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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #240 on: April 18, 2012, 11:58:16 pm »
Oh I'm aware that pregnancy is expensive and changes one's life, it's simply that those are the least crucial reasons to have one, out of so many that could affect a woman.  So it's like downplaying the real reasons why it's important to keep them legal.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #241 on: April 19, 2012, 12:35:05 am »
But that's not our argument anyways. We aren't arguing that abortion should be legal for women who are poor or women who have health problems, we are arguing that it should be legal for everyone.

~80-90% of abortions are done for convenience anyways.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #242 on: April 19, 2012, 01:10:45 am »
Oh I'm aware that pregnancy is expensive and changes one's life, it's simply that those are the least crucial reasons to have one, out of so many that could affect a woman.  So it's like downplaying the real reasons why it's important to keep them legal.

I think you're the one downplaying things by suggesting that the expenses and life-altering consequences of pregnancy aren't "real" reasons...
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #243 on: April 19, 2012, 01:11:35 am »


Expenses are indeed valid reasons to have an abortion. Imagine raising a child with no financial means to support one. It's going to fuck the up the child, as well as the parent.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #244 on: April 19, 2012, 02:50:41 am »
Not only that, but pregnancy itself is expensive, particularly if one lacks any sort of health coverage. Carrying a child to term without prenatal checkups, a midterm ultrasound, prenatal vitamins, proper assistance during the delivery, and so on is risky as hell, and none of those things are cheap. Granted, sometimes adoptive couples will cover the expenses, but that isn't a guarantee.

Then there's the matter of all the emotional tolls of an unexpected/unwanted pregnancy -- dealing with the changes to your body, the judgment you receive from others, the influence of hormones on your mental health, fear of childbirth, plus a million other psychological effects that one might not be capable of handling.

I really don't see how any of these things belittle the other reasons for keeping abortion illegal. They're all valid points that need to be laid out during abortion debates. To paraphrase the sign, this stuff may seem inconsequential until you're the one dealing with it.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #245 on: April 19, 2012, 01:05:40 pm »
To paraphrase the sign, this stuff may seem inconsequential until you're the one dealing with it.

No doubt.

I suppose I was thinking that the matters of a normal healthy pregnancy - financial and emotional and in terms of quality of life - are also dealt with by all the women that intend to have a baby.  Including the poor and unfit.  So to someone who's anti-choice, it would come down to, 'well, if this other person can handle it, why can't you?'  Making it look like a weaker argument than others available.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #248 on: April 21, 2012, 08:41:42 pm »
Get back in the hospital, lunatic.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #249 on: April 21, 2012, 08:44:12 pm »
Get back in the hospital, lunatic.

Can't afford it.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #250 on: April 21, 2012, 08:55:36 pm »
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #251 on: April 21, 2012, 09:02:48 pm »
There ain't any!
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« Reply #252 on: April 21, 2012, 09:09:48 pm »
Bootstraps, motherfucker!

Sold them for a warm sandwich.
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #253 on: April 21, 2012, 09:20:24 pm »
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Re: Awesome Protest Signs
« Reply #254 on: April 21, 2012, 09:26:31 pm »
Bootstraps, motherfucker!

We can't pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN AFFORD THE FUCKING BOOTSTRAPS!
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