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Old 08-22-2012, 05:11 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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No. Should your rights to make medical decisions for yourself be put to a vote?
They already are.
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:16 PM
 
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It would be handled so much better at the state level. The less the Federal government handles, the better. The biggest problem with the legality of abortion is, who pays for it. If taxpayers do not want to pay for women's abortions, they should be able to vote not to have to do it. The taxpayers should decide.
The taxpayers haven't had to pay for abortions ever, as far as I know.
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:16 PM
 
Location: Middle of nowhere
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They already are.
Who has voted to remove your right to a medical procedure?
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:22 PM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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Who has voted to remove your right to a medical procedure?

Medical decisions are, and have been voted on.

Right to end suffering of those in pain, medical marijuana use, etc.....

And now the biggest kicker of all, being required to buy something on a federal level.
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:31 PM
 
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I personally think so.

NO, the choice should be up to THE WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:37 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Yes. There's no perfect solution to the abortion issue right now, so I do think it's best to leave it up to the states. In fact, I think all contentious issues should be handled by individual states, such as drug legalization, same-sex marriage, and yes, even health care.
Agreed! There is no one size fits all, and it wound be great hubris for the politicians in the federal government to think could decide it the abortion issue for the entire nation.
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:39 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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NO, the choice should be up to THE WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, women in the 35 states where abortion would be outlawed the day after Roe v. Wade is overturned will have a choice! They can choose to travel to a pro-choice state for an abortion. And if the nearest one happens to be 1000 miles away, then they can choose to get a good job with time-off benefits and enough money so they can afford to travel there.

Isn't freedom of choice wonderful?
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:39 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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NO, the choice should be up to THE WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wrong! We have women drowning their children in bath tubs, and tossing newborns in trash cans and snow banks. You still think what you posted should stand?
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:45 PM
 
Location: Middle of nowhere
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Medical decisions are, and have been voted on.

Right to end suffering of those in pain, medical marijuana use, etc.....

And now the biggest kicker of all, being required to buy something on a federal level.
Those apply to everyone, not just women.

What if there was a vote to prohibit treatment for testicular cancer? Wouldn't bother me to have it banned. Has no effect on my life.

The insurance boondoggle is a huge over reach, I agree.
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:46 PM
 
Location: Middle of nowhere
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Wrong! We have women drowning their children in bath tubs, and tossing newborns in trash cans and snow banks. You still think what you posted should stand?
So making women give birth to children that are unwanted will stop that?
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