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24. I've always said

Tue Oct 12, 2021, 04:46 PM

Oct 2021

That if your goal is fewer abortions, you should wholeheartedly support PP. They likely prevent far more than they perform.

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what we miss in the abortion debate and should be emphasized when we talk about it. [View all] CTyankee Oct 2021 OP

Absolutely - it is women's health care Alice Kramden Oct 2021 #1

And that advice is why Texas and other states want to defund PP completely. sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #2

Yes. And a good reason for MORE EDUCATION about PP itself. CTyankee Oct 2021 #8

People who want to defund PP don't like contraception either. Girard442 Oct 2021 #3

You're preaching to the choir here... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #4

I regard them as healthcare providers. Cinnamonspice Oct 2021 #5

Abortion care is health care. Reproductive care is health care. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #7

Of course. And information is power. CTyankee Oct 2021 #11

One other really important we need to make over and over again Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #16

That is a thoughtful and reasonable argument. CTyankee Oct 2021 #17

Yup Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #18

And I wish Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #20

Why aren't these guys in Texas getting vasectomies? FakeNoose Oct 2021 #22

I think the whole idea of one scares the bejeezus out of them. CTyankee Oct 2021 #23

I've always said Zeitghost Oct 2021 #24

so true. nt ecstatic Oct 2021 #25