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The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
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You're avoiding the question.
ScoobyDoo
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Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
No, that's the answer. If you don't want a pregnancy terminated and you're a man there's a real simple solution to that problem. Real simple.
No, that's the answer. If you don't want a pregnancy terminated and you're a man there's a real simple solution to that problem. Real simple.
Are you implying that you can spread pollen without worrying about the consequences? "Not my problem!" is not a defense - it's a cop out.
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no one is saying that. You're the father, you're on the hook to help raise the kid. However, you can't force a mother that doesn't want to be pregnant to remain so. It's her body, her choice.
no one is saying that. You're the father, you're on the hook to help raise the kid. However, you can't force a mother that doesn't want to be pregnant to remain so. It's her body, her choice.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
Indeed.
Many holes to fill outside of the box
Indeed.
Many holes to fill outside of the box
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
No. Quite the contrary. Not sure how you came to such a ridiculous conclusion.
No. Quite the contrary. Not sure how you came to such a ridiculous conclusion.
unofan
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You asked when it's unacceptable. That's an inherently subjective standard. Unacceptable to whom? Me? Then probably a lot longer than what you would respond with, but still a lot shorter than what most women would say, since you know, they're the ones having to actually deal with it.
Tell me, when you crack open an egg for breakfast and see it had gotten fertilized, do you start calling it a chicken?
Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
you can't even tell until it's been incubated for several days, so if Joe has ever purchased farmer's market eggs, or been given eggs from a neighbor that keeps a rooster with their hens (many do, because the rooster helps free range hens from predators), he's probably "aborted" a chicken.
you can't even tell until it's been incubated for several days, so if Joe has ever purchased farmer's market eggs, or been given eggs from a neighbor that keeps a rooster with their hens (many do, because the rooster helps free range hens from predators), he's probably "aborted" a chicken.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
In my experience those of us who are pro-choice are far, far more careful and more responsible of the consequences of sex than those who sniff love the unborn.
It all comes down to three things:
1. Women are not inferior or superior beings; they are equal humans with equal agency.
2. Sex is not a sin and not a sacred magic act, it's a biological function.
3. Human development is a process, not the discrete event of endowment with a soul.
Until people get over those three Iron Age myths they aren't mature enough to comprehend abortion as a biological function. The idea that an abortion is ipso facto murder is on the veridical level of the idea that abstinence is murder. It is a matter of potentiality. A clump of cells is not a baby no matter how much some psychologically need it to be.
In my experience those of us who are pro-choice are far, far more careful and more responsible of the consequences of sex than those who sniff love the unborn.
It all comes down to three things:
1. Women are not inferior or superior beings; they are equal humans with equal agency.
2. Sex is not a sin and not a sacred magic act, it's a biological function.
3. Human development is a process, not the discrete event of endowment with a soul.
Until people get over those three Iron Age myths they aren't mature enough to comprehend abortion as a biological function. The idea that an abortion is ipso facto murder is on the veridical level of the idea that abstinence is murder. It is a matter of potentiality. A clump of cells is not a baby no matter how much some psychologically need it to be.
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mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
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How about original intent?
Would a premie at 10weeks survived in 1778? No? Not a life
At 20 weeks?
Why weren’t babies rights put in as an amendment?
Case closed
How about original intent?
Would a premie at 10weeks survived in 1778? No? Not a life
At 20 weeks?
Why weren’t babies rights put in as an amendment?
Case closed
ScoobyDoo
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Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/...an-party-women.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/...an-party-women.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
Why would I care about what a bunch of lawyers who lived before Schwann and Schleiden and still believed in spontaneous generation had to say concerning an issue in cellular biology?
Why would I care about what a bunch of lawyers who lived before Schwann and Schleiden and still believed in spontaneous generation had to say concerning an issue in cellular biology?
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Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
Since the majority of this Board is now in hysterics over the repeal of Roe v Wade now that Kennedy will retire, I will state the following:
As abhorrent as it is, legal abortion will not go away. Restrictions, but not prohibition, will be permitted. Just like a lot of things, the restrictions may be looser in the NE and West Coast, and tighter in the Bible Belt. But if a woman wants to terminate her pregnancy, she can.
Where legislation is on the books, that stays. If abortion was imposed via judicial fiat, then the legislature should step up and state what the people's wishes are.
Since the majority of this Board is now in hysterics over the repeal of Roe v Wade now that Kennedy will retire, I will state the following:
As abhorrent as it is, legal abortion will not go away. Restrictions, but not prohibition, will be permitted. Just like a lot of things, the restrictions may be looser in the NE and West Coast, and tighter in the Bible Belt. But if a woman wants to terminate her pregnancy, she can.
Where legislation is on the books, that stays. If abortion was imposed via judicial fiat, then the legislature should step up and state what the people's wishes are.
ScoobyDoo
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Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
lol. You have no idea what a woman goes through in Texas right now to get the reproductive health care she wants. You should try reading a newspaper once in a while.
lol. You have no idea what a woman goes through in Texas right now to get the reproductive health care she wants. You should try reading a newspaper once in a while.
unofan
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Abortion is never imposed by judicial fiat. The right to get an abortion if a woman chooses to do so is protected by judicial fiat. Because Fark misogynistic legislatures who want to control women.
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yeah, a poor teen from the Bible Belt can travel hundreds or thousands (once the bible belt bans it) of miles to the closest clinic no problem
clueless as ever, but I'm sure you've got a raging hard-on over the thought of abortion getting a hell of a lot harder for women (and for many downright impossible)
yeah, a poor teen from the Bible Belt can travel hundreds or thousands (once the bible belt bans it) of miles to the closest clinic no problem
clueless as ever, but I'm sure you've got a raging hard-on over the thought of abortion getting a hell of a lot harder for women (and for many downright impossible)
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ScoobyDoo
NPC
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I swear people have no idea what actually happens in this country. They all walk around in a daze.
I swear people have no idea what actually happens in this country. They all walk around in a daze.
I said restricted (as in time and whatever else the legislature thinks), not banned.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: The "I Can't Believe There's No Abortion Thread" Abortion Thread
It's restricted now genius. Read a newspaper and see what those restrictions do to people who have no power, and no wealth.
It's restricted now genius. Read a newspaper and see what those restrictions do to people who have no power, and no wealth.
And many get struck down. However, it should be up to the people, via their elected representatives, to set those limits. As long as the restrictions <> prohibition, the will of the people (which can change over time) should prevail.
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