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History of Feminism

CTyankee

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6. In my experience with this issue, the further difficult question arises when

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2015, 05:12 PM

Apr 2015

the anti-choicers start talking about women aborting fetuses with Down Syndrome. I worked for an organization helping people with developmental disabilities and I heard some real bitterness from the parents of these individuals who would not have considered abortion due to religious beliefs. And there were some contentious conversations on the subject. They were sensitive to the fact that there are far fewer children with DS born. These parents felt that it was slur against the dignity of disabled people if they are "eliminated" before they are born. And I guess it didn't help that I left that job to go to work for Planned Parenthood's state affiliate...not because of my previous work but because I was so strongly pro-choice and it was a time when clinics providing abortions were under threat of being invaded and shut down by rabid anti-choicers...

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stand firm. i like what and how clinton addresses abortion. [View all] seabeyond Apr 2015 OP

Let girl/woman do what she needs to do and it's none of our business anyway. HIPPA laws should brewens Apr 2015 #1

Some guys have arrived in that other thread DURHAM D Apr 2015 #2

i just put my toe back into that thread. and i got the but but but, she said rare. seabeyond Apr 2015 #3

Don't bother. DURHAM D Apr 2015 #5

Fall apart of course ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #4

In my experience with this issue, the further difficult question arises when CTyankee Apr 2015 #6

Choice is choice ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #7

I think their bitterness was in large part due to the fact that they were enduring CTyankee Apr 2015 #8

I can see that ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #10

Some of the clinging to religion is defensiveness, people say their kids are a burden on society. freshwest Apr 2015 #11

Okay, I see what your saying concerning that thread... AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #9

here is the thing. having listened to speech, reacted to the word rare, then taking it in context seabeyond Apr 2015 #12

I'll bet you money they didn't actually listen to the speech ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #13

You noticed that too, didn't you. Because I sure have. n/t freshwest Apr 2015 #28

It was a fantastic reply Novara Apr 2015 #14

I'm one of those who think that by wanting abortion to be rare is wrong seabeyond Apr 2015 #15

That's not what I said. Novara Apr 2015 #17

that is exactly what you said. i copy and pasted your sentence seabeyond Apr 2015 #18

Read what I wrote Novara Apr 2015 #21

i stopped where i wanted to address. because it falls at the beginning is not my problem. seabeyond Apr 2015 #22

Making abortion rare is logically limiting them. Novara Apr 2015 #23

That segues into my point about abortion being a surgical procedure ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #24

you continue to ignore what she is actually saying, regardless of me showing you how fool hearty seabeyond Apr 2015 #25

I'm a nurse so I see it from a medical POV ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #16

The fact that she is repeating it "after her work for women's justice is disturbing." Novara Apr 2015 #19

Isn't that what I said? ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #20

Perfect. I agree with every word. Nye Bevan Apr 2015 #26

you are so obvious. ya ya , i get it. it is there for me to see, not all. seabeyond Apr 2015 #27

Heh! ismnotwasm Apr 2015 #29