul 2012 #81

Well I for one am still pro choice hamsterjill Jul 2012 #85

"Oops! Sorry, the page you requested either doesn't exist or isn't available right now!" KansDem Jul 2012 #87

Not surprising, I posted the OP on May 23, and some 1 post troll kicked it on Wednesday. bluesbassman Jul 2012 #88

Maybe I will change my mind but Sterling Jul 2012 #96

I'd like to know how the pollster phrases that question bluestateguy Jul 2012 #101

Many younger women have been hoodwinked glowing Jul 2012 #102

ironic in a Darwinism kind of way may3rd Jul 2012 #103

There is a Middle Ground turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #104

HUGS. I trust if you want a kid, you'll adopt. xfundy Jul 2012 #105

Adoption, mzteris Jul 2012 #106

At 62 years old, don't think so. turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #107