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PoindexterOglethorpe

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17. And your experience is EXACTLY what choice is all about.

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 11:42 PM

Nov 2017

The very fact that you could seriously consider an abortion made your decision to get married a strong one, not just something you were forced into.

There was a time when the phrase "She had to get married" was relatively common, and referred to the young lady in question getting pregnant, and with abortion almost totally unobtainable, the only choices were to get married or to slink off somewhere to have the baby in secret shame and give it up for adoption. I recently read The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler, and the stories are heartbreaking, because almost every single one of those women were pressured into letting their babies be adopted. They were given no choice in the matter, and it seems that most of them never got over it.

Women absolutely need to make their own decisions about such things, and no one else should judge the woman for her decision. Ever.

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Why am I pro-choice? [View all] Kath2 Nov 2017 OP

Im pro-choice... roamer65 Nov 2017 #1

What you said. Grade A shraby Nov 2017 #2

Yes Hayduke Bomgarte Nov 2017 #16

I know many EX Catholics and only one who still is. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #3

You rebel, you. roamer65 Nov 2017 #5

I cracked up when my friend told me she got a new web client that sells church stuff. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #25

You're my kind of lady! lastlib Nov 2017 #28

Similar experience for me FakeNoose Nov 2017 #4

Thank you. Kath2 Nov 2017 #11

And your experience is EXACTLY what choice is all about. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #17

Don't worry about it. dubyadiprecession Nov 2017 #6

i'm pro-choice because it is absolutely none of my damn business Takket Nov 2017 #7

Thank you. Kath2 Nov 2017 #9

i cetainly don't want people i've never known or will ever know Takket Nov 2017 #14

I love this. Kath2 Nov 2017 #15

When a woman decides on motherhood FakeNoose Nov 2017 #21

I'm pro choice because it's not up to me to tell someone their options should be limited. herding cats Nov 2017 #8

I am very glad you are alive! Kath2 Nov 2017 #10

Thanks! herding cats Nov 2017 #12

Very well-said. Kath2 Nov 2017 #13

The Church is anti-choice because the priests want a supply of kids to prey over. keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #18

It didn't start out that way FakeNoose Nov 2017 #22

I am pro choice stopwastingmymoney Nov 2017 #19

I'm pro-choice because when I was a teenager MurrayDelph Nov 2017 #20

I'm pro-choice for a lot of reasons Bettie Nov 2017 #23

Religious freedom? ... keithbvadu2 Nov 2017 #24

For me religious freedom means Bettie Nov 2017 #29

The most important decision a woman can make, isn't yours. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #26

The key is CHOICE, a WOMAN'S CHOICE, not a mans. still_one Nov 2017 #27

Men make reproductive choices, too. MineralMan Nov 2017 #30