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In reply to the discussion: Andrea Mitchel just stopped a guest who ID'd herself as "pro-life"... [View all]intheflow
(28,443 posts)28. Women can only "choose" to have an abortion if
there are safe, available, affordable medical facilities that perform abortions in their area. Rich women will always be able to "choose" to abort because if they can't get an abortion in their hometown, or even if it becomes illegal again, it's legal elsewhere and they have the means to get there. Poor women, not so much. That's what I mean by "choice" being a market-based coinage.
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Andrea Mitchel just stopped a guest who ID'd herself as "pro-life"... [View all]
JohnnyRingo
Jan 2013
OP
Women should have reproductive rights. We should not tell them what to do with their bodies.
hrmjustin
Jan 2013
#62
Personally I am pro-life and pro-choice. And I don't see a conflict with that.
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#23
I reread the thread, didn't see anyone else that was calling pro-life people names.
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#53
Last one, yeah, I've heard that before. I think you actually like me but won't admit it.
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#86
There's my problem with all of the labels. Which one sub-sums all of this & gender pay equity
patrice
Jan 2013
#38
Don't agree with Mitchell either. "Anti-abortion" is exactly what they want to be called.
Dawgs
Jan 2013
#17
We need to change the language. I don't know anyone who is "pro-abortion". That woman is anti-choice
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jan 2013
#18
There ARE "pro-abortion" people: those who support forced abortions, like what they do in China.
NYC Liberal
Jan 2013
#21
"I am "pro" any legal medical procedure a woman chooses to have performed on her own body
NYC Liberal
Jan 2013
#72
EXACTLY---you cannot be pro-life and not care if women die in back-alley abortions. nt
Lex
Jan 2013
#34
exactly... Jennifer Granholm had a very good piece about this in the Huffington Post a while back
Flaxbee
Jan 2013
#74
Whenever someone gives me the pro-choice argument, I smile and ask them when they....
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#79
Well, we discussed the issue even before we got married, and we agree on it and most other things...
George II
Jan 2013
#103
When people describe themselves as "pro-life," I confess that I am also against the death penalty
Texas Lawyer
Jan 2013
#50
No, they don't give a crap about healthy pregnancies either. They're pro-forced-birthers. Period.
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#58
Republicans are only for the "Sanctity of Life" for the 9 months preceding a child's birth
PennsylvaniaMatt
Jan 2013
#70
they're religious (mostly) fanatics who share more in common with the taliban than Americans
RainDog
Jan 2013
#85
So many people who are 'pro-life' are also quite enthusiastic about the death penalty.
Chemisse
Jan 2013
#101