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originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Annee
You were responding to this:
"If you hadn't been born, you would never have known anything. It would not have mattered."
Yes, and you also don't know about your own existence until 15 months or so. So if it doesn't matter as long as they don't know about their existence then that logic applies to killing 15 month year olds
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: Blaine91555
a reply to: Sookiechacha
What does Roe have to do with the simple question of why do people believe abortions are bad? It's a separate topic no matter how you spin it and you are spinning it. Since I'm only interested in discussing the topic in the OP, I'll bow out.
How?
The 2 are wholly entwined.
Half a question: " Why are abortions bad?" Who says?
Roe vs Wade -- "Why are abortions good? Because I have the right to choose.
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: quintessentone
Sounds like a way to torture one's wife due to one's paranoia.
Well, something had to be done to ease a paranoid husband's suspicion. I mean, stoning women for fornication was easy to do, if the unmarried woman was pregnant. But how do you prove your wife is schtooping your neighbor!?
You give her a poison potion that if it swells her stomach and wastes away her thighs then she's guilty and of course the poison potion will always do that. Point proven.
originally posted by: cooperton
originally posted by: Annee
You were responding to this:
"If you hadn't been born, you would never have known anything. It would not have mattered."
Yes, and you also don't know about your own existence until 15 months or so. So if it doesn't matter as long as they don't know about their existence then that logic applies to killing 15 month year olds
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: quintessentone
Sounds like a way to torture one's wife due to one's paranoia.
Well, something had to be done to ease a paranoid husband's suspicion. I mean, stoning women for fornication was easy to do, if the unmarried woman was pregnant. But how do you prove your wife is schtooping your neighbor!?
You give her a poison potion that if it swells her stomach and wastes away her thighs then she's guilty and of course the poison potion will always do that. Point proven.
If you look back on American colonial history, the examples of criminal abortions were always abortions perpetrated or ordered by the man who owned the woman, either by slavery, bond servant, guardianship, marriage or secret affairs.
originally posted by: Blaine91555
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: Blaine91555
a reply to: Sookiechacha
What does Roe have to do with the simple question of why do people believe abortions are bad? It's a separate topic no matter how you spin it and you are spinning it. Since I'm only interested in discussing the topic in the OP, I'll bow out.
How?
The 2 are wholly entwined.
Half a question: " Why are abortions bad?" Who says?
Roe vs Wade -- "Why are abortions good? Because I have the right to choose.
I got to give you credit for sticking to it.
Ignore Roe entirely and you tell me why you think abortions are good or bad? Don't let politics or what you're told is true influence you, but instead, from your mind and heart, when is abortion good or bad?
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
originally posted by: quintessentone
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: quintessentone
Sounds like a way to torture one's wife due to one's paranoia.
Well, something had to be done to ease a paranoid husband's suspicion. I mean, stoning women for fornication was easy to do, if the unmarried woman was pregnant. But how do you prove your wife is schtooping your neighbor!?
You give her a poison potion that if it swells her stomach and wastes away her thighs then she's guilty and of course the poison potion will always do that. Point proven.
If you look back on American colonial history, the examples of criminal abortions were always abortions perpetrated or ordered by the man who owned the woman, either by slavery, bond servant, guardianship, marriage or secret affairs.
Indeed, it makes one wonder how many women are coerced by their men into having the abortion.
The most common subreason given was that the woman could not afford a baby now because she was unmarried (42%). Thirty-eight percent indicated that having a baby would interfere with their education, and the same proportion said it would interfere with their employment. In a related vein, 34% said they could not afford a child because they were students or were planning to study.
In the in-depth interviews, the three most frequently stated reasons were the same as in the structured survey: the dramatic impact a baby would have on the women's lives or the lives of their other children (32 of 38 respondents), financial concerns (28), and their current relationship or fear of single motherhood (21). Nine women cited health concerns for themselves, possible problems affecting the health of the fetus or both as a reason for terminating the pregnancy.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: TzarChasm
The thing that gets me is that women are the ones who bear the brunt of responsibilty for unplanned preganacies, but the sperm donor seems to get a free pass the majority of the time.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: TzarChasm
So when to men have the reigns put on about their Sexual Prowness and Verility?
Responsibility goes both ways you know.
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: TzarChasm
That report was on U.S. women and we all know American women aren't coerced easily. Also the report does not report whether or not the unmarried/single women were with the father at the time, and if so, was the father asked whether or not he wanted the abortion? How many men would be willing to work two to three jobs to afford more children?
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: TzarChasm
The thing that gets me is that women are the ones who bear the brunt of responsibilty for unplanned preganacies, but the sperm donor seems to get a free pass the majority of the time.
Maybe women should stop glorifying their sexual identity. Or perhaps every abortion should come with a mandatory castration for the male responsible for the pregnancy. There's no "good" answer, only answers that yield a dramatic decline in abortion statistics by any means necessary.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: TzarChasm
So when to men have the reigns put on about their Sexual Prowness and Verility?
Responsibility goes both ways you know.
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: TzarChasm
So when to men have the reigns put on about their Sexual Prowness and Verility?
Responsibility goes both ways you know.
I cannot emphasize enough that responsibility is a first person, single player activity. Either you make the right choices for your lifestyle, or you don't.
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: TzarChasm
That report was on U.S. women and we all know American women aren't coerced easily. Also the report does not report whether or not the unmarried/single women were with the father at the time, and if so, was the father asked whether or not he wanted the abortion? How many men would be willing to work two to three jobs to afford more children?
Did you click the link to read the study at its home page? I recommend you do so.
originally posted by: GENERAL EYES
a reply to: Notabot12345666
How does hair color factor into this discussion?
I don't color my hair in any way, shape or form.
Am I somehow immune now?