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And I'm getting really tired of a bunch of pretend Christian old men telling me what I'm allowed and not allowed to do with my own body.
I agree, to a point. But this is more about Gillibrand assuming that merely having more women in office would mean the end of the abortion debate. Women aren't a herd of lemmings. You and I have different opinions on a lot of things, I'd bet, as well as a lot of things in common. We're individuals, and smart women will stop thinking we can be made to think and vote as a single entity.
I think it is ridiculous that anyone has any say at all when it comes to what a woman can and cannot do with her body.
Who are we to judge a woman that finds herself with a very difficult decision to make ?
I can't stand the politicians that get on their soap boxes and talk down to us from their morale high ground BUT when we all know that if they impregnated their intern they would be the first to drag them down to the clinic.
With that being said I am personally anti abortion but once again it has to remain the woman's choice in her body.
I think it is ridiculous that anyone has any say at all when it comes to what a woman can and cannot do with her body.
Who are we to judge a woman that finds herself with a very difficult decision to make ?
I can't stand the politicians that get on their soap boxes and talk down to us from their morale high ground BUT when we all know that if they impregnated their intern they would be the first to drag them down to the clinic.
With that being said I am personally anti abortion but once again it has to remain the woman's choice in her body.
I think it is ridiculous that anyone has any say at all when it comes to what a woman can and cannot do with her body.
Who are we to judge a woman that finds herself with a very difficult decision to make ?
I can't stand the politicians that get on their soap boxes and talk down to us from their morale high ground BUT when we all know that if they impregnated their intern they would be the first to drag them down to the clinic.
With that being said I am personally anti abortion but once again it has to remain the woman's choice in her body.
The big problem I have with that is that at some point, that baby is capable of life outside the womb, even though the mother is still carrying it. It has a fully developed nervous system, a functioning brain, and pain receptors (among other functioning systems). I have three cousins and one sister-in-law who have all had extremely premature babies - as early as 23 weeks. Three survived, and you'd never know they were preemies. (My brother's baby did not.)
At what point do we consider that baby to be its own life? This is where the debate seems to lie these days. If a woman doesn't want the baby, but it can survive outside her body, does that baby have rights? If the mother's rights take precedence because she is still carrying it (caring for it), why wouldn't this extend to post-birth? [I am NOT saying post-birth abortion is okay, just pointing out how the reasoning for one issue can be used to support the other.] If it's because the baby can be given away post-birth, why not take the baby early through induced labor rather than abortion?
Just some stuff to think about. Anyway, I still disagree with Ms. Gillibrand.
I think it is ridiculous that anyone has any say at all when it comes to what a woman can and cannot do with her body.
Who are we to judge a woman that finds herself with a very difficult decision to make ?
I can't stand the politicians that get on their soap boxes and talk down to us from their morale high ground BUT when we all know that if they impregnated their intern they would be the first to drag them down to the clinic.
With that being said I am personally anti abortion but once again it has to remain the woman's choice in her body.
I wish I could rep you more for that last sentence alone. Thank you for your honesty.
I am 1000% proudly pro choice yet never heard of anyone who is pro-killing babies (or even pro-abortion, for that matter).
I do know people who are women-hating hypocrites, though. They often call themselves "pro-life", which really means "pro-death in every aspect, from guns, nukes, etc. + pro taking women's productive rights from them".
The American Taliban who want to take women's constitutional rights away are the ones who need to be deported. Supreme Court settled the abortion issues as a Constitutional right more than 40 years ago. Done deal.
Not clear why the kids haven't shut down this one when the thread title is a lie.
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