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Women's Rights & Issues

marym625

(17,997 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to Novara (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 07:11 AM

Jun 2015

As soon as the word "rare" is added to the "safe and legal" there is a nasty connotation put on abortion. An absolutely unnecessary stigma. Even if the message is supposed to be that all forms of birth control should be easy to access, it isn't what comes through.

The message should be that the government has no business in our business. That control of our bodies belongs to us. Keep your laws out of our bodies.

It's a fight that we should not have to fight.

K&R

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�I wish we talked about �choices� instead of �choice�� [View all] Novara Jun 2015 OP

K&R marym625 Jun 2015 #1

EXACTLY! Novara Jun 2015 #2

absolutely marym625 Jun 2015 #3

You're right about creep Novara Jun 2015 #4

yep marym625 Jun 2015 #7

i once posted in gd about my issue with "rare" being used in the context of abortion fizzgig Jun 2015 #5

exactly! marym625 Jun 2015 #6

i use "parasite" in that context fizzgig Jun 2015 #8

amen to that! marym625 Jun 2015 #9

Yes, the point about value judgments is often glossed over or ignored Novara Jun 2015 #10

both points hit the nail on the head fizzgig Jun 2015 #11

Exactly. Novara Jun 2015 #12