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In reply to the discussion: Abortion actually is becoming RARE. Jailing women for "suspicious miscarriages" is trending. Coincidence? [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)63. They have a "death to all who oppose us" mindset....
Plus a healthy dose of fear of retribution.
It's like when I see some RW Gun Nut with a suburban bunker. The obvious question is, "What are they afraid of?"
Then it dawned on me that these types usually DO have some people out there in the world who they've pissed off. Some actually KNOW that they are assholes who deserve a punch in the face and all the window bars and such is to prevent what's comin' to em.
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Abortion actually is becoming RARE. Jailing women for "suspicious miscarriages" is trending. Coincidence? [View all]
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
OP
i think that people believe we have full rights on this b/c Roe still exists
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#6
we're let down all too often on matters concerning women's rights by fellow DUers
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#14
lip service = passing laws with no enforcement mechanism + claim victory
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#38
YES TO THIS --> "invented contempt for women's health to keep us from ruling the world"
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#34
i've been an activist on this issue since high school, and it wasn't until that thread
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#18
true this. we have to deal with individual states and the supreme crt. that is a MUST.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#21
The gop War on Women rolls on like a tidal wave bulldozing everything in its path.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#24
We have got to recognize their millennia-old games and refuse to play.
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#83
mobilize and persuade -- get ppl to the polls by actually standing up for us
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#73
What the hell are you aiming. If you are talking about Hillary calling abortions "rare" and you
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#39
the language of the "rare" abortion is counter-productive per the reasons i set out.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#40
I am glad to hear there are Hillary supporters. Hillary is not advocating for RW states to make
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#53
this isn't an anti-Hillary sentiment or thread...there's PLENTY of those.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#55
RE Hillary -- here's what i published earlier today. does this sound anti-HRC?
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#69
i'd also like back surgery to be rare...but that doesn't imply moral hazard
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#50
There isn't any comparsion of back surgery and pregnancy. Can a woman who isn't pregnant get an
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#58
so you just refuse to accept there's a value judgement in the "rare" abortion.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#61
You have this turned around and upside down. I accept making abortions rare, a no pregnancy does
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#62
And abortions are in order for these cases. Look I sorta understand ther are "accidents" ergo
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#65
Then you just may be wrong headed if you think Hillary was not talking about birth
Thinkingabout
Apr 2015
#56
so, if women just stopped getting knocked up we wouldn't be having this discussion.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#57
well, that's what's implied in the moral hazard of the "rare" abortion. own it.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#60
just this week Oregon DEMOCRATS (super-majority, btw) killed a bill to expand abortion rights.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#52
this is exactly what i'm talking about -- it's our job to provide political cover.
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#78
I think it totally sucks that not very many self-identified males HERE AT DU
bullwinkle428
Apr 2015
#85