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Dear pro-lifers

http://theprogressivecynic.com/2014/04/04/the-most-ignored-fact-in-the-abortion-debate-banning-abortion-doesnt-reduce-abortion-rates-but-we-know-which-policies-do/ [quote]Anybody who truly wants to reduce abortion rates needs to look at these facts and act accordingly—support universal healthcare (not the market-based ObamaCare) and quality social welfare programs, as these are the only policies which have been PROVEN to reduce abortion rates reliably[/quote] Banning abortions doesn't actually prevent abortions. It simply reduces the amount of [i]safe[/i] abortions, and forces women to seek other, unsafe ways to terminate their pregnancies. That is a fact. Your campaigns to shut down abortion centers are wrong. Simple as that. You know what [i]does[/i] reduce abortion rates? Universal health care. Sexual education. Universal childcare. Please do your research before you decide to protest outside abortion clinics. Thanks. Purse, out.

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  • Edited by ishi: 3/11/2016 3:16:07 AM
    Abortion is murder, so they are technically breaking the law, so how bout you shut the -blam!- up and not be a bitch. ;) -Painiac out

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  • People will say anything to try justifying murder. Even pretend it isn't murder.

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  • Edited by Cykelios: 1/28/2016 11:42:15 PM
    People who think a fetus isn't a life make me laugh so -blam!-ing hard. What the hell else is it, then, smartass? A rock? Edit: There's a new argument! "It's alive, but not as a human!" Are you -blam!-ing serious? People say this, but if their own mother said, "Oh, this baby inside me isn't -blam!-ing human, so I'll just have it killed!" How would that make you feel? People like this are why -blam!-ING CONDOMS EXIST

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    • OP, you are wrong. I can prove it, too. Here is a chart: [url]http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/graphusabrate.html[/url] The sources he used are at the bottom. Here is another chart: [url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/01/22/thirteen-charts-that-explain-how-roe-v-wade-changed-abortion-rights/[/url] Look at chart number two. In the first link, which has clear sources and is reputable, we can see that abortions began a huge rise after 1970. They have since fallen in recent years, but lets ignore that part of the chart for the time being. In the second link's chart, we see two landmark events marked. The first is when abortion laws were liberalized in 15 states. The second is Roe v. Wade, the supreme court decision on abortion. As you can see, the number of abortions clearly increased after these two events. I do acknowledge that this just indicates correlation, but it is pretty clear that legalizing abortions does not decrease the rate of abortions. In addition, you will see that the chart indicates that abortions continued their downward trend in 2014, when "obamacare" went into effect. While we still need more data to form an educated opinion, it seems (at this point) that greater healthcare did not change any trends. If you wish to take the charts trends as indicating causation, then you need to admit that legalizing abortion leads to more abortions. Then you would be able to claim that healthcare decreases abortions. If you examine the charts in their pure state, however, you can't make a conclusion about either. More data is needed. Since these charts clearly discuss abortion rates, you can't determine if either of these things are true. Now, lets talk about your charts. In one of your charts, it makes the claim that more liberal abortion laws lead to less abortions. You will notice that, unfortunately, the areas in the left side of the chart are not areas that any one would define as first world. Their high rate of abortions can be marked up to any number of things, including a lack of access to medicine (something that you claimed was paramount), and a lack of sexual education. Making the widespread claim that abortion rates are higher in the left-side countries because they have less liberal laws is not something that can be proved with one simple chart. Again, correlation, not causation. Lets also talk about the term "safe abortions". Using this term is like me saying, "people are going to die to guns anyway, so I think we should provide mass killers with premium weaponry, so that it is safer for the shooters when they are killing people". Abortions, from the pro-life view (and I'll discuss why that Idea is the correct one lower on in the post) are murder. Making it safer for murders to occur is not an objective. If a mother commits an abortion, they should be imprisoned. Simple as that. The safety of the innocent is paramount in this case. I do agree with you about adjusting the adoption agencies of the nation, and the childcare policies. These need to get better, so people that grow up with these services get adequate care. So, here's the last part. Why the pro-life view is the right one: - Let me ask you a question: How do you differentiate people from other people? How about from animals? Simple answer: DNA. Each person has their own, unique DNA, which is separate from the DNA of others. Human DNA is also different than animal DNA. If we were to ask: Is X a human person? Two subsequent questions would follow. Does X have human DNA? Does X have its own unique DNA? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you have a distinct and unique person. According to our constitution, each person has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Abortion clearly violates these rights. The dependence of this new person on the mother has no relevance in this discussion, because children are dependent on their parents well after they are born. Should we allow mothers to kill their two year-olds? Three year-olds? Obviously not. -"But a woman has a right to her own body". As we have established, a child who is in the fetus stage has a different DNA than the mother who carries him/her. This means that the child is not part of the mothers body. The child might be inside the mother's body, but it is not the mother's body. While a woman does have a right to her own body, she does not have the right to the body of another, even if that other is her child. -"But the child isn't alive". Lets say that the child isn't alive for a second. The dead still have certain rights. When someone dies, you can't just strip their corpse of everything, and parade their body around on your car. For more info, google rights of the dead. The laws vary from state to state, here is an overview of the ones in Texas: [url]http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/burial-cremation-laws-texas.html[/url]. Assume, for a second, that a dead person could come back to life. Would you deny that person the ability to come back to life? Should we stop providing defibrillators so that, once a heart stops, a person can be declared dead and stay that way? Is it not the right of any person, living or dead, to life? If they can achieve life, then you have to let them. They, after all, have a right to life. While I do believe that a child in the womb begins life at birth, this question is irrelevant, because any person has the right to life. -"But making it illegal won't do anything". Here's the thing- Abortion, as I have established, is wrong. We have a responsibility to take legal action to stop it, and to punish those who commit the action. Not making this illegal is like giving everyone access to the latest military tech. It is wrong to do it. We have to take action to stop this injustice.

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      • If a fetus isn't a human, at what point does it become human?

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        • OP is manioc

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        • You disgust me lincoln

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        • If your so pro-life Fûck off and get one [spoiler]still the best thing I've ever heard[/spoiler] [spoiler]not directed at anyone[/spoiler]

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        • Huh.

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        • Fail. Universal healthcare has no effect on that. Socialism fails that's obvious but to get to your point if it's illigal then those people if caught would be arrested. If you get pregnant that's your fault deal with the consiquences. There is very few good reasons where I support abortion. Planned parenthood needs to be brought on charges for their crimes

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          • Preach it.

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          • You have triggered so many...

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          • How about we let the possible mother to be decide the fate of her unborn foetus? or at the very least make sure more people know more about effective birth control... Did you know that the ancient Greeks actually had a plant that when made into a paste (or something at least edible that wasn't just leaves) had a chemical in it which prevented pregnancy completely? Bit of a shame they quite literally f*cked it out of existence though... Horny bastards o(`ω´ )o

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          • Huh. This was...pretty smart... I still don't like the idea of abortions though...but...if your gunna get them...I guess it's better to be safe! Oh, and use protection next time. [spoiler]Obviously there is cases like -blam!-. Where ya I understand it's not actually your fault so why should you have the "burden" Of someone else's consequences.[/spoiler]

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          • Edited by Some Black Guy: 1/28/2016 4:21:24 AM
            "The main argument of the anti-choice movement boils down to this: a human zygote, blastocyst, embryo, or fetus is a human being with a right to life, and abortion is therefore murder and should be illegal. This assumption is deeply flawed. The status of a fetus is a subjective opinion, and the only opinion that counts is that of the pregnant woman. For example, a happily pregnant woman may feel love for her fetus as a special and unique human being, a welcome and highly anticipated member of her family. She names her fetus, refers to it as a baby, talks to it, and so on. But an unhappily pregnant woman may view her fetus with utter dismay, bordering on revulsion. She cannot bring herself to refer to it as anything other than "it," much less a human being. She is desperate to get rid of this unwelcome invader, and when she does, she feels tremendous relief. Both of these reactions to a fetus, and all reactions in between, are perfectly valid and natural. Both may even occur in the same woman, years apart. However, anti-choicers insist not only that a fetus is a human being, but that this status is an objective scientific fact. Unfortunately, they are assuming the very thing that requires proving, thereby committing the logical fallacy of "begging the question." Biology, medicine, law, philosophy, and theology have no consensus on the issue, and neither does society as a whole. There will never be a consensus because of the subjective and unscientific nature of the claim, so we must give the benefit of the doubt to women, who are indisputable human beings with rights. Fetuses are uniquely different from born human beings in major ways, which casts doubt on the claim that they can be classified as human beings. The most fundamental difference is that a fetus is 100% dependent on a woman's body to survive. Anti-choicers might argue that born human beings can be entirely dependent on other people too, but the crucial difference is that they are not dependent on one, specific person to the exclusion of all others. Anybody can take care of a newborn infant, but only that pregnant woman can nurture her fetus. She can’t hire someone else to do it. Another key difference is that a fetus doesn't just depend on a woman's body for survival, it actually resides in her body. Human beings must, by definition, be separate individuals. They do not gain the status of human being by virtue of living inside the body of another human being—the very thought is inherently ridiculous, even offensive. Anti-choicers say that a fetus has an inherent "right to life." But many of them support exceptions to a ban on abortion in cases of rhape-, incest, or a threat to the woman's life, or even health. This clearly indicates that they believe the right to life of a fetus is negotiable, certainly not absolute. By compromising their "right to life" in order to accommodate a woman's rights, they inadvertently acknowledge that women's rights are more important than the "right to life" of fetuses. EVEN if a fetus can be said to have a right to life, this does not include the right to use the body of another human being. For example, the state cannot force people to donate organs or blood, even to save someone's life. We are not obligated by law to risk our lives jumping into a river to save a drowning victim, noble as that might be. Therefore, even if a fetus has a right to life, a pregnant woman is not required to save it by loaning out her body for nine months against her will. (In response, anti-choicers say that being pregnant is not the same as being a Good Samaritan, because the woman chose to have sex, voluntarily accepting the risk of pregnancy. But sex is not a contract for pregnancy—people have a right to non-procreative sex. Their argument is also sexist and puritanical because it punishes women, not men, for their sexual behaviour.) Even WITH a right, this doesn't automatically overrule a woman's right to choose, which can be argued to have a higher moral value under the circumstances. The free exercise of one's moral conscience is a fundamental right in our society. And since pregnancy entails profound physical, psychological, and long-lasting consequences for a woman (it is not a mere "inconvenience"), her freedoms are significantly restricted if she is forced to carry to term. If fetuses did have a right, one could make an equal case for the right of unwanted fetuses not to live. This is alien to the anti-choice assumption that all life is precious and should be encouraged and preserved at any cost. In the real world, however, some people commit suicide because they no longer want to live, and others wish they’d never been born. Life is not a picnic for all, especially unwanted children who are at high risk for leading dysfunctional lives. Many people believe that being forced to live is a violation of human dignity and conscience. To be truly meaningful, the right to live must include the flip side, the right to die. Ultimately though, to have a "right to life" requires that one be an individual capable of living an independent existence. One must "get a life" before one has a "right to life." A fetus is not a separate individual—it lives inside a pregnant woman and depends on her for its growth. In fact, the biological definition of "parasite" fits the fetal mode of growth precisely, especially since pregnancy causes a major upset to a woman's body, just like a parasite does to its host. I'm not trying to disparage fetuses with the negative connotations of the word parasite; in fact, parasites and their hosts often enjoy mutually supportive relationships, and this obviously includes most pregnancies. However, the parasitic relationship of a fetus to a woman means that its continued existence requires her consent—if she continues the pregnancy unwillingly, her rights and bodily integrity are violated. Anti-choicers like to demand legal rights for fetuses. Significantly, there is no support for fetuses as legal persons in international human rights codes. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." Virtually all national constitutions do not treat fetuses as persons or citizens. American citizenship is limited to those "born or naturalized in the United States" (as per the 14th Amendment) and the word "Everyone" in the Canadian constitution has been deemed by the courts not to include fetuses. Declaring fetuses to be legal persons with rights would generate countless legal and social dilemmas. Fetuses would have to become dependents for tax and estate purposes, be counted in official census-taking, and be subject to many other laws affecting persons. Wouldn't every zygote have to have a Social Security Number, as well as a Certificate of Conception? The sheer absurdity of this proposal reveals that society does not think of fetuses as persons in the normal sense at all, and would have great difficulty trying to treat them as such. If anti-choicers want fetuses to share the same human rights as the rest of us, this means they should enjoy the constitutional freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, and other basic freedoms. Since fetuses are physically incapable of believing, speaking, or assembling, they cannot have or exercise any constitutional rights. This puts them in a totally different category than regular human beings. Ironically, anti-choicers are trapped in a fatal contradiction here—women are undeniably human beings; yet anti-choicers are quite willing to sacrifice the human rights of women in favor of fetuses, whose status as human beings is highly questionable. If they can’t even respect the lives and rights of born human beings, why should we trust their alleged concern for fetuses as human beings? Anti-choicers would not be convinced by the evidence in this article, because it doesn't refute their emotional conviction that a fertilized egg represents a real and unique human being, just like themselves. They identify with a fertilized egg (it's where we all came from, after all) and feel horror and anxiety at the thought that they themselves might have been aborted. But life is a crap shoot. If your parents had decided not to have sex the night you were conceived, you wouldn't have existed. If your father had worn a condom, you wouldn’t have existed. Or, you could have been conceived, then miscarried. If you had been aborted, your mother may have had a later sibling who wouldn't have existed without your abortion. And so on. Ultimately, if you hadn't been born, it wouldn't matter to you, the same way it can’t matter to aborted fetuses that they weren't born. The non-existent don’t regret their non-existence, and when the living start worrying about the non-existent, they descend into irrational nonsense. Despite the potential that a fetus has for becoming a human being, and its similarities to a human being, we cannot say that a fetus is a human being. A fetus resides in a legal and social no-man's land, where rights and personhood can have no force or meaning, unless women are kept thoroughly oppressed. Plus, there are many significant differences between a born human being and a fetus, which creates reasonable doubt as to its status. Because there can be no consensus on the matter, the value accorded to a fetus is a subjective, personal matter. Individuals, not society as a whole, must choose what the status of a fetus should be, based on their beliefs."

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          • Edited by Diecutman: 1/28/2016 3:55:37 AM
            You make excellent points, but you missed a couple things, imo. Adoption needs to be streamlined and made a more attractive option to offset the increase in births vs. terminations. Adopting parents don't need to be THE BEST HOME, they need to be a willing, caring home that's better than institution. Adopting as it is in the U.S. is a status symbol for all its costs, and that needs to change.

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          • Or people can just jizz in the mouth instead. Break that mental barrier and -blam!-in pull your goddamn dick out! For -blam!-s sake it's not hard! Well actually it is but that's beside the point.

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          • Here is the thing. People are going to have unsafe sex and women are going to pregnant, it's inevitable. It's happening right now as I type this so it's not something anyone can stop and nobody has the right to stop it. I'm referring to legal consensual sex of course. So we know this is going to happen so getting rid of abortion clinics is a very bad idea because for the women who don't want the baby they'll just seek unsafe ways to get rid of the baby. I do think that women should rely less on abortion clinics and really focus more on sex ed and having safe sex so when they get pregnant it will be something they planned out.

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            • free birth control free vasectomies in a couple of decades they will become mandatory.

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              • Edited by Sauceman James: 1/28/2016 2:46:56 AM
                Hmm... Info is from the progressive cynic .com..... Nope doesn't sound biased at all. Also how are you still here? Didn't you get banned for this kind of obvious bait?

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              • Oh shit, Pursy is back! :D

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              • Edited by AlarmingList540: 1/28/2016 12:10:39 AM
                Am I the only one who saw "Pro Lifters" and thought of weights? Edit: Well shit that's not even what it what it says never mind

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              • Dear Lincoln, Please refrain from using multiple accounts to pass around your shit opinions to make it seem many people share your shit views, kiddo

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                • Funny , we say the same things about Gun control and Liberals don't listen either.

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                  • Yet another biased and minimally supported post by offtopic's biggest dumbass, NoislessPurse.

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                    • Of abortion becomes illegal, very few women will harm themselves with unsafe abortions. It will drastically decrease the amount of abortions. Abortion is too accessible right now. The mentality is, [b]get pregnant, get an abortion[/b]. I hope one day the mentality is, [i]get pregnant, consider adoption over hurting myself[/i].

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