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Amen and THANK YOU! PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #1
yep, it's rare now in many states and nominally legal, but we have lost cali Apr 2015 #2
i think that people believe we have full rights on this b/c Roe still exists nashville_brook Apr 2015 #6
They have picked the carcass of that decision clean. DirkGently Apr 2015 #9
and when we empower them to do so by hiding behind "message testing" nashville_brook Apr 2015 #12
yes. drives me nuts re duers. cali Apr 2015 #11
we're let down all too often on matters concerning women's rights by fellow DUers nashville_brook Apr 2015 #14
A DUer just called women with kids who have abortions "ignorant". PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #26
wow -- that's what 20+ years of backsliding on this issue has begotten nashville_brook Apr 2015 #33
To the Greatest! merrily Apr 2015 #3
Too many people wrongly assume it is accessible and that freaks me out.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #4
there's conflicting messages. on the 40th anniversary of Roe... nashville_brook Apr 2015 #7
I missed that, interesting. But people tend to think Roe= settled.... bettyellen Apr 2015 #36
lip service = passing laws with no enforcement mechanism + claim victory nashville_brook Apr 2015 #38
It was supposed to be settled, wasn't it? DirkGently Apr 2015 #48
+1 Rollback in too many areas, and most people are oblivious. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #81
Thank you! REP Apr 2015 #5
Amen. "Rare" was a misbegotten concession DirkGently Apr 2015 #8
^^THIS -- it invited the public to obstruct medical care! nashville_brook Apr 2015 #10
The whole third way triangulation needs to GO. haikugal Apr 2015 #44
triangulation... nashville_brook Apr 2015 #79
Beemans! LOL haikugal Apr 2015 #80
Let's not forget the demographics. LeftyMom Apr 2015 #13
so spot on! nashville_brook Apr 2015 #15
THIS ^ x 1,000 DirkGently Apr 2015 #17
equal pay and abortion are two sides of the same coin nashville_brook Apr 2015 #19
Two aspects of CONTEMPT DirkGently Apr 2015 #22
YES TO THIS --> "invented contempt for women's health to keep us from ruling the world" nashville_brook Apr 2015 #34
Good points. I think it might be the rank dishonesty that bothers me the most. MH1 Apr 2015 #20
it's a classic "don't think of an elephant" situation nashville_brook Apr 2015 #74
Thank you for this post. JTFrog Apr 2015 #16
i've been an activist on this issue since high school, and it wasn't until that thread nashville_brook Apr 2015 #18
I like the cut off your jib. PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #23
this is what happened in my life this week, in abortion politics --> nashville_brook Apr 2015 #32
wow, thanks for the link and your fierce advocacy. PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #35
+++ Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #70
true this. we have to deal with individual states and the supreme crt. that is a MUST. seabeyond Apr 2015 #21
+1 nashville_brook Apr 2015 #72
The gop War on Women rolls on like a tidal wave bulldozing everything in its path. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #24
Women are their go-to target. DirkGently Apr 2015 #46
We have got to recognize their millennia-old games and refuse to play. Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #83
Did you Vote? dem in texas Apr 2015 #25
are f'n kidding me? did i vote? nashville_brook Apr 2015 #28
We all vote here. Thanks anyway? DirkGently Apr 2015 #29
mobilize and persuade -- get ppl to the polls by actually standing up for us nashville_brook Apr 2015 #73
You can't deal with people who want you dead. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #27
We seem to keep forgetting that's what they really want. DirkGently Apr 2015 #37
They have a "death to all who oppose us" mindset.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2015 #63
Great post. K&R. Luminous Animal Apr 2015 #30
Kick! Heidi Apr 2015 #31
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 addressed this in Post #39. RARE as in less unwanted pregnancies. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #51
"pregnancy after conception" is the only pregnancy i'm familiar with. nashville_brook Apr 2015 #54
Some of us taking issue with this phrase are Hillary supporters. PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #41
+100000 nashville_brook Apr 2015 #49
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
Well, no. Calling for abortion to be "rare" is wrong, whoever says it. DirkGently Apr 2015 #42
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
do you accept that women get pregnant even with birth control? nashville_brook Apr 2015 #64
And abortions are in order for these cases. Look I sorta understand ther are "accidents" ergo Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #65
then we "sorta" agree? nashville_brook Apr 2015 #67
What about when a man and woman just get swept away in a moment of passion? PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #68
Precisely! n/t DirkGently Apr 2015 #66
bonerpills for old dudes - those should e rare and go against my religion elehhhhna Apr 2015 #71
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
You are slipping off in a ditch. Thinkingabout Apr 2015 #59
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
"Difficult to go public on?" DirkGently Apr 2015 #76
this is exactly what i'm talking about -- it's our job to provide political cover. nashville_brook Apr 2015 #78
Yes, yes, yes....Kudos!! haikugal Apr 2015 #43
and you as well! nashville_brook Apr 2015 #75
K & R!! jen63 Apr 2015 #45
Kick! jen63 Apr 2015 #47
+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2015 #77
It already IS rare. Just ask a woman in Texas.... Novara Apr 2015 #82
^^this a thousand times! nashville_brook Apr 2015 #84
I think it totally sucks that not very many self-identified males HERE AT DU bullwinkle428 Apr 2015 #85
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