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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:44 PM Original message |
For Pro-Choicers: Please explain to DU why abortion rights are important. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Um... Choir? Preaching? nt |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You'd think so, but some DUers believe abortion is murder. |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Trolls |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. But support for abortion rights in general is decreasing. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. So you're trying to purge liberals on a Michelle Bachmann-like witch hunt? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
71. No, not purge liberals. Purge conservatives from |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #71 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I wish it were that easy. |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. But there are many of us who feel this issue is paramount! |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
93. A Lot Longer Than That |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Depends on how far along the pregnancy is |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Not sure what you are trying to say here. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. How is terminating an 8-month pregnancy not murdering a fetus? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. You fail to recognize that there are medical reasons for late term abortions. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. No he doesn't |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. He didn't include health of the fetus. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. he said etc |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Bottom line...it's still the woman's choice. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. I would say it depends |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. As a good "liberal" you can start by not equating abortion with murder. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Is homicide better? |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #72 |
94. Or |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. I get bored with having to repeat myself. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #94 |
112. Bravo! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #177 |
181. Please don't insult the poster |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Deleted sub-thread |
Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Feticide is a creature of statute and does not follow the common law... |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Legally of course you're right |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #57 |
128. Feeling wrong about abortion is a personal issue and has no place... |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. If fetuses have 0 rights, then why aren't all abortions legal? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
129. Because of assholes who wish to stick their noses where they do not belong. |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #49 |
89. I thought SCOTUS has said that fetal life |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #89 |
130. I do not agree with Roe v. Wade in regard to any fetal rights. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #130 |
154. Nothing else makes sense. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #130 |
208. Because its a womans body. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
99. So you are fine with "murdering a fetus" because mommy was raped? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
113. I'm okay with it if the abortion is done before the fetus is developed to a certain point |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. You're fine to a certain point, but don't know what that point is? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. Only ignorance allows one to claim to know it all |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #119 |
124. You are ignorant about the morning-after-pill. Fail. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #119 |
145. Late term abortions are not the norm...and not done on a fucking whim. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #145 |
158. Sorry, but I will stick my nose in this business |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. Your repeated ROFLing on this thread adds to your already high level of creepiness. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #163 |
169. Deleted message |
PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #169 |
172. You make me want to go get an abortion. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
144. WTF is "abortion-on-demand"? That's such a fucking RW talking point. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Depends upon how far your nose is stuck inside a woman's exam room |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. +1 |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Well, it STILL depends on how far along the pregnancy is |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
63. the point being... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #42 |
78. Have you looked at the statistcs on late-term abortions? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Where did I claim that late-term abortions are frequent? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Where did I claim that late-term abortions are frequent? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Are we debating the poltical realities or the moral jusifications? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Tough Shit. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. You and I disagree, not surprisingly. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Of Course... Because I'm Not An Irrational Zealot. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #97 |
105. Tough shit? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #97 |
121. and the woman kills herself and the fetus due to depression? Yup, tough shit. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #121 |
151. Extreme Much? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. Are you saying this never happens? That it is ludicrous to even mention this? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #153 |
164. Why are you so angry? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #164 |
206. Tata asshole troll. And THANKS MODS!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:54 PM Response to Reply #151 |
170. Deleted message |
PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #170 |
173. Ha! "fringe people" |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #97 |
139. It's the woman's decision |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #139 |
152. Ummm, Under Those Conditions? No Dear, For The Most Part It's Not. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. Deleted sub-thread |
uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #87 |
101. The reason is because the fetus can survive outside the uterus at that point. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. For those late terms, |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. I know, I agree. Unfortunately, those tiny few are what get people |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. As long as there are extremist on that end, I will hold to my position. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
100. Your complete "Lengthier explantaion" is "obviously"? Your colors are showing |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #100 |
111. My colors are showing? You're racist! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. +1,000.... |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Why are you so emotional? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
98. you find death to be emotional and then laugh at that person |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #98 |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #116 |
126. Bye, troll... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. +1 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #126 |
133. +2 |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #126 |
159. Purging liberals who aren't in favor of all late-term abortions? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #116 |
134. but, first ya might want to learn how to use spell-check |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
88. Over Reactive Much? Jeez... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #88 |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:43 PM Original message |
I got under your skin |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
161. As President Obama said about Fixed News |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
141. Thanks for pointing |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Define the circumstances and the intent... |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #52 |
81. So you agree that it's POSSIBLE for you to be in favor of two murder charges |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #81 |
125. No.... |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #125 |
162. So you would NEVER be in favor of charging the murderer with two murders? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. The reason this thread is up is because DU is not as pro-choice as you'd think and |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is no one but a woman's decision what to do with her body. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
110. +1,000,000,000 |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
120. Is the fetus a growth on her body, like a cancer? |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #120 |
131. Frankly, I see no difference. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #131 |
165. You just exposed yourself for what you truly are |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #120 |
132. As far as you, as a male and an outsider are concerned----YES! |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #120 |
142. And just why |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #142 |
166. No, but I'm in the habit of expressing my opinion about a subject matter |
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billh58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #166 |
178. Aha! Then that |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #120 |
196. In a legal sense, it should be |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
157. thank you!! |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. Personal sovereignty. Dominion over one's own body. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
58. Personal sovereignty unless you want to sell your body for sex |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
114. How do you figure that? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. outlawing abortions does not reduce the number of abortions...only increases deaths |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. well put. eom |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because preganancy can be fatal |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. pregnancy often is fatal. pregnancy changes your body, always. |
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joeycola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is an insult even to present such a question to women. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
122. An insult to ask someone to explain their position on an issue? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #122 |
135. A woman's body is not your body. You have no standing on your |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. A woman's private medical decisions are just that |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's a medical procedure that should be treated as such. n/t |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Freedom = Reproductive Freedom |
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LosinIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. My grandma killed herself in the 50's, pregnant, depressed, 45 y.o. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think the Debate between Bush and Kerry summed it up |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I had forgotten Kerry's argument |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The reason they will not find common ground |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
75. Good arguments, but too wordy.... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because we don't want the government to come between us and our |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because at the age of 12 |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I knew there was a reason I liked your mother. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Hi |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'll take one of those. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
103. Mom was wrong. Abortion IS your fucking business, to make sure it stays legal and accessible |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
20. It also is important for autonomy in medical decisionmaking |
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peanut (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because if a woman cannot... |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. Im not a woman so its non of my Fucking business :) n/t |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
123. If you're not a soldier, is Afghanistan none of your business as well? |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #123 |
147. Of cource it is Im an American |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. I am a Person not an Incubator /Bitch |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't think one cell with a sperm in it is a baby. And I don't know when that cell |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I like your explanation. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
187. Sam Harris' book "Letter to a Christian Nation" |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
175. About 1/3 of middle-aged women in the U.S. have had an abortion |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #175 |
179. Cite your stat. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #179 |
180. Deleted message |
PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #180 |
183. That says "33 per 1,000". So... yeah, math's not your thing, huh? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #183 |
184. Nope, your math is wrong |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. Show me where you got your "1/3 of middle-aged women" stat. You can't. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #186 |
188. Fine. 1/3 every year are abortions. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #186 |
190. Deleted message |
PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. Southern Baptist, huh? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. Apology accepted |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #192 |
194. Nice source, dude. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #194 |
195. What about the wiki entry? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #195 |
199. *crickets*, indeed, hokies. *crickets*, indeed. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #199 |
207. He's dead, Jim. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. D.C. actually has more abortions than live births |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because it's no one's business |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Because if men could get pregnant |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Twisted logic |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
104. Why are you so emotional? |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #104 |
160. Ummm, who said anything about PMS? |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. The pro-life, punish abortion, side cheapens the value of life. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Interesting. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. Because it's my body |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Because woman are living, breathing human beings |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
45. It is a matter of privacy.... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
47. Big Brother should have ZERO say-so in determining the personal matters of women |
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Sub Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
54. I'm a gay man who, in all likelihood, will never meet you. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Nor do I have a right to tell you what to do with yours. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #54 |
64. late term abortions |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
55. abortion...let the pregnant decide |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
62. A woman's or girl's body belongs to HER |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
65. EASY ANSWER: It's Her Body and No One Else's |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
102. if only we applied that same belief to other things (nt) |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
70. The government has no place demanding a woman's body be used as a life support system |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #70 |
138. Exactly! |
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TicketyBoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
73. What some other woman |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
74. Right wing lawmakers are more concerned about the right to privacy affirmed |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
79. because the odds are you becoming a single mom working minimum wage. |
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Lucy Goosey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
83. I don't become second priority in my own body the second sperm meets egg. Period. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
85. 1984, my beautiful wife-3rd trimester pregnant became full blown leukemic |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
86. IMHO, it ain't about "women's rights." It's about HUMAN RIGHTS. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
92. Because you can't separate the uterus from the rest of the body n/t |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
95. Bluntly speaking, women can't participate as full members of any society |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
109. The right wing uses the anti-choice movement to intimidate women. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
115. women are not incubators. if i'm forced to breed against my will, my other rights |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
136. Slavery, even slavery to one's body, is repugnant. |
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mrmpa (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
137. Because it's the law |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
140. Because our bodies don't belong to the state, or to "God" - they belong to us, and us alone. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
143. It's a decision between a woman and her doctor. Period. |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
146. ALL anti-choice laws should be repealed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #146 |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #193 |
197. Damn... that's quite a leap, Spartacus! |
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la_chupa (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
148. because what I do with my body is some more of your damn business |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Aren't you cute? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #148 |
150. A child is not always a gift. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #150 |
156. Especially if it is a pregnancy by a rapist or a molester |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #150 |
204. Hear hear |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #167 |
171. You make me want to go get an abortion. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #171 |
174. Then go ahead |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #167 |
176. Hey, at least you are upfront about it and don't sneak around. |
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hokies (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #176 |
182. Nothing personal |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #182 |
198. It really wasn't meant to be flame bait, but my very name, these days, is bait |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
168. Because no one, no one, knows my life circumstances |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #168 |
200. The editing time has expired.... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
189. Being in control of your own reproduction. |
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WonderGrunion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
201. For a less enlightened reason...overpopulation. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
202. Because women should have control over their own bodies. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
203. Because if you're not my gyno or my partner my vagina is none of your fucking business. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-29-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #203 |
209. + 1 |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
205. It's best left to the mother and doctor |
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