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Raspberry (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:36 AM Original message |
Abortion & national healthcare |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. elective abortions should be treated the same as any other elective procedure... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Define "elective". Who gets to decide if it is "elective"? eom |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Definition of elective procedure |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Who gets to decide, esp since every pregnancy can be life-threatening? |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Right now it's the woman and her physician |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #58 |
70. But not excluding it would keep the prices of the procedure down |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. They also believe atheists shouldn't be allowed to use their tax funded Christian highways for free |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. That is one of the most loaded statements ever heard at DU |
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Raspberry (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Just sayin' there'd be less opposition |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Then why the hell did we fight for a majority. Fool me once.... |
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Raspberry (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. In order to maintain that majority |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. My answer |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
73. I say fuck the concessions to the minority. The minority needs to be kicked in the butt. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. before you get all pissy about it, you gotta know the Hyde Amendment |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The Hyde amendment deprives poor women of choice. We don't have to keep it. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I don't like the Hyde ammendment at ALL myself- |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Now wait just a minute. Let's not get so complacent. |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. believe me i'm not complacent- and i wasn't |
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Raspberry (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Thank you |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Valid to whom? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. Oh, please ~~ go to where you belong, OK? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. You mean back to where they belong. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. Deleted message |
madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
78. Yeah, we could get rid of |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. I oppose my tax $ going for unnecessary wars, but I still pay my taxes. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
67. .... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. Abortion is health care. Women's rights shouldn't be expendable. |
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Raspberry (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. In most cases |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. When every single pregnancy and delivery can kill you or maim you for life, |
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Raspberry (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Every abortion is medically necessary??? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. A woman risks death or permenent injury with every single pregnancy, |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. + 1 |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. then a tubal ligation should be a part of every elective abortion. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Think about what you are promoting...it's called eugenics. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. not at all. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. "...then it's the best way to make sure that she'll never have that worry." |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Oh come on now, just lop off the balls of every man. That'd work also. |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Umm, a first trimester suction catheter abortion is far less invasive... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. What is your issue about "medically necessary."? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It's a way to soft-pedal being anti-choice. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I think so, too. Sounds like a Conservadem talking point. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Dying during childbirth is also a "natural function of hte human female body". |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
68. So what's the next assault on women's rights? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
74. In a word, fuckyes. nm |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. + 1 |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe if Viagra could be excluded too... |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes. People don't need viagra to live. If that is covered, I will actually be quite pissed... |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. it should be- |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. I believe abortion should be covered, but not viagra. Viagra seems like a recreational drug. nt |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. Of course. It should exclude ALL unnecessary shit, not just abortions. For those you go to tijuana. |
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dhpgetsit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's not as big an issue to me, being a man... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Nothing in the current Health Care proposals will over turn the Hyde Amendment |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Use more RU-486. As much as possible versus surgical abortions. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. It should be covered. Period. n/t |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. I will fight until it is covered. I support the public option on the table now, but I will fight |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. I support it as is. Fuck the RW-ers. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Will it pay for birth control pills? nt |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. I would have no problem with that. |
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GodlyDemocrat (388 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. How much does an abortion cost without insurance? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. That depends on where you live, how far you have to travel, what trimester, etc |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
43. Interesting that you use the term "non-medically necessary." |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. I don't like my tax dollars paying to kill innocent Iraqi's, but I don't |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
45. ANYTIME a woman chooses to terminate a pregnancy.... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Exactly. They are all medically nec that she does in a safe, legal, healthy manner. |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. Excellent, very excellent, post. Thank you. n/t |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
47. What an appropriate user name |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
49. While I think that all health care plans should include abortion, |
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heppcatt (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
57. It should not be covered |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
59. A woman's right to choose is the law of the land. |
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FLDCVADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. I'd be satisfied if it covered what my current insurance does |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Interesting. I'd be happy if abortions were covered by how MY current insurance does... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. Like a murderer of women . . . !!! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
64. Fucking A NOOOOOO!!! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. No and HELL no. n/t |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
71. I find your posts suspect |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Yep, I do agree.... |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
75. National, single-payor healthcare will eliminate most later term abortions. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-10-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
76. Jeez, you love to bring the RW memes here..... |
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