Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
30 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
I'm pro abortion. (Original Post) Voltaire2 Jul 2018 OP
I'm pro choice DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2018 #1
Absolutely- but there is nothing wrong with choosing abortion. Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #2
Abortion is one of the options available in Choice, if a woman chooses it. Blue_true Jul 2018 #12
I am too. If you want or need one it's nobody else's business. we can do it Jul 2018 #3
Also pro-abortion. It's a safe, simple procedure that does what it's intended to do, which is WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2018 #4
I am pro-abortion as a woman's medical option/necessity. demmiblue Jul 2018 #5
I stand with you, Voltaire2. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #6
I am also pro abortion. Metatron Jul 2018 #7
K&R for, I'm pro-Choice UTUSN Jul 2018 #8
I'm pro safe medical procedures MurrayDelph Jul 2018 #9
Same here. When Cons bring the Bible into it, I smack them down with how church perverts passages. TheBlackAdder Jul 2018 #10
Pro Choice is a much better term. Blue_true Jul 2018 #11
Saying one is pro-abortion doesn't even hint Mariana Jul 2018 #14
Neither does pro choice. But pro choice don't allow republicans to tar and feather us. Blue_true Jul 2018 #16
And we've done very well over the last 30 years Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #18
They framed it on us by us using pro abortion. Blue_true Jul 2018 #23
It kind of does, and leaves out the issues of societal/financial coercion. moriah Jul 2018 #24
I am also pro appendectomy and pro cholecystectomy when medically indicated. McCamy Taylor Jul 2018 #13
i am pro-abortion, too. mopinko Jul 2018 #15
I have four kids and had I not lost three might have had 7....can you imagine? Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #22
I am pro-population reduction. roamer65 Jul 2018 #17
I'm Pro-choice Raine Jul 2018 #19
I'm pro woman. It's nobody's business what we decide to do with our bodies. Vinca Jul 2018 #20
Hear! Hear! Raster Jul 2018 #28
I am too. A woman has the right decide about her own body...and the rightwing hypocrites who Demsrule86 Jul 2018 #21
Safe, legal and available abortion Johnny2X2X Jul 2018 #25
Same here! 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2018 #26
If a woman wants to have an abortion... Raster Jul 2018 #27
It's a horrible procedure Soxfan58 Jul 2018 #29
Saw "freakenomics" on HBO? DiverDave Jul 2018 #30

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
12. Abortion is one of the options available in Choice, if a woman chooses it.
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 10:54 PM
Jul 2018

Why give republicans fuel with your choice of terminology? They love the use of the term Pro Abortion by the left. It is unfortunate that some on our side insist upon falling into their trap.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,308 posts)
4. Also pro-abortion. It's a safe, simple procedure that does what it's intended to do, which is
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 09:53 PM
Jul 2018

end an unwanted pregnancy. When treated as healthcare and not a morality tool, of course.

demmiblue

(36,823 posts)
5. I am pro-abortion as a woman's medical option/necessity.
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 09:58 PM
Jul 2018

I am also anti-forced pregnancy/birth.

I am also more pro-life than the forced birthers.

MurrayDelph

(5,292 posts)
9. I'm pro safe medical procedures
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 10:35 PM
Jul 2018

Last edited Mon Jul 9, 2018, 12:47 AM - Edit history (1)

I'm 65, never had kids of my own, but I remember when I was a preteen and father had to tell his best friend that he'd just taken best-friend's daughter to the hospital for complications of a botched back-alley abortion.

No woman should ever have to resort to one of these butchers ever again.


As a middle-aged (-to-old) man, my opinion is that abortion should be safe, legal, and none of my goddamn business.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. Pro Choice is a much better term.
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 10:51 PM
Jul 2018

Pro Choice says that it is up to a woman to decide what happens with her body.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
14. Saying one is pro-abortion doesn't even hint
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 11:17 PM
Jul 2018

that a woman shouldn't decide what happens with her body.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
16. Neither does pro choice. But pro choice don't allow republicans to tar and feather us.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 12:34 AM
Jul 2018

We need to use language better. There have been several recent cases

Abolish ICE? What the hell does that mean? Reform ICE is much more descriptive.

Abolish Profit? Really? That's a sure loser at the polls, except in a few places.

Voltaire2

(12,958 posts)
18. And we've done very well over the last 30 years
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 05:13 AM
Jul 2018

by running away and hiding every time the republicans say “boo”. We’ve been letting the other party frame the abortion debate since the 90s. We’ve conceded that there is something wrong with abortions. We need to stop doing that.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
23. They framed it on us by us using pro abortion.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 12:59 PM
Jul 2018

It is pro choice

We want women to chose what happens to their body
We want women to have access to birth control and abortion if they chose that route
We CHOSE to feed and care for children after they are born and not just in the womb
We chose to educate children and limit their exposure to gun violence
We chose to provide safe food and water to children

Every single thing we chose to do, republicans are failing on, we need to attack them on principles and stop tripping ourselves up with self limiting terminology.

moriah

(8,311 posts)
24. It kind of does, and leaves out the issues of societal/financial coercion.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 01:23 PM
Jul 2018

It's like saying you're pro-death penalty, which is different from "I support a convicted person's right to choose death over life in prison in 23 hour solitary confinement". If I held the attitude that a person in such a circumstance could even be making that call of their own free will, it'd still not going to get me on a jury in a capital case. I'd have to convince a judge I thought I had the right to choose life or death for another adult human being just because they committed a crime. I don't, let alone the right to tell them what to do with a fetus inside them.

I'm pro-choice. Women should not be coerced into aborting OR carrying, but supported by society 100% in whatever decision they make for that pregnancy.

And we as a society do a piss-poor job of supporting the woman through *either* decision because politics is so focused on what their decision should or should not be. Pregnant women shouldn't be having to get preached at and called a slut to get diapers for the baby they wanted to keep after unintentionally getting pregnant, which is the situation many find themselves in for exercising their choice. And yeah, they're getting called names, but it's worth it to them to get the diapers.

But it shouldn't be that way.

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
13. I am also pro appendectomy and pro cholecystectomy when medically indicated.
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 10:57 PM
Jul 2018

Therapeutic abortion is a medical procedure, not a lifestyle choice.

mopinko

(70,003 posts)
15. i am pro-abortion, too.
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 11:21 PM
Jul 2018

even tho i chose to have 5 kids, knowing that i had an option that was safe and legal meant i wasnt anyone's slave made a huge difference.
i am pro medical care for women. period.

Demsrule86

(68,458 posts)
22. I have four kids and had I not lost three might have had 7....can you imagine?
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 06:07 AM
Jul 2018

I believe in abortion on demand.

roamer65

(36,744 posts)
17. I am pro-population reduction.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 01:23 AM
Jul 2018

Abortion is just one of the many routes that should be available to achieve that goal.

I am 100 pct behind any woman who chooses it to end an undesired pregnancy for any reason she deems necessary.

Demsrule86

(68,458 posts)
21. I am too. A woman has the right decide about her own body...and the rightwing hypocrites who
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 06:06 AM
Jul 2018

can fuck off.

Johnny2X2X

(18,970 posts)
25. Safe, legal and available abortion
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 01:34 PM
Jul 2018

I am for safe, legal, and available abortions. I'd also like them to be fully funded. So I am pro abortion too, if all of these conditions were met many more abortions would occur.

Young mothers should be able to absolutely choose when and when not they carry a fetus to term.

Soxfan58

(3,479 posts)
29. It's a horrible procedure
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 02:40 PM
Jul 2018

That through education and birth control we should work to reduce. But it should never be illegal.

DiverDave

(4,886 posts)
30. Saw "freakenomics" on HBO?
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:45 PM
Jul 2018

Well, one of those, anyway.
Using numbers they wanted to see what brought crime numbers down.
They looked at 3 strikes, they looked at the addition of cops.
They found out that unwanted childern, that the mothers couldn't afford to raise were the cause of large uptick in crime.
Conclusion? Roe v Wade brought crime down....BOOM!

I highly recommend watching-reading the study.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»I'm pro abortion.