My dad is against abortion.

[Smith_3]

He said he is against it because when he was a kid, he saw his grandpa throw surplus puppies off a cliff. Is that a legitimate reason? :shrug:

[melody]

1. Tell your dad not to have one -- what he's against is infanticide not abortion

Abortions don't eliminate babies, they terminate fetuses that couldn't live outside the body of the mother. ANYONE would be against someone throwing surplus babies (or puppies) off a cliff. But just the same, we shouldn't throw a young woman's life off a cliff because some self righteous person wants to force his definition of "life" onto her.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. No, because it is not the same thing

Ask him if he would still be against abortion if your mom got pregnant and something went terribly wrong and she would die if she carried the baby to term. Ask him if he would still be against abortion if his daughter or niece was brutally raped and got pregnant by it. Finally, ask him if he knows what a zygote is. Because in early term abortions, this is what is aborted. In abortions, a full-term baby is NOT "flung over a cliff".

[Neurotica]

3. Out of curiosity, how does he feel about contraception and comprehensive

sex education?

[Smith_3]

5. He is for it.

:) He also complains about how kids are not told to use condoms.

He is a kind of Ron Paul'ish leaning...

[MrScorpio]

4. Frankly, I also think abortion is a bad idea

Especially, when 80% of them can be avoided if this country, from day one, had we focused on a comprehensive program of available contraception, sex education and woman's health care.

But when you have the head in a hole gang running things, elective abortions at the current levels become a necessity As long as there is always a need to terminate pregnancies to save women's lives, no one except the doctors and the patients should weigh in on this issue.

If the anti-abortion crowd was really serious about reducing the number of abortions in this country, they should pull their heads out of their collective asses, get off the "abstinence only" bandwagon and go about it the smart way.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Puppies=after birth. Abortion=before taking a breath.

[GreenEyedLefty]

7. I don't know any pro-choice person who is all for abortion.

You can be against abortion but still pro-choice.

[bryant69]

8. I'm opposed to Abortion because I was adopted

So I can't help thinking, what if my Mother had decided to abort me (or my brother).

That said, being opposed to women having Abortions is not the same thing as believing Abortions should be illegal. Woman should have the right to have an abortion, I just feel they should choose not to.

I also think people should give up smoking and tailgating.

Bryant
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[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. I have no problem with his being against abortion. My problem would be if he tried to stop other

people from exercising their choice.

[yurbud]

10. if he is using this as an excuse to vote for Republicans, tell him Democrats will do the same thing

GOP did about abortion when they controlled all three branches of government: nothing.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

11. i know several single mothers that are really struggling in todays

economy, so if he is REALLY against abortion, make sure he is donating to food banks, and voting for those officials who will make sure we have good jobs, decent public schools, available and affordable daycare.

[tuckessee]

12. Would you prefer to have been aborted?

It's never too late to DIY.

[Lex]

13. I'm against logic.

Because once I saw it saw horribly twisted and abused.

[blondeatlast]

17. ...

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[noonwitch]

14. Your dad has a right to his feelings and opinions

You have your right to yours. It's certainly not worth arguing about, unless that is the nature of your relationship or something.

[blondeatlast]

15. Have you EVER had an opinion of your own, or do you always let faceless

posters on a message board answer your tough pholosophical questions for you?

Just curious...

[LeftinOH]

16. Abortion=throwing live babies off a cliff?

[ismnotwasm]

18. No it's not a legitimate reason

In fact, that's one of the creepiest reasons I've heard lately.

And what does "against abortion" mean exactly? He certainly isn't ever going to have one.