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I always ask those who are pro abortion to explain to me what exactly is so "good" about quartering a preborn baby like you would quarter a pig? What is "good" about ripping off a baby's arms, legs, tearing away pieces of her stomach along with her entrails and her spine? What again, is so "good" about that butchery? Is it that the woman will, in the end, have thwarted her responsibility?

Rebecca Your understanding of the procedure to terminate a pregnancy is very skewed. You may want to do some real research because the scenario you describe j…moreYour understanding of the procedure to terminate a pregnancy is very skewed. You may want to do some real research because the scenario you describe just doesn't happen.
Forcing a women into bearing a child she is physically, emotionally and financially unprepared for is the worst kind of irresponsibility. Birth control fails, women are raped, providing safe access to medical abortion is a sign of an intelligent and responsible society. Conception is merely one outcome of human sexuality not it's purpose. (less)

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I don't understand how you would "force" motherhood on a woman ( less it's rape) who is having consensual sex. To say that society is forcing motherhood on men and women who are having consensual sex is like admitting that they don't know that the purpose of sex is to procreate. Or, is there really such a high level of ignorance out there?

TopHat There is indeed a high level of ignorance in this great vast world and a great many differing opinions. I have sex because I enjoy sex. The purpose of…moreThere is indeed a high level of ignorance in this great vast world and a great many differing opinions. I have sex because I enjoy sex. The purpose of sex is pleasure, to celebrate my body and my lover's body, and because orgasms. I freaking love orgasms. I don't want to have a quiver-full of child molesters. I will continue to have sex long after menopause, long after the biological clock strikes thirteen. If the purpose of sex is merely procreation, why do elderly people contract the clap? (I guess they didn't get the darn memo). (less)

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This book is quite US-centric. Does anyone have any recent developments from other countries (Canada, Western Europe, etc.) to share?

MsBrie No, but that's an interesting question. I know in Latin American countries such as El Salvador, a woman can be arrested and locked up for 30 years for…moreNo, but that's an interesting question. I know in Latin American countries such as El Salvador, a woman can be arrested and locked up for 30 years for even being suspected of having an abortion. Many Latin American countries are backwards in their thinking about a woman's right to control her own body. And in Ireland a woman can die from not being permitted an abortion. (less)

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So what does the overturn of roe v wade mean?

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