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Tale of a 19th-century abortion provider
Shasta542:
--- Quote from: Buffymon on June 06, 2009, 05:17:05 pm --- Aren´t you forgetting that the person in this scenario, that is undoubtfully "alive" is the woman?
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She is. But she is not always the only one who is alive. And the baby is not always killed in order to save the woman's life. The baby has no choice in the matter does he? The woman has a choice to use birth control. (In the instances that do not threaten a mother's life.)
Monika:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on June 06, 2009, 05:27:09 pm ---She is. But she is not always the only one who is alive. And the baby is not always killed in order to save the woman's life. The baby has no choice in the matter does he? The woman has a choice to use birth control. (In the instances that do not threaten a mother's life.)
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Life ain't that simple. People make mistakes and I for one don't think a woman should be punished for life. Or the kid for that mather, perhaps growing up in a home where he/she is not wanted or loved. And just look at the millions of women who are taught by the catholic church that birth control is a sin (as well as abortion). Woman have suffered for so long because of the anti-abortion laws still in place in many countries. A woman's main purpose is not to breed and she has not a responsability to do so simply because society think she should.
Shasta542:
Back to my point.
If the pro-choice people want to call the pro-life people "anti-choice", then the pro-choice people shouldn't mind being called "anti-life".
Mikaela:
I would personally be called what I am. Pro-choice.
Just as the anti-abortion crowd is Anti-choice.
No-one is anti-life. To indicate so makes no sense and borders on an insult IMO. Though those who are anti-choice would take away from women some important parts of their lives - the autonomy over their own bodies and sexuality.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Shasta542 on June 06, 2009, 05:53:29 pm ---Back to my point.
If the pro-choice people want to call the pro-life people "anti-choice", then the pro-choice people shouldn't mind being called "anti-life".
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But that would be inaccurate. Pro-life people oppose giving women the right to choose. So, anti-choice. Pretty straightforward. But pro-choice people don't oppose life. They don't insist that all pregnant women should have abortions. They just want women to have the option, the choice. So, pro-choice.
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