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In reply to the discussion: I opened the bathroom door and found my roommate's girlfriend in a pool of blood [View all]Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)80. I have often thought abortion is a freedom of religion issue. It is a matter of opinion when
the fetus becomes a "person". My spiritual teaching says not until the fetus is capable of surviving outside the body of the mother. There are many different opinions on when that is, hence it becomes a freedom of religion issue.
And regardless of that, no one has the right to decide for someone else what is right for them to do with their own body.
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I opened the bathroom door and found my roommate's girlfriend in a pool of blood [View all]
Snellius
Jun 2018
OP
I remember my mother telling me of a friend of hers whose baby had died in utero and she had to
Maraya1969
Jun 2018
#44
My mom, (God rest her soul), told the story of what it was like in that era...
The_REAL_Ecumenist
Jul 2018
#92
From at least a century ago the word for non-Catholics was: Don't send your wife or daughter ...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#54
I remember that time. I did not have a "D&C" but my sister was working in a hospital
Sophia4
Jun 2018
#82
One thing I'd bet that would happen if it were overturned is border clinics would open up ...
mr_lebowski
Jun 2018
#5
Are you really THAT sure, that after all this time ... with their golden opportunity ...
mr_lebowski
Jun 2018
#39
Yeah no they can't do it in one swoop but w/o Roe, if they still hold both Houses and POTUS?
mr_lebowski
Jun 2018
#62
Absolutely right. I don't think people can imagine what it was like, so many lives thrown into
enough
Jun 2018
#9
Until 1973/4, service women were automatically discharged for pregnancy regardless of marital status
sarge43
Jun 2018
#12
Exactly. The rich will always have access to a discreet "D & C" while those of lesser means
catbyte
Jun 2018
#14
I've never understood why pro choice advocates rarely use this to fight back
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2018
#15
If you want, you can get pins, earrings, buttons, bumper stickers with that symbol...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#69
I hate it because they are essentially making us follow their religion. My beliefs say that
demigoddess
Jun 2018
#17
And can you imagine what John Ashcroft's Justice Department would have done to her
StevieM
Jun 2018
#38
Those who speak of an Underground Railroad: start now, in Texas. In that huge state there is only
Hekate
Jun 2018
#32
Evangelicals rewrote *the Bible* on abortion in the 1970s for their political purposes.
sharedvalues
Jun 2018
#33
My late MIL, Jewish, born in 1913, raised in Vienna, said there was no Biblical justification...
Hekate
Jun 2018
#43
And now they want ethnic cleansing - removing brown people to get votes for Republicans.
sharedvalues
Jun 2018
#77
I have often thought abortion is a freedom of religion issue. It is a matter of opinion when
Amaryllis
Jun 2018
#80
My support for women being able to decide whether to remain pregnant is absolute.
aikoaiko
Jun 2018
#42
I remember the intense punishments meted out to women, girls, and those who helped them
Hekate
Jun 2018
#48
my late mom wittnessed a lot of these as a welfare offficer . never really spoke about them
AllaN01Bear
Jun 2018
#56
Republicans are the anti-life party. I once opened the bathroom door in similar circumstances...
hunter
Jun 2018
#71
Roe v Wade had restrictions built in from Day One, something the anti-choice fanatics lie about
Hekate
Jul 2018
#93
I remember a woman speaking at a gathering in the late '70s who had an abortion back then
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2018
#88
Rich people will always have access to safe and legal abortion.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jun 2018
#89