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It's a day to celebrate American SHARIA LAW!!! You have the right to your religious beliefs, but you have no right to force other people, by law, to live by your beliefs.
By the same token, you have no right to force people who sincerely believe that abortion is murder to fund your abortion or anyone elses.
Its high time this conversation is removed from the national agenda and people who want to have abortions or support the right of others to have abortions fund them.
Not like there is no precedence for this.
We don't force conscientious objectors to participate in war. Should be the same principle imo.
I could totally get behind this sort of conversation. Totally.
By the way, I do want to address something that gets thrown around all the time - that those who are pro life are somehow only pro birth but don't care about babies after they're born. That's such a broad generalization and stereotype - I just don't see how it can be bandied about any more seriously than the idea that every woman, or even most women, who support feminism would be proud of a protester wearing a ***** hat and painting her crotch blood red, and screaming "F the USA" at the top of her lungs.
Just an example - my parents and my daughter both adopted (and boy are we glad that those bio mothers didn't choose abortion but instead gave our families these two precious babies). I have four natural kids of my own so no need for adoption myself, but I do support both international and local adoption organizations and healthcare clinics for underprivileged women, which offer great prenatal and pediatric care AT NO COST to the women (they also do not receive any state or federal funds).
I also teach regular classes, as a volunteer, at an organization that teaches job skills to underprivileged women. Our organization has a much higher job success rate than state and federal programs with the same format.
In addition to those activities, I also pay my taxes - and I pay a higher percentage of my income in taxes than either the Obamas or the Trumps.
I am not unusual. Most of the women I know and associate with are college educated, strong women who also support such entities, and who also pay a hefty chunk of their income in taxes.
I'm not addressing this to you specifically but I wanted to put that out there. I hate sounding like I'm bragging - in fact, I hate to even bring up "what I do," but I think it bears repeating, because "what I do" is not rare or unique among those who would call themselves "pro life."
I know that there are lots of people who are pro-life and put their money where there mouths are. There are also people who are pro-choice who support charities that provide homes for unwed mothers, like me. But there definitely are people in the "right-to-life" camp who seem bent on punishing women for having sex for anything other than procreation. And screamers on the other side who are not respectful of the complicated issues surrounding abortion.
I appreciate that adoption is an option for women facing unwanted pregnancies. But IMO, it makes much more sense to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. If you have a way to do so within the boundaries of your program, I'd be curious to know what the women you're working with think about access to LARC, whether they're using it, and whether they'd take advantage of it if they could afford it.
I know that there are lots of people who are pro-life and put their money where there mouths are. There are also people who are pro-choice who support charities that provide homes for unwed mothers, like me. But there definitely are people in the "right-to-life" camp who seem bent on punishing women for having sex for anything other than procreation. And screamers on the other side who are not respectful of the complicated issues surrounding abortion.
I appreciate that adoption is an option for women facing unwanted pregnancies. But IMO, it makes much more sense to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. If you have a way to do so within the boundaries of your program, I'd be curious to know what the women you're working with think about access to LARC, whether they're using it, and whether they'd take advantage of it if they could afford it.
By the same token, you have no right to force people who sincerely believe that abortion is murder to fund your abortion or anyone elses.
Its high time this conversation is removed from the national agenda and people who want to have abortions or support the right of others to have abortions fund them.
Not like there is no precedence for this.
We don't force conscientious objectors to participate in war. Should be the same principle imo.
But we do force taxpayers to pay for all sorts of things they don't want to participate in. Like wars.
If we decide that taxpayers only need to pay for things they approve of, I don't want to pay for the war in Iraq or Afghanistan either. I don't want to pay taxes to support Walmart or Israel, and I damn sure don't want to pay taxes to subsidize tax exempt churches.
But we do force taxpayers to pay for all sorts of things they don't want to participate in. Like wars.
If we decide that taxpayers only need to pay for things they approve of, I don't want to pay for the war in Iraq or Afghanistan either. I don't want to pay taxes to support Walmart or Israel, and I damn sure don't want to pay taxes to subsidize tax exempt churches.
Among above, can I opt out of subsidizing Big Oil? It pollutes the earth and I'm believer in Gaia, so I can object because it offends my sincerely-held belief. As does subsidies for BigAg and their inhumane treatment of animals.
I know that there are lots of people who are pro-life and put their money where there mouths are. There are also people who are pro-choice who support charities that provide homes for unwed mothers, like me. But there definitely are people in the "right-to-life" camp who seem bent on punishing women for having sex for anything other than procreation. And screamers on the other side who are not respectful of the complicated issues surrounding abortion.
I appreciate that adoption is an option for women facing unwanted pregnancies. But IMO, it makes much more sense to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. If you have a way to do so within the boundaries of your program, I'd be curious to know what the women you're working with think about access to LARC, whether they're using it, and whether they'd take advantage of it if they could afford it.
Most, if not all LARC forms work in these ways:
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The progestin in the implant prevents pregnancy mainly by stopping ovulation. In addition, the progestin in the implant thickens cervical mucus, which makes it harder for sperm to enter the uterus and fertilize the egg. Progestin also keeps the lining of the uterus thin, making it less likely that a fertilized egg will attach to it.
As I'm sure you realize, this is a sticking point for those who believe that human life begins at conception.
That being said, I have no idea whether any of my students use LARC methods of birth control, or if they have or have had abortions, or what form of birth control, if any, they use. I do know that several local clinics which are privately and publicly funded offer free methods of contraception, including condoms and birth control pills. I'm not sure if any of them offer LARC products.
I'm sick of people not being responsible for themselves especially when it affects others.
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