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In reply to the discussion: You can be personally opposed to abortion and fully support a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(99,729 posts)52. I am so sad to hear about your child. I know it's mere words.
I really believe in a culture of life and for me it's much, much, much... more than a slogan. I was a caregiver to my mom for twelve years, from the time she was seventy eight years old to when she passed away at ninety. She was a below the knee amputee and had Stage 3 Colon Cancer. She beat the Colon Cancer at 82 and died of old age at 90 in 2008. I became a caregiver in 1996 when my mom was in a nursing home getting rehab so she could learn to walk with a walker after her right leg was amputated below the knee. I took her to lunch at Steak And Ale and when I went to take her back to the nursing home she said " I don't want to go back." So I took her to my apartment and got her stuff out of the nursing home. She could walk reasonably well with her walker but I lived in fear she would fall. This fear and the constant running back to my apartment distracted me and cost me to lose my job. I took my small savings and opened up a small publishing business which allowed me to work out my apartment and keep an eye on my mom. The business took off and I made enough money to buy a nice home for my mom and myself. There are even former DU members who I did business with and visited me there. The older she got the more dependent she got but I don't regret a minute I spent taking care of her. There is not a day that goes by I don't think of her and it's been nine years. She literally died in my arms after I was taking her home from the emergency room.
That experience has made life very precious to me.
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You can be personally opposed to abortion and fully support a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
OP
Why do people feel compelled to announce that they, personally, oppose abortion
cyclonefence
Aug 2017
#9
"fetal abnormalities that might make abortion a good choice". What other circumstances make abortion
uppityperson
Aug 2017
#72
First, the OP did not qualify support for abortion RIGHTS as "under the right circumstances.
Ms. Toad
Aug 2017
#43
Of course some women have an abortion "without tears and struggle". It is demeaning to
uppityperson
Aug 2017
#70
The argument has been made that abortion is just another medical procedure.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#8
Whether abortion is just another medical procedure is not for me to decide
cyclonefence
Aug 2017
#15
Everytime someone like you says that, other folks here say they are wrong about their views
stevenleser
Aug 2017
#21
I've been saying this for years, few people understand what it actually means. Thanks.
George II
Aug 2017
#4
You can't be pro life unless you believe a poor child should have the same opportunities ...
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#39
So what? Really, so what? You know one person who thought she wouldn't have an abortion,
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#63
If they throw it back to the states women of means will just travel to states where it is available
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#26
You can be personally opposed to abortion and fully support a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy
J_William_Ryan
Aug 2017
#29
Re: all the "PRO-LIFE DEMOCRATS" Threads: Let's get to the heart of the matter...
brooklynite
Aug 2017
#44
The philosophical argument is thorny enough. I won't touch the political argument
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#54
When you remove the judgmentalism, it sounds like the candidate actually supports women's rights.
CrispyQ
Aug 2017
#68
The problem is the implication that some are pro-abortion or anti-life. It's insulting and ignorant.
Garrett78
Aug 2017
#61