I just wanted to introduce myself to the
pro-choice community. I have been lurking
around the abortion forums, reading and
learning.
I am pro-choice, and was before I found
this site but didn't feel educated enough
to debate yet. Still don't, I guess.
I used to think I was pro-life for myself,
pro-choice for others. So, I believed
abortion to be something that contradicted
my personal morals but believed that other
women should have the opportunity to make
their own choices, in rather a pacifist
manner. That was before I had actually
educated myself a little.
In a university-level sexuality course I
learned about the different methods of
abortion, when they are performed and why.
The prof even passed around medical
instruments used for a d&c (unused
instruments of course), etc. It was a
little gross, but fascinating. The more
educated I became about it the more I
realized that I am pro-choice, and would
be comfortable making that choice for
myself.
I am most certainly pro-choice, for myself
as well as others.
Just wanted to give a shout out and
introduce myself properly. Thanks for the
continued education!
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Anne123
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Posted: 06-06-07 14:27pm
Oh, and forgot to mention I am a huuuge
.Ani .Difranco fan!
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Birch
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Hey Anne, welcome to the forum!
I personally think that alot of women
believe as you did: prolife for
themselves, prochoice for others.
Then they get pregnant...
And sometimes they find out they are not
so prolife after all, and make a choice
they never thought they would.
Some of them decide to be honest with
themselves and become prochoice. Still
others perfer to hide in the dark and
become staunchly prolife, either because
of their experience or some other
manipulative reasoning. "It was bad for
me, so it's bad for everyone!" is
something I've heard alot.
And I'm sure you're educated enough to
debate. In fact, alot of us learn quite a
bit while we are doing it. So throw
yourself in the ring!
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Jincks013
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I am wholly in favor of complete
information being given: I do think that
when a woman tells her doctor she is
pregnant, the doctor should be required to
lock her in a small room containing
befouled diapers, a video of a vaginal
birth, and a tape of a baby screaming for
6 hours. After that, she should have to
come by and change my son's diaper at
least once, he takes a great delight in
peeing on whoever dares to bare his
bottom. And she should have to sleep for a
week in a room with a buzzer that goes off
every two hours and won't turn off until
she walks around with it for twenty
minutes. And have a suction device
attached to the area just above her nipple
for two seconds so she understands the
importance of paying attention while the
kid breastfeeds. And when she does finally
make time for herself and get dress up to
go somewhere, sour milk should be poured
over the front of her outfit.
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flutterby24
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pro-choice Posted: 03-31-08 22:15pm
Im knew here and love a lot of what im
reading. at the moment i an brestfeeding
and typing. jincks013 i soooo agree with
you, i have three wonderfull children but
i mad the choice to abort when i was very
young. When i had my first child i was in
a shelter i was nineteen but the girls in
there were 14-16. girls that were still
children themselves and i could see at
that point where those children would end
up. If someone had made them see the
reality of parenting maybe some of them
would have chosen different. Saddly that
would have beniffited the sitiuation for
child and mother. just wanted to get my
opinion in there and see how itr is
recived.
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eeyore46
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Posted: 04-23-08 22:43pm
I have never been in this situation, so I
can't really relate. I just believe if
someone becomes pregnant, endure the 9
months, and let someone who desperately
wants a child adopt the baby and give
him/her a good home. There are sooo many
couples that desperately want a child and
cannot conceive, and are blessed with a
child through adoption. But.........like
I said, I have never been in the situation
where I did not want my child. The debate
continues, and opinions vary! Every woman
has her own right to this debate!
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Reptar
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Posted: 04-24-08 08:18am
eeyore46
wrote:
I have never been in this
situation, so I can't really relate. I
just believe if someone becomes pregnant,
endure the 9 months, and let someone who
desperately wants a child adopt the baby
and give him/her a good home. There are
sooo many couples that desperately want a
child and cannot conceive, and are blessed
with a child through adoption.
But.........like I said, I have never
been in the situation where I did not want
my child. The debate continues, and
opinions vary! Every woman has her own
right to this
debate!
All good and well, but some women don't
want to endure 9 months. Some women don't
want to have to take maternity leave or be
sick like a dog for 8 months. Some women
don't want to die giving birth, some women
are just plain terrified of birth. I don't
why a woman who happens to get pregnant
should rent out her body, watching it
become "disfigured", loosing her shape,
her ability to have sex (in the later
months) just because someone else can't.
There are many things I am not capable of
doing, but I do not wish for someone else
to suffer and do it for me. I am anemic
and hypoglycemic, yet I don't ask for
someone elses blood so I can feel great
everyday. I do what I can without
infringing on anyone else.
And yeah, we can talk about adoption all
we want. The fact of the matter is, no one
wants over 50% of the babies that we're
popping out already. If it were that easy,
why would we even have foster homes to
begin with? What about the children born
with birth defects or autism or
deformations? Do adoptive parents want
those? No, the only children they want are
the perfect children that come from
perfect families. Most people have
problems accepting their own child if
they're any different than what they want,
nevermind someone elses'.
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eeyore46
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Posted: 04-25-08 23:40pm
Wow - Sorry, I think I am on the wrong
subject forum. I also suffer from anemia,
B-12 deficiency, and hypoglycemia. I do
tend to disagree though, if someone else's
blood would help me feel GREAT again, I
would take it. I do not think blood
donations are infringing on other people,
that is why it is called a donation.
And...............blood donations have
saved a lot of lives. But again, I think
I will move on to another forum. I am
sorry if I have offended anyone, that was
certainly not my intention.
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Reptar
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Posted: 04-26-08 09:53am
eeyore46
wrote:
Wow - Sorry, I think I am on
the wrong subject forum. I also suffer
from anemia, B-12 deficiency, and
hypoglycemia. I do tend to disagree
though, if someone else's blood would help
me feel GREAT again, I would take it. I
do not think blood donations are
infringing on other people, that is why it
is called a donation.
And...............blood donations have
saved a lot of lives. But again, I think
I will move on to another forum. I am
sorry if I have offended anyone, that was
certainly not my
intention.
You didn't offend me, but you just said it
yourself. A blood donation is a DONATION.
Women who choose to go ahead with a
pregnancy chose to donate their body to
the well being of their soon to be baby.
But we don't force any women who goes into
a hospital to give blood, nor do we force
any person who has extra blood to spare or
who gets into an accident and happens to
be conveniently already in the hospital to
give blood. It's always a choice. And even
regardless of that, to even be slightly
comparable to what a pregnant women goes
through, you'd have to have the blood
"donater" hooked up to you for nine months
straight. Pregnancy is not a one time 5
minute donation kind of thing. And it also
should be a choice, just like saving a
life via blood donation is.
