Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: "Choice 👏🏼 fucking 👏🏼 matters 👏🏼." [View all]mountain grammy
(26,621 posts)28. My own son, who I raised to know better
said to me, "I don't think it's right for a woman to have more than one abortion. I don't think it should be birth control."
I said to my son, it is none of your business if a woman has a dozen abortions. It doesn't affect you, it doesn't affect me. It's literally none of our business, and it's certainly none of the government's business.
It's all about controlling women and we all know it.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
49 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
I find it entirely believable. I've read other stories of the same thing
BlancheSplanchnik
May 2019
#40
Ok. Well, you're talking about the specific situation, I'm generalizing outward.
BlancheSplanchnik
May 2019
#48
Whenever someone w/ the power to say "no" is allowed to, that's "a policy." Absent LAWS to protect
Hekate
May 2019
#33
George W. Bush gave aid and comfort to evangelicals in so many ways. One was "conscience"...
Hekate
May 2019
#49
I wish I could rec this more than once. Women's rights are being eroded day by day.
Arkansas Granny
May 2019
#8
Too many men want forced pregnancies and no child support. Love the fetus & hate the child, again.nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#9
back in the 70s heard about a doctor who when asked to tie tubes of a woman
demigoddess
May 2019
#15
2 ways to punish GOP - starting with 3 universities in GA that helped do this and can be protested
certainot
May 2019
#20
yeah, the guy most influential in the country on all such matters has no clue
certainot
May 2019
#35
Any health professional who is not comfortable doing a legal procedure should refer that patient
milestogo
May 2019
#25
Your doctor had the kind of self-righteous bullshit you see in Latin America all the time
sandensea
May 2019
#27
"I can't understand why so many men are fearful of women's reproductive freedom."
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#30