Why Should I Be Pro-choice Posted: 07-06-07 03:52am
1.There is no scientific consensus as to
when human life begins.
2.Personhood at conception is a religious
belief, not a provable biological fact.
3.Abortion is morally wrong, not true!!!
Forcing a woman to have a child against
her will is morally wrong.
4.The best way to protect the fetus is to
promote the health and well-being of
women.
5.Laws have never stopped abortion, but
only made it unsafe for women.
6.Abortion is a private matter between a
woman and her doctor. Human rights are
guaranteed for everyone and are not
subject to the whim of the electorate.
7.Legal abortion helps parents limit their
families to the number of children they
want and can afford.
8.Margaret Sanger said, "No woman can call
herself free who does not own and control
her own body." This concept is fundamental
for women.
9.The risk of dying from childbirth is
about 13 times that for early abortion,
and the overall abortion complication rate
is extremely low, about 25 times lower
than for childbirth.
10.Teen sex has complex societal causes,
including sexually-oriented TV, movies,
and ads. Studies have shown that where
birth control, abortion, and comprehensive
sex education are readily available (such
as in the Netherlands), teenagers have
less sex, not more, and abortion rates go
down.
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Birch
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Posted: 07-06-07 18:49pm
You "should" be prochoice because you
believe you don't have the answers for
people you don't even know.
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womaninpain
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Posted: 07-16-07 21:05pm
You should be pro choice because it is not
YOUR body, when it is YOUR body you can
choose what you want but when it is
someone else's it is their choice.
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redneckhippy
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Hello ? Posted: 07-26-07 02:07am
"You should be pro choice because it is
not YOUR body, when it is YOUR body you
can choose what you want but when it is
someone else's it is their choice." I
couldn't have said it better.You just
mistakenly wrote "pro-choice" instead of "
pro-life".It is always someone elses
body.That someone just cannot speak for
him or herself just yet but I will.
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Re: Hello ? Posted: 07-26-07 07:10am
redneckhippy
wrote:
"You should be pro choice
because it is not YOUR body, when it is
YOUR body you can choose what you want but
when it is someone else's it is their
choice." I couldn't have said it
better.You just mistakenly wrote
"pro-choice" instead of " pro-life".It is
always someone elses body.That someone
just cannot speak for him or herself just
yet but I
will.
Okay, this is a second warning... please
don't post here as you are clearly not
pro-choice. Could you read the rules of
the forums please?
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special_K
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Hmmm Posted: 08-08-07 03:31am
I have a problem with the opinion that
pro-choice means a woman would "choose"
abortion. Aside from the obivious
emotional dilema and pain this choice
causes, Pro-choice is really about a
political arena where woman's bodies and
choices are under constant scrutiny.
Religious beliefs aside, what happens when
the politicians (all of which, but one are
male and therefore would never have to
make the "choice") make it illegal for a
woman to have a medical abortion. What
punishment would they subject a woman to?
If we charge a woman then we should also
charge the men that made the "choice to
concieve" an accomplis and charge them as
well. They made a choice too. If we ask
the politicians to think critically about
what part the men play in unwanted
pregnancy then a whole new discussion
comes to the table. If a woman is an
accomplis to a robery and her
boyfriend/husband kills someone in the
process then she is also charged with
homicide, soooo turn the tables and ask
the men why they get to donate the DNA and
walk away. The scars and the burden and
the "choice" is for us as women to bare
and not for politicians to debate.
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Tarheelmbs
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Posted: 08-08-07 06:17am
I had a long time girlfriend that I got
pregnant (who I'm no longer with) we sat
down and both decided neither one of us
were ready for kids. But as a GUYS
perspective I also want half of the
decision. It is MY KID too. MY BLOOD, MY
DNA, MY GENES, MY BABY BOY/GIRL and I
should just as much be involved in that
decision. I was lucky my x-gf saw it that
way and we came to a happy middle road on
the decision and both decided to abort.
Neither one of us wanted our own blood
running around in this world when we
weren't ready to provide it with the best
possible situation available. I'm glad we
have the choice to CHOOSE. Having a child
is a very personal and inner decision and
who is somebody else to say that they can
be part of THAT DECISION? God bless the
country that truly does provide us with
the opportunity to make the best life
possible for our families and ourselves.
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kethib54
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Margarety Sanger Posted: 08-08-07 14:28pm
I wouldn't listen much to what M Sanger
had to say about anything. She started
abortion clinics in NYC because she wanted
to reduce the black population. She was
racist to the core, look up her writings,
not what doting followers wrote about her.
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Posted: 08-08-07 14:42pm
Tarheelmbs
wrote:
. But as a GUYS perspective
I also want half of the decision. It is
MY KID too. MY BLOOD, MY DNA, MY GENES, MY
BABY BOY/GIRL and I should just as much be
involved in that decision. I was lucky my
x-gf saw it that way and we came to a
happy middle road
.
In an ideal world it is a joint decision,
as it was in both yours and mine BUT when
it comes doesn to it it is not possible to
legislate for it to be an equal decision.
As the woman carries the pregnancy the
ultimate decision needs to be hers.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 08-08-07 14:54pm
I agree^^
A man does not have to subject his body to
the incubation and eventual birth of a
child. A woman does. That is why the
ultimate choice belongs to her and her
alone.
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special_K
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Missing the Point Posted: 08-08-07 15:34pm
I don't think that I have made myself
clear. There is more here than I can get
into right now but I wanted to respond by
saying that if a man were held equally
liable for the decision, you would have a
lot less men holding pro-life picket signs
because they would have to have the same
punishment they are willing to subject
women to. I think the man that came on
and made a well thought out decision with
his girlfriend is more rare than diamonds
but commendable never the less. Too many
men sit in jugdement on a decision that
they themselves would never have to make
or be held responsible for. That's all
for now.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 08-08-07 21:23pm
People, this is the pro-choice forum. If
you're not pro-choice, don't post here.
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Posted: 08-11-07 07:31am
Tarheelmbs wrote:
". But as a GUYS perspective I also want
half of the decision. It is MY KID too. MY
BLOOD, MY DNA, MY GENES, MY BABY BOY/GIRL
and I should just as much be involved in
that decision. I was lucky my x-gf saw it
that way and we came to a happy middle
road ."
??? what??
Dude..
1. Its not 'your kid too' it is a embryo,
not a child. Get your developmental stages
right m'kay? otherwise you look like and
fool.
2. My Blood - oh? did you have transfusion
with the woman impregnated? otherwise I
assure you that you have no blood in her
body from which oxygen and nutrients are
being leached slowly each and every day.
3. My DNA - half right here. Technically
its only HALF your DNA. The other half is
hers.
4. My Genes - Umm.. hello.. dunno what
science classes you took but.. DNA and
Genes.. one and the same.. genes ARE dna.
Building blocks of life; bodily
blueprints.. get it yet?
5. I am glad you came to happy middle road
and of course you are willingly
contributing to her pregnancy; making sure
she has appropriate medical attention;
taking her to doctor visits; ensuring she
has healthy nutritional foods to each;
supporting her emotionally, paying half
the costs of prenatal vitamins and doctor
visits... right? you are aren't you?
