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In reply to the discussion: I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the procedure and the choice [View all]PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)76. So you want to further restrict or outlaw abortions?
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I am pro-abortion, not just pro-choice: 10 reasons why we must support the procedure and the choice [View all]
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
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I wish we'd focus more on this as a party. Our collective complacency feeds the movement to restrict
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#8
Amen. And it is a timely article given some recent conversations here on DU.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#10
GOOD one. We just absolutely have to STOP using the enemy's memes and messaging and framings.
calimary
Apr 2015
#81
7. I’m pro-abortion because contraceptives are imperfect, and people are too.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#14
I, too am 100% pro-condom! But since 1 in 6 result in pregnancy, also pro-abortion.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#17
It was a bit of a rhetorical question. We both know for a fact that it is not.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#85
I am also pro-condom, but condoms can fail. There HAS to be a variety of options.
calimary
Apr 2015
#80
typically 86 out of 100 women will get pregnant using male condoms over 10 years
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#27
Sigh. As the poets Anthrax would say, "Talking to some is like clapping with one hand"
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#121
I've never been reticent about saying that abortion is a positive thing. That's why
Nay
Apr 2015
#33
That's not a rebuttal, that's a childish reply unworthy of further discussion.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#37
that's some offensive BS...did you think women aren't aware of what idiots think?
nashville_brook
Apr 2015
#64
this radical feminist believes abortion unique and ends a life, and that mothers get to make that choice
zazen
Apr 2015
#38
a "person is as a person does?" then many disabled/elderly don't qualify as persons
zazen
Apr 2015
#77
Yeah, admittedly I am a bit defensive on the issue because of the sweeping legislation restricting
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#83
The right to abortion is meaningless without the means to get one. Please give generously.
eggplant
Apr 2015
#41
I used to give to Planned Parenthood, but I've shifted my donations to local Abortion Funds.
eggplant
Apr 2015
#47
"Was" great for providing low-cost healthcare to women... Texas has decimated them
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2015
#57
You are perfectly right about the you and us. I am not behind you and neither is or will be
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#73
Abortion is an important part of choice. If you support choice, you support abortion.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#112
Whether I choose an abortion, or you choose an abortion, or the woman down the street chooses an
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#117
I don't think I have the right to control women, that's why I am pro-choice.
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#99
That's what we call "soft support" and it leads to complacency while access is being restricted.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#100
Please provide a link, I can find no poll that shows a majority are pro-abortion.
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#96
Ok, it's a long page maybe I missed it. Please tell me about where on the
A Simple Game
Apr 2015
#104
Excellent post! If the right wing had their way, the Duggars would be all of us.
Rozlee
Apr 2015
#79
Thank you. Six out of ten abortions are performed on women who are already mothers.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#90
I agree. I tell people I'm pro-abortion, too. Abortion is a remedy, not a fuckin' sin. nt
valerief
Apr 2015
#113
I, too am 100% pro-condom! But since 1 in 6 result in pregnancy, also pro-abortion.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2015
#115
I have never felt that way... this is how I feel: It should be a widely shared option
ScreamingMeemie
Apr 2015
#127