Then you see- they are not pro choice.. lol
Oh well, how convenient for your argument then huh? Oh what a world it would be if we could all just pick and choose who fits what criteria for all of our arguments.
The fact that you so conveniently think it is ok for a so called fetal "human" to be "murdered" to save the mother's life, or to save the woman from emotional distress, as a result of a rape, or incest, tells me that picking and choosing is your specialty. <wink>
That everyone has an abortion? That's ridiculous... But I believe you- no doubt you have some seriously twisted friends.
Did I say they were my "friends"? I said they were misanthropes, go look up the definition.
Thanks for the reminder, but little missy, you are at an age when your friends tend to hold the strongest influence over you, including the development of your thoughts and feelings, and development of political opinions. It was not a big leap- you admitted to being a high schooler.
Next time either learn to read or do not twist my words.
Troll.. And I would like to call you another name, but since you are practically still in diapers, and probably have never even driven a motor vehicle before, much less experienced adulthood for what it is, I will go easy on you this time.
Actually I think the reason you left it out is because you didn't think of it first.
Troll.. Nanny nanny boo boo back at cha..
So let me get this straight, someone can be "pro choice" even if they are against all abortions that are practiced for no other reason than regular contraceptive?
Now it is your turn to look up a definition. Contraceptive means that it is a method of birth control, preventing conception. Conception is what happens after the sperm fertilizes the egg, when the egg attaches to the uterus. (this is actually an uncommon event, which is why so many of us do not understand why so many pro lifers think of a fertilized egg as a pregnancy- you are not pregnant until it attaches. Since it often does not do this, you can put out several fertilized eggs in a lifetime without even knowing it) Back to explaining this word to you- Contra-ception.. contra-conception.. Abortion is clearly not contraception. It is, however, birth control- if you want to get really technical and split hairs, of course. It does prevent birth.
Abort also means to "terminate"- to stop, to end. The end is not a life- it is a pregnancy that a woman experiences. It is a woman's pregnancy- she owns her uterus, and therefore she controls it. My body is my temple, and I will care for it as I see fit. I am the master of my bodily domain.. The queen of this fortress.. the dictator of my land- and I have many duties that I have to take responsibility over, for the safety and well being of this body- fiduciary, emotional, physical, and spiritual, of course. Legalized abortion on demand is helpful- this way, if I get pregnant and do not want to be that way, I do not have to do a belly flop off of a high dive to end the pregnancy, and possibly hurt myself in the process. Thank GOODNESS! Yaaay!
Because rape is usually not done by consent? Even if someone says "I didn't know I would get pregnant", if they performed the act with consent then they need to know that act could have consequences and once again...people making adult decisions....you know.
That is so true.. Lets go a step further with it, then and stop treating people with HIV, chlamydia, Toxic shock syndrome, or even labor complications. They made their beds, now they are going to lie in them. Further on- we could refuse treatment to firefighters who got burns on the job, and cops who got shot, right? Consent to a potential problem = consent to having to lose the right to get that problem treated, in your mind anyways.

/Sarcasm
Um...a free thinking, intelligent individual with the ability to form opinions and ideas about the world around me and the society I live in?
Good.. I just hope that being a free thinking, intelligent individual allows you to expand your thinking outside of the little box it seems to currently be stuck in.. I think you are capable of it. With time, you will mature and see that there is more than one way to be narrow. When you see that, you will broaden out more, and hopefully, not retain this narrow way of thinking. Good girl..
Now, let me ask you who YOU are to pass judgment on those same people. Like it or not, you have done the same thing I have, only your judgment is of the differing side of the topic. That does not make it any less of a judgment though.
Pardon me.. That was called sarcasm. I sometimes forget to add my little /sarcasm remarks at the ends of my posts. I will do better in the future with this. Thank you for pointing this out. It is very common to have misunderstandings on the internet when a discussion is emotive, or involves sarcasm. I do not wish for anyone to take everything I say so literally so I will err more on the side of caution in the future, I promise. ;-) <ps- no sarcasm intended here- I truly do apologise for not being more clear about how sarcastic I was being)
Um..the Catholics who are taught not to use contraceptive are also taught to not have abortions. So if they are going to go against one of those two church teachings anyway...well...guess which I wold prefer?
Great! I support any choice you make. I AM in fact, pro choice! ;-)
Well good thing I don't believe in leprechauns and starlight sprinkles then huh? I never said magically. Once again, please learn to read or stop putting words in my mouth. What I said was, if they did not have the option to just "erase their mistakes", then perhaps in the last 30 or 40 years, someone would have come up with an answer.
Ah but someone did- The attorneys representing Norma McCorvey in Roe V Wade, actually.. and in all this time, the "pro life" group has yet to find an effective artificial uterus that is affordable and effective to full term.. And these same pro lifers, as I stated before, and am now repeating ad nauseum, still have not figured out how to actually support life.. I mean, newborn- adult life, of course.. So whatever they have been doing for the past 30-40 years hasn't made a hill of beans difference besides making it harder and harder for women to abort, and also harder and harder for them to be treated fairly and justly if they do not abort and require the use of public assistance programs.
And I have to again argue that getting pregnant is not a "womans mistake". It is a biological certainty for anyone menstruating, (for 25-35 years), who also has an active, healthy sex life. Women are not the problem here.. "erase their mistakes" is a misogynistic way of saying that women should be the planet's sexual gatekeepers.
Just because I, a teenage high school student, do not have the answer to this rather complicated and complex social and political issue does not mean the current solution that you support is the right one.
Maybe not for you.. But for everyone who chooses it- the current solution is one that a great many women and men are very grateful for.
I could swear that I admitted, more than once, that I do not have the answers to everything. Are you sure that you know how to read? Because the other option is that you have to selectively ignore certain parts of my posts to prove your point.
Troll... And a smart alec kid, no less..
Now if we can just get them to make a "very informed, and very responsible decision" a couple of months sooner, things will be better.
Yeah because having sex is something that is done only by the uneducated irresponsible vagrants of society and all.. lol..
Even if I am not, in my way of thinking, it does not give me the right to erase a life just to make myself feel better.
No way! Murder is wrong.. Abortion, thankfully, is not erasing a life.. Just providing a woman the freedom to not be pregnant anymore.
Megan- you are going to have to learn to forgive, someday.. And these women who abort do forgive, especially themselves- not for aborting, but for getting pregnant in the first place. That is their only "mistake", and one that is VERY common. Did you also know that 50% of all women, worldwide will experience an unplanned pregnancy at some point in their lifetime? That doesn't mean that every one of these women will abort, and it doesnt mean that the ones whose bodies happen to function properly are irresponsible, and it doesnt mean that they should necessarily want to have even a first kid, much less a third or fourth. And it doesnt mean that they are heartless senseless people for deciding that they simply do not want to be PREGNANT.
Actually, if they don't want kids and they still get pregnant, it DOES mean they are irresponsible. It is a tough argument to push on me that these women do not know that sex can lead to pregnancy, even if you are on birth control.
Again, again, again.. and again again.. If everyone who consented to doing something, knowing that there could be unwanted results, do we force them to have to live with the undesired outcome? Should all smokers with lung disease be left untreated? Should we burn down all of the rehabilitation clinics? Should we tell the scantily clad rape victims that they are SOL since they should have known better than to dress that way? Should we choose to not arrest men who kill their wives, the wives that chose to stick around for a lifetime of beatings? After all- they should have ALL seen it coming, right? I mean, what goes around comes around- I gotta give you that much..
Cold, cold, cold... BRRR!

I will pray for you to join in the loving arms of God's servants..
PS- Abortion (miscarriage anyways- but used as a generalized term for translation purposes) and picking and choosing, and the whole idea of wanted children, is supported by biblical teachings. Read it. Learn something new.
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God himself had no value even for newborns for spiritual offering-
Leviticus 27
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the LORD by giving the equivalent value, 3 set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels [a] of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel
; 4 for a female, set her value at thirty shekels [c]; 5 for a person between the ages of five and twenty, set the value of a male at twenty shekels [d] and of a female at ten shekels [e]; 6 for a person between one month and five years, set the value of a male at five shekels [f] of silver and that of a female at three shekels [g] of silver; 7 for a person sixty years old or more, set the value of a male at fifteen shekels [h] and of a female at ten shekels. 8 If anyone making the vow is too poor to pay the specified amount, the person being dedicated is to be presented to the priest, who will set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
Isaiah 65:23 God does not want children to be subjected to misfortune
They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.
Leviticus 26:27-30 God speaks to his children..and threatens them..
27 " 'If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me, 28 then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over. 29 You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. 30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.
Leviticus 21:16-23 God calls certain people freaks and unworthy of his holy food offerings.- Proving that even God decided who he wanted and did not want..
16 The LORD said to Moses, 17 "Say to Aaron: 'For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. 18 No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is blind or lame, disfigured or deformed; 19 no man with a crippled foot or hand, 20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles. 21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the LORD. He has a defect; he must not come near to offer the food of his God. 22 He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food; 23 yet because of his defect, he must not go near the curtain or approach the altar, and so desecrate my sanctuary. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.' "
