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Posted: 02-04-06 00:57am

nightangel73 wrote:
eiri wrote:
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we believe the unborn child is same worthy as the woman. No more and no less, just the same.


incorrect. You can't give equal rights to one person's body to another entity. You value the idea of the fetus having more rights over a woman's uterus than the woman herself.


see hahaha this "entity" is a human being, so you better rephrase as "you can't give equal rights to one person's body to another human being". I value the idea of fetus (human being in womb) having the right of life same as the woman having a right to life.


i still believe that statement, especially after you rephrased it. No human being has the right to demand or force anyone else to support them with their body.


right you don't have to if don't want to. It's legal to terminate the life of your unborn child (for your peace of mind). We just think that those who do are compassionate about letting live an unborn child have a good heart, and those who don't are cruel. We don't believe we have to force the mothers to have the babies, we expect that they are companssionate about the baby inside of them and want to let them live.


unfortunately, things like "compassion" and "cruelty" are not what we're arguing about here. Those are emotions that you are assinging to us, simply because of your perceptions which are, in your case, all emotional and not based very much in logic and rational thought. I'm not saing that you're irratonal; i'm saying that you seem to form your opinions about abortion using mostly your feelings and your "heart", wheras I do not.

You cannot be forced to donate your heart or liver or even just a kidney to anyone, ever. Why should I be forced to donate my entire body to a "person" I don't even like, or ever want to know?

You may say "because it is the right thing to do". Well, says who?

I must conceed to you the fact that you have admitted and allowed me the freedom of choice; but if I ever aborted it would not be for "peace of mind". It would be so that I could continue on with my life, because i'm not ready for a child. The expereince would probably be very far from "peaceful", for me. It would be an extremely hard desicion.

You are allowed your opinon (obviously) that those who abort are cruel and those who don't are kind, but remember that there are many women who are the kindest people you'll ever meet... And they aborted. They are not cruel! Yet, they had a choice to make at some point in their lives, and they chose to move on with the way their life currently was.

I don't think abortion is cruel at all, just like I don't think the euthanization of pets is cruel, if they are old and sick. I don't think it's cruel to shoot a horse that has broken its legs. I also know for a fact that it's not cruel to milk cows; if you don't milk them you do more harm than if you do! But, these are all things that people have called "inhumane". It is a difference of opinion, and some people think that these things are as horrible as murder.
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Posted: 02-04-06 02:02am

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unfortunately, things like "compassion" and "cruelty" are not what we're arguing about here. Those are emotions that you are assinging to us, simply because of your perceptions which are, in your case, all emotional and not based very much in logic and rational thought. I'm not saing that you're irratonal; i'm saying that you seem to form your opinions about abortion using mostly your feelings and your "heart", wheras I do not.


my heart and what jesus our lord has taught us.

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you cannot be forced to donate your heart or liver or even just a kidney to anyone, ever. Why should I be forced to donate my entire body to a "person" I don't even like, or ever want to know?


again you should not be forced, it should come out of you to support a defenless person that you provoked to happen. Kindness

eiri wrote:

you may say "because it is the right thing to do". Well, says who?


says the .Lord

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i must conceed to you the fact that you have admitted and allowed me the freedom of choice; but if I ever aborted it would not be for "peace of mind". It would be so that I could continue on with my life, because i'm not ready for a child. The expereince would probably be very far from "peaceful", for me. It would be an extremely hard desicion.



.Why it would be an extremely hard desicion?????????????????????

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you are allowed your opinon (obviously) that those who abort are cruel and those who don't are kind, but remember that there are many women who are the kindest people you'll ever meet... And they aborted. They are not cruel! Yet, they had a choice to make at some point in their lives, and they chose to move on with the way their life currently was.



well they were cruel when they had their abortion! But hopefully they will recognize their mistakes and become christians one day.

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i don't think abortion is cruel at all, just like I don't think the euthanization of pets is cruel, if they are old and sick. I don't think it's cruel to shoot a horse that has broken its legs. I also know for a fact that it's not cruel to milk cows; if you don't milk them you do more harm than if you do! But, these are all things that people have called "inhumane". It is a difference of opinion, and some people think that these things are as horrible as murder.


correct, millions of us all over the world think abortion is a cruel, sinful act.
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Posted: 02-04-06 02:58am

Their are a lot of hypocritical christians and catholics out there as well that say they would never abort but they do and they cheat and lie and blah, blah blah. How much is it that the catholic church is having to pay out for molesting the little boys.
Their are times it is just as well for the fetus to be aborted as is the female that aborts the fetus, if the fetus is going to be born and abused and neglected, if the fetus will be born without some of its main body organs and not all organs can be replaced, yes, that fetus is much better being aborted. Their are times that it is kindness! Sometimes we do not know what the pregnant female is going through, that is why it is her choice, some female's live in a lot of fear, I have seen this and we cannot always break down that wall but we try.
I seriously do agree with you in a way erie but to me it is not a baby until birth.
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Posted: 02-04-06 03:05am

nightangel73 wrote:
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unfortunately, things like "compassion" and "cruelty" are not what we're arguing about here. Those are emotions that you are assinging to us, simply because of your perceptions which are, in your case, all emotional and not based very much in logic and rational thought. I'm not saing that you're irratonal; i'm saying that you seem to form your opinions about abortion using mostly your feelings and your "heart", wheras I do not.


my heart and what jesus our lord has taught us.


yes, but i'm not christian, so what jesus taught anybody doesn't factor into my desicions.
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you cannot be forced to donate your heart or liver or even just a kidney to anyone, ever. Why should I be forced to donate my entire body to a "person" I don't even like, or ever want to know?



again you should not be forced, it should come out of you to support a defenless person that you provoked to happen. Kindness


i'd help someone if they deserved help. That's very broad, but it does not include criminals and, in some cases, fetuses.
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you may say "because it is the right thing to do". Well, says who?



says the .Lord


i knew you'd say that... Again, the whole "i'm not christian" thing! Just because you say that some omnipotent being says abortion is bad doesn't mean I have to believe you, especially without any conclusive proof of the supernatural being's existance.


well, because I very much love my boyfriend. If he asked me to marry him right now, I would say yes; I am at that point in my relationship with him. He is pro-choice as well. My mother is pro-life for herself, and very reluctantly pro-choice for others. She has said that if I ever get pregnant she would not want me to abort because she was basically forced to do so when she was only 20 years old, by my grandmother. She deeply regrets the desicion, and would not want me to go through the same potential emotional pain. She says that she would also not want me to give it up for adoption because she couldn't stand to see the child being given away; so she would want to adopt it. That, I feel, is very unfair to her. She's in her late forties, and she's already raised two kids; she does not need to be caring for her grandchild! As for my father, he is very pro-choice.

I am only 21, I am in college, and I am not ready for a child. If I became pregnant, I would have deep talks with all of these important people. The desicion would in the end be mine, but their feelings would mean a lot to me. If my boyfriend was for some reason slightly against me aborting our child, and was willing to marry me and help raise it, then I would be willing do consider doing so, because we could make it, together.

There are so many things that would factor into it, that I can't sit her and say "i would abort my unwanted baby". I would want to find the best solution for all involved; and I wouldn't want to loose my mother's loe over it. But if she was the only one against it, and my boyfriend and my father were willing to help me get the abortion, and I wanted it, then i'd go through with it.

I also think that if I did become pregnant, whether or not I abort i'd want to marry my boyfriend. It would just seem like the right time to do so, just in case it happens again I won't have as much of a problem keeping it.

It is a potntial life; its potential giggling, red-headed face does occour to me. Our children would be beautiful, all with long noses, pale skin, freckles, and vibrant red hair. Poster children for skin cancer! I'd always soak them in suntan lotion xd like i've had to do to myself since day one. So, for me, it would be a hard desicon, weighing the current situation at the time, and all of the factors.
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i must conceed to you the fact that you have admitted and allowed me the freedom of choice; but if I ever aborted it would not be for "peace of mind". It would be so that I could continue on with my life, because i'm not ready for a child. The expereince would probably be very far from "peaceful", for me. It would be an extremely hard desicion.



.Why it would be an extremely hard desicion?????????????????????
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you are allowed your opinon (obviously) that those who abort are cruel and those who don't are kind, but remember that there are many women who are the kindest people you'll ever meet... And they aborted. They are not cruel! Yet, they had a choice to make at some point in their lives, and they chose to move on with the way their life currently was.



well they were cruel when they had their abortion! But hopefully they will recognize their mistakes and become christians one day.


that's sickening. The world would be a very boring, very bad place if everyone was christian.
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i don't think abortion is cruel at all, just like I don't think the euthanization of pets is cruel, if they are old and sick. I don't think it's cruel to shoot a horse that has broken its legs. I also know for a fact that it's not cruel to milk cows; if you don't milk them you do more harm than if you do! But, these are all things that people have called "inhumane". It is a difference of opinion, and some people think that these things are as horrible as murder.


correct, millions of us all over the world think abortion is a cruel, sinful act.


no comment about the other things I mentioned though? You see it is a scale, of what people consider horrific. .P.E.T.A considers any mistreatment of animals at all, even if it is euthanasia, to be cruel and horrid. You consider abortion the sme way, but maybe not euthanasia. I don't consider abortion horrible, but murder is. See?
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Posted: 02-04-06 03:36am

I never said that unborn people are worthless, I think they are great! I work in labor and delivery quite a bit, if that is what the mother-to-be wants or to adopt it out. I have two of my own that are adults now and are doing great and I have taken in several! Iam just more open and understanding about certain cicumstances. So you still do not get it!

No, nobody should neglect or abuse a child, baby, teenager adult, sr. Cit., but they do and will. If they were to illlegalize abortion, it would just make it worse. It is your choice to continue on with your pregnancy, adopt or abort, so, can I ask, what is so wrong with that? I feel it is a pretty good plan. Sometimes you have to look at the whole picture on abortion and their are times that it is noone's business and their are times that I have known that their are reasons why that person is having an abortion and their are other times that it is none of my business.
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Posted: 02-04-06 09:17am

sandyallen wrote:
i never said that unborn people are worthless, I think they are great! I work in labor and delivery quite a bit, if that is what the mother-to-be wants or to adopt it out. I have two of my own that are adults now and are doing great and I have taken in several! Iam just more open and understanding about certain cicumstances. So you still do not get it!



get what? That is okay to abort?

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no, nobody should neglect or abuse a child, baby, teenager adult, sr. Cit., but they do and will. If they were to illlegalize abortion, it would just make it worse.



not true. You don't become a child neglector just because you got preggo at a time you wouldn't have wanted.


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it is your choice to continue on with your pregnancy, adopt or abort, so, can I ask, what is so wrong with that? I feel it is a pretty good plan. Sometimes you have to look at the whole picture on abortion and their are times that it is noone's business and their are times that I have known that their are reasons why that person is having an abortion and their are other times that it is none of my business.


what is wrong? Abortion is wrong. Nothing justifies killing another human being.
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Posted: 02-04-06 12:04pm

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what is wrong? Abortion is wrong. Nothing justifies killing another human being.


in your opinion. Just saying something over and over doesn't make it true. Abortion is not wrong. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy. It has no moral dimension other than that which the woman concerned chooses to attribute to it. Abortion of a pregnancy which is unwanted is simply a medical procedure. If the woman believes it is right, then it is right.
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Posted: 02-04-06 12:37pm

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just saying something over and over doesn't make it true.



same applies to you.
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Posted: 02-04-06 12:55pm

nightangel73 wrote:
poopoopoo wrote:


just saying something over and over doesn't make it true.



same applies to you.


yes. But I am not trying to tell other people what to think. I am telling them that if they think abortion is wrong, they shouldn't have one. If they feel it is the right choice, then that is their decision to make. "wrong" is a meaningless word without context.
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Posted: 02-04-06 17:05pm

poopoopoo wrote:
nightangel73 wrote:
poopoopoo wrote:


just saying something over and over doesn't make it true.



same applies to you.


yes. But I am not trying to tell other people what to think. I am telling them that if they think abortion is wrong, they shouldn't have one. If they feel it is the right choice, then that is their decision to make. "wrong" is a meaningless word without context.


but you just state that abortion is not wrong so you too are telling other people what to think. Hello?
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Posted: 02-04-06 17:21pm

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but you just state that abortion is not wrong so you too are telling other people what to think. Hello?


there is nothing inherently "wrong" about it. It's like saying there is nothing "wrong" with body-piercing, or sex-change operations, or having a vasectomy. All these things are up to the individual owner of the body. I wouldn't have a sex change, or have my nipples pierced, but why should I impose my views on someone else -- I don't live in their body. It is up to the individual to decide what is "wrong" or "right" for them. I am not saying abortion is *never* wrong. If someone doesn't want one, they certainly shouldn't have one. If you think it is wrong, then you should not have one. I would never tell you that you should think they are not wrong *for yourself*. But there is no way they can be wrong for everyone. Or right for everyone.
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Posted: 02-05-06 00:36am

Aw, no one has replied to me yet. Oh well.
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Posted: 02-05-06 00:47am

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aw, no one has replied to me yet. Oh well.


i have not forget you eiri. Had to attend my bf but I will get back to you
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Posted: 02-05-06 01:22am

nightangel73 wrote:
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aw, no one has replied to me yet. Oh well.


i have not forget you eiri. Had to attend my bf but I will get back to you
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weeee! ^_^
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Posted: 02-05-06 03:21am

Thanks poopoopoo! I feel the pretty much the same way! Some pro-lifer's here just love to take what you say and twist it all around and make it sound differently then what we say originally, I am starting to think or I should say that I have noticed that in pro-lifer's for quite some time now it is just that certain people bring it back out more.
It seems to me still that most of the pro-lifer's here think that us pro-choicer's are 100% for abortion when we are 100% for choice, only because we are more open and understanding. If the pregnant female wants to continue on with the pregnancy, that is her choice, if she wants to abort, it is her choice, if she wants to adopt, it is her choice(even though alot of times adoptions fail but that is my own personal belief because I work with a lot of adopted children and a lot of children that were supposed to be adopted were put back into the system and some of these foster homes are not very good and I did not say all) but that is still their choice, the pregnant female, that is.
A lot of these young girls and some older have lived in this sheltered little world, never been anywhere or done anything and think the world is full of roses, they forget, about the thorns in these roses.
Does it not say in the bible that you shall not judge, well, you are not walking in their shoes and you should not after all, pro-choice does not.
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Posted: 02-05-06 14:28pm

Forget about who is morally correct about abortion, what I cant understand is this.. America is a country that has 40 odd percent of the population as catholics and other denominational christians take the figure upto 76% of the population. So why is the majority of the population being ignored?

Something like 90% of the american public opinion on abortion says it should be restricted and most of them say for exception for rape, incest or life of mother, yet the majority of people are being ignored.....Why?

Britian has about 40million christians in a population of about 60 million people, yet again its the leftist, liberal politically correct brigade that seem to dictate to the governments... Alienating the majority of people.

Again ireland is around 90% catholic yet these liberals are constantly trying to force or coerce ireland into legalising abortion, contary to the beliefs of the majoriy of the populance... Why?

Throughout europe most countries have strong usually majority christian populations, yet the governments alianate their own people in favor of adopting liberal ideologies... Why?

The united nations has a board specifically set up by planned parenthood to promote abortion around the globe against the wishes of buddhists, muslims, christians, hindus, jews and many secularist people too.... Why?

The worlds secular media is constantly promoting liberal theology, constantly alienating the mass public.... And portraying muslims or christians in a bad light, either as terrorists or as extreeme religious nuts... Alienating the majority of the worlds population in total 3 billion.

Why are they attacking and alienating the majority of the people... And if we say anything we are forcing our beliefs on others... But they can force all their beliefs on everyone else including the majority.

I dont agree with it but sometimes its easy to understand why many muslims are literally up in arms


there is something seriously wrong in the world when our governments dont listen to the majority of their people or when minorities start dictating what is right and wrong to the majority...Something saddly wrong.

We live in awful times... Unless your a gay or a extreeme feminist or some other minority liberal idealist and its about time the majority did something about it.... Sooner rather than later I hope for the sake of peace... The longer it goes on I fear the stronger and harsher the backlash will be, thankfully most people are religous or have a religous morality of tollerence and forgivness...And will seek peaceful means of change rather than violent... But there are obviously some who will and are objecting using violence.... I pray there will be a quick and peceful solution to this global alienation of relgious people, by liberal minority groups.
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Posted: 02-05-06 15:39pm

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forget about who is morally correct about abortion, what I cant understand is this.. America is a country that has 40 odd percent of the population as catholics and other denominational christians take the figure upto 76% of the population. So why is the majority of the population being ignored?

Something like 90% of the american public opinion on abortion says it should be restricted and most of them say for exception for rape, incest or life of mother, yet the majority of people are being ignored.....Why?

Britian has about 40million christians in a population of about 60 million people, yet again its the leftist, liberal politically correct brigade that seem to dictate to the governments... Alienating the majority of people.

Again ireland is around 90% catholic yet these liberals are constantly trying to force or coerce ireland into legalising abortion, contary to the beliefs of the majoriy of the populance... Why?

Throughout europe most countries have strong usually majority christian populations, yet the governments alianate their own people in favor of adopting liberal ideologies... Why?

The united nations has a board specifically set up by planned parenthood to promote abortion around the globe against the wishes of buddhists,


buddhists are unlike any other religion; they have no "god" telling them what to do, and I know many buddhists who are pro-choice. Nice try though.

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muslims, christians, hindus, jews and many secularist people too.... Why?

The worlds secular media is constantly promoting liberal theology, constantly alienating the mass public.... And portraying muslims or christians in a bad light, either as terrorists or as extreeme religious nuts... Alienating the majority of the worlds population in total 3 billion.

Why are they attacking and alienating the majority of the people... And if we say anything we are forcing our beliefs on others... But they can force all their beliefs on everyone else including the majority.

I dont agree with it but sometimes its easy to understand why many muslims are literally up in arms

there is something seriously wrong in the world when our governments dont listen to the majority of their people or when minorities start dictating what is right and wrong to the majority...Something saddly wrong.


it was pretty horrible for women to, back before we had the vote. But guess how we got what we wanted? We fought for it through the legal system. If all of you "religious" people want abortion illegal/regulated so badly, then why aren't you going through the system? And maybe you are... And maybe if it osn't working, then perhaps all of you "religious" people aren't as cohesive on the issue of abortion as you think you are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice than you think.

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we live in awful times... Unless your a gay or a extreeme feminist or some other minority liberal idealist and its about time the majority did something about it....


you think life is so wonderful for homosexuals? Why don't you try coming out of the closet and keeping your job? Try adopting, try enrolling your child in a catholic school if you're living with a gay partner. Even if you're religious, the church abandons you.

So do it, or try. I think you'll find that not that many of you are actually pro-life, which is why nothing has been done about it yet.

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sooner rather than later I hope for the sake of peace...


oh yeah cause abortion is totally exactly the same as war!

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the longer it goes on I fear the stronger and harsher the backlash will be, thankfully most people are religous or have a religous morality of tollerence


the tolerance to... Force womn to be baby machines?

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and forgivness...


then forgive those who abot, do not condemn them and call them names!! Do you not see how hypocritical you are??

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and will seek peaceful means of change rather than violent...


yeah, that would be the american legal system. Try using it some day. But just like trying to get rid of evolution in schools, I think you'll find that people don't want to get rid of abortion.

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but there are obviously some who will and are objecting using violence.... I pray there will be a quick and peceful solution to this global alienation of relgious people, by liberal minority groups.


oh, i'm terrified by your overwhelming numbers.
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Posted: 02-05-06 16:50pm

"it was pretty horrible for women to, back before we had the vote. But guess how we got what we wanted? We fought for it through the legal system. If all of you "religious" people want abortion illegal/regulated so badly, then why aren't you going through the system? And maybe you are... And maybe if it osn't working, then perhaps all of you "religious" people aren't as cohesive on the issue of abortion as you think you are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice than you think. "

women who got the vote, were fine examples of women, they were all about equality and fairness.... They would spit at and slap the likes of you as being a disgrace to feminism...Although they probably wouldnt stoop to your standards... They were pro life!

Great feminists early fouders of feminism (not extreeme feminists) on abortion:-

susan b anthony

"guilty? Yes. No matter what the motive, love of ease, or a desire to save from suffering the unborn innocent, the woman is awfully guilty who commits the deed. It will burden her conscience in life, it will burden her soul in death; but oh, thrice guilty is he who drove her to the desperation which impelled her to the crime!"

elizabeth stanton

classified abortion as a form of "infanticide." the revolution, 1(5):1, february 5, 1868

"when we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see fit."

letter to julia ward howe, october 16, 1873, recorded in howe's diary at harvard university library


"there must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?"

mattie brinkerhoff

"when a man steals to satisfy hunger, we may safely conclude that there is something wrong in society - so when a woman destroys the life of her unborn child, it is an evidence that either by education or circumstances she has been greatly wronged."

victoria woodhull

the first female presidential candidate was a strong opponent of abortion.

"the rights of children as individuals begin while yet they remain the foetus."

woodhull's and claffin's weekly 2(6):4 december 24, 1870


""every woman knows that if she were free, she would never bear an unwished-for child, nor think of murdering one before its birth."

wheeling, west virginia evening standard, november 17, 1875

sarah norton:

"child murderers practice their profession without let or hindrance, and open infant butcheries unquestioned...Is there no remedy for all this ante-natal child homicide?...Perhaps there will come a time when...An unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood...And when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with."

woodhull's and claffin's weekly, november 19, 1870


mary wollstonecraft:

"women becoming, consequently, weaker...Than they ought to be...Have not sufficient strength to discharge the first duty of a mother; and sacrificing to lasciviousness the parental affection...Either destroy the embryo in the womb, or cast if off when born. Nature in every thing demands respect, and those who violate her laws seldom violate them with impunity."

matilda george:

"[this] subject lies deeper down in woman's wrongs than any other...I hesitate not to assert that most of [the responsibility for] this crime lies at the door of the male sex."

the revolution, 1(14):215-6 april 9, 1868

alice paul:

"abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women."

" maybe if it osn't working, then perhaps all of you "religious" people aren't as cohesive on the issue of abortion as you think you are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice than you think. "

you see there are many great people trying to change things, but the liberal minority groups have the governments ear... Why I dont know... How it benifits the government to ignore and alienate the majority of people I dont know, but I dread to think!

"you think life is so wonderful for homosexuals? Why don't you try coming out of the closet and keeping your job? Try adopting, try enrolling your child in a catholic school if you're living with a gay partner. Even if you're religious, the church abandons you."

i am not saying its all peaches and cream, far from it in the general public where the majority of people still find homosexual activity as immoral, perverse and totally abnormal... However, I was talking more along the lines of its sunny days at the moment since it is they who have the governments ear and are being very succesful in lobbying government to help promote homosexuality, they have a very good friend in the media.

Reading this you may think I am homophobic or anti gay or whatever... Nothing could be further from the truth... I think it proposterous that should someone be gay they should be discriminated against by businesses or public schools etc... That is wrong, however I am dead against being dictated to by a small minority of people about what laws I must endure. I think it equally wrong that you or they expect a catholic school to accept them even though it goes against their beliefs. Or that they should be able to adopt children which nature has forbidden... As for the church if two people of the same sex are in an active homosexual relationship, it has no other option but to denounce that relationship, however should a homosexual abstain from a active relationship, the church would commend such a person.

If your gay and religious, the church does not abandon you, you by going against the teachings of church and the bible by engaging in an active homosexual relationship abandon the church.


"the tolerance to... Force womn to be baby machines?"

did you even think how stupid you would sound by saying that?

"then forgive those who abot, do not condemn them "

we do forgive them, just ask norma mccorvey... Aka jane roe... If we dont forgive women who abort, we would hardlys be likly to forgive the woman who legalised abortion... Not that she needs our forgivness since she has been granted forgivness by god

we do not condemn women who abort, we condemn the act and opinions that support the act.

"that would be the american legal system. Try using it some day. But just like trying to get rid of evolution in schools, I think you'll find that people don't want to get rid of abortion."

you see we are using the legal system, that is why we elected a pro life president who will ignore the congressmen and senators who are listening to the minorities and will elect pro life supreeme court justices.... Who will eventually over turn roe v wade... But thats wrong isnt it, 90% of the population shouldnt work to make their country great in their eyes.... No the 10% minorities should only be allowed to work to make the country great in their eyes.
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"it was pretty horrible for women to, back before we had the vote. But guess how we got what we wanted? We fought for it through the legal system. If all of you "religious" people want abortion illegal/regulated so badly, then why aren't you going through the system? And maybe you are... And maybe if it osn't working, then perhaps all of you "religious" people aren't as cohesive on the issue of abortion as you think you are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice than you think. "

women who got the vote, were fine examples of women, they were all about equality and fairness.... They would spit at and slap the likes of you as being a disgrace to feminism...Although they probably wouldnt stoop to your standards... They were pro life!


i'm not a feminist, but thanks for assuming. And no, not all of them were pro-life, but once again, thanks for assuming. And even though a good part of them were; i'm still not a feminist. I am proud of what they did for getting me the vote and many other rights; but then gain, feminists of their time were also against alcohol consumption. So really, I don't very much care what they have to say about abortion. I make my own decisions.

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" maybe if it osn't working, then perhaps all of you "religious" people aren't as cohesive on the issue of abortion as you think you are. Maybe more of you are pro-choice than you think. "

you see there are many great people trying to change things, but the liberal minority groups have the governments ear... Why I dont know... How it benifits the government to ignore and alienate the majority of people I dont know, but I dread to think!


the liberal minority has the government's car? Please! Look who was just appointed: .Alito! Look who's in office, and who has been in office for two terms: .Bush! Look who has most of both houses: .Republicans!! Liberals are so loud, annoying and screechy because they don't have power, not because they do.

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"you think life is so wonderful for homosexuals? Why don't you try coming out of the closet and keeping your job? Try adopting, try enrolling your child in a catholic school if you're living with a gay partner. Even if you're religious, the church abandons you."

i am not saying its all peaches and cream, far from it in the general public where the majority of people still find homosexual activity as immoral, perverse and totally abnormal... However, I was talking more along the lines of its sunny days at the moment since it is they who have the governments ear and are being very succesful in lobbying government to help promote homosexuality, they have a very good friend in the media.


just like the feminists had their time, the racial minorities had their time, now it is the homosexual's time. Maybe the religious fanatics just need to market themselves better. Then we can undo many of the advances we've gotten in the last century.

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reading this you may think I am homophobic or anti gay or whatever... Nothing could be further from the truth... I think it proposterous that should someone be gay they should be discriminated against by businesses or public schools etc... That is wrong, however I am dead against being dictated to by a small minority of people about what laws I must endure. I think it equally wrong that you or they expect a catholic school to accept them even though it goes against their beliefs.


so catholic gays can't put their child who is straight into a ctholic church to be brought up under the “light of the lord” as they were, even if the child is straight, it needs to be condemned because his parents are gay? I'm happy to inform you that at least one catholic school refused the demands of straight parets to kick the child of a gay couple out. The school felt that the “sins” of the child's parents were not his own. The straight parents threatened to remove their own children from the school, and the school said “go ahead, nice knowing ya!”

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or that they should be able to adopt children which nature has forbidden...


well what about infertile women in straight relationships? Nature has forbidden them to have children too, so I guess they can't adopt either.

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as for the church if two people of the same sex are in an active homosexual relationship, it has no other option but to denounce that relationship, however should a homosexual abstain from a active relationship, the church would commend such a person.


actually, my one friend came out as lesbian; she'd never had a relationship, but she informed her local catholic priest for whatever reason; or perhaps her parents informed him. Either way, she received a letter a week later saying that she had been excommunicated.

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if your gay and religious, the church does not abandon you, you by going against the teachings of church and the bible by engaging in an active homosexual relationship abandon the church.

"the tolerance to... Force womn to be baby machines?"

did you even think how stupid you would sound by saying that?


you're the one who said you had tolerance. So be tolerant! Don't force a thirteen year old who never learned about birth control (because of course .Bush made all sex education “abstinence only”) to have a hard, difficult pregnancy in her underdeveloped body, and then suffer through a c-section because her pelvis isn't big enough to give birth. She wasn't raped, she just didn't know any better because she didn't know how babies were made.

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"then forgive those who abot, do not condemn them "

we do forgive them, just ask norma mccorvey... Aka jane roe... If we dont forgive women who abort, we would hardlys be likly to forgive the woman who legalised abortion... Not that she needs our forgivness since she has been granted forgivness by god

we do not condemn women who abort, we condemn the act and opinions that support the act.


then why are you so mean to women on the abortion forum? Why are you so judgmental?

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"that would be the american legal system. Try using it some day. But just like trying to get rid of evolution in schools, I think you'll find that people don't want to get rid of abortion."

you see we are using the legal system, that is why we elected a pro life president who will ignore the congressmen and senators who are listening to the minorities and will elect pro life supreeme court justices.... Who will eventually over turn roe v wade... But thats wrong isnt it, 90% of the population shouldnt work to make their country great in their eyes.... No the 10% minorities should only be allowed to work to make the country great in their eyes.


actually what you just described is the system of checks and balances!! Neat, huh? So, pro-life president, pro-choice congress and a set of judges who technically shouldn't have an opinion, and just rule down the middle... Which means that what's going up through the congressmen is what the people want. If the messages you want to hear aren't getting to congress, then who's fault is that? 90% of america's fault, apparently.
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Posted: 02-05-06 23:37pm

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liberals are so loud, annoying and screechy because they don't have power, not because they do.




thank god!!!!


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actually, my one friend came out as lesbian; she'd never had a relationship, but she informed her local catholic priest for whatever reason; or perhaps her parents informed him. Either way, she r