Reply #346: The right wing wants NO abortion. Period. Get it? They have whittled away [View All]

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a woman's right to make a choice regarding whether, when, under what circumstances, to bring new life into the world. They do not want women to have contraception, the morning after pill, or abortions
in the first trimester. They do not want teens to be able to have abortions without parental consent.
They prevent women from crossing state lines to have abortions. They require women to listen to
a song and dance about fetal development before having abortions on the off chance they can induce such
guilt that maybe someone will change her mind. In short, they want women who become pregnant to have NO choice in whether that pregnancy is to continue. They want to turn back the clock and make women
have babies or seek out illegal means to terminate them unless they have the funds to go to another country for abortion. There is no room for nuance with these folks.

That's where the period comes from. IMO it's a mistake not to challenge these people
with the assumptions behind they "simply believe that a potential human life trumps a woman's right to end that life". These anti-choice folks get black/white, right/wrong. They don't get nuance. So, speak
to them in their language. If one of them says, "well, it's simply wrong" then challenge that with, "well, are women supposed to be incubators, no matter what" Lead them into nuance. The only way that is done
is to smack them in the face with another statement of certainty. If they agree, you know not to waste your time trying to talk to them. If they say, well, that's not exactly what I believe, then there's a basis for conversation and maybe you can bring them to recognizing they have a more nuanced opinion
than what they thought.

The real problem, again, IMO, is that most of the anti-choice people don't think. They parrot what they're told. A lot of them are very insecure and the idea that a woman has the power to make choices
about her reproduction is extremely threatening to them. Better for them not to have to think about it--and if they can make that the case for every woman, then they no longer have to deal with the issues.