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ProfessorPlum

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4. exactly right - it's about bodily autonomy

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2018, 09:03 PM

Sep 2018

no one is forced to donate a kidney, even if it could save someone's life.

I found that argument from the same place as you did, and found it just as clear and compelling.

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Best argument for keeping roe v wade, ever. Non-religious. [View all] lindysalsagal Sep 2018 OP

years ago, I would have said that the lack of decent birth control. demigoddess Sep 2018 #1

My mother said if there would have been birth control when she was younger blueinredohio Sep 2018 #3

Also this: we already know what happens when abortion is illegal. Women die of illegal abortion. mahina Sep 2018 #2

And poor women die at a much higher rate. nt Permanut Sep 2018 #5

Yes :( mahina Sep 2018 #6

yes, I remember a newspaper article in the 50s about a woman who wanted demigoddess Sep 2018 #7

exactly right - it's about bodily autonomy ProfessorPlum Sep 2018 #4

my reason is you shouldn't force someone to carry a baby for YOUR demigoddess Nov 2018 #8