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kentuck

(111,097 posts)
Thu May 16, 2019, 06:58 AM May 2019

Just when we thought we had been divided in every way possible...

Along comes Donald Trump to talk about Doctors and Mothers wrapping the baby in beautiful clothes before they decide to execute "it".

As if it is an enjoyable Sunday stroll in the park.

As if he has become the arbiter of what is right and moral in this country.

As if these women are somehow less than human.

As if it is an easy decision when a young girl or woman is raped, to decide to carry to term that child.

As if it is an easy decision when a child becomes pregnant by a member of her family.

These self-righteous moralizers have always used abortion as a political issue when they have felt trouble coming in the next election. Is that what is happening here?

It is painfully obvious that Donald Trump will use any issue possible to divide our country.

It is despicable.

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Just when we thought we had been divided in every way possible... (Original Post) kentuck May 2019 OP
this issue was divisive for decades rampartc May 2019 #1
No. McCONnell did it. Blocked Obama's pick a year. Blocked Obama warning of Russian involvement. .nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #2
They said they believed in "precedent"... kentuck May 2019 #3
Pro-life is a myth. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #4
I used to call them anti-choice...but RobertDevereaux May 2019 #6
And AS IF that scenario ever happened. He and his cabal make all this shit up. pdsimdars May 2019 #5
That's why DownriverDem May 2019 #7
In this case Old Yeller seems to be talking from experience. Hugin May 2019 #8
There were rumors when David Pecker flipped NewJeffCT May 2019 #12
Yeah, I recall those rumblings. Hugin May 2019 #16
I really believe Trump is neither pro life nor pro choice. Ohiogal May 2019 #9
This isn't dividing anyone, so don't portray it as if it is. Hortensis May 2019 #10
Well, I would say it isn't because he isn't trying... kentuck May 2019 #19
Not to mention, he's been a party to more than one. bitterross May 2019 #11
Remember, he wanted his second wife to have an abortion. He's only so called pro life cause for SummerSnow May 2019 #18
How the fuck do they plan to enforce these laws? Moostache May 2019 #13
great post. Sadly I can't picture any conservative thinking this way. BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #14
Supremacy in America isn't just about white supremacy. CaptainTruth May 2019 #15
If this doesn't galvanize even more women to vote NoMoreRepugs May 2019 #17

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
1. this issue was divisive for decades
Thu May 16, 2019, 07:02 AM
May 2019

trump merely handed them the supreme court they need to push for even more.

keithbvadu2

(36,807 posts)
4. Pro-life is a myth.
Thu May 16, 2019, 08:05 AM
May 2019

Republicans are in favor of killing living babies and have done so.

Pro-life is a myth.

The supposed pro-lifers cared naught when the state of Texas (republican gov, republican Prez) deliberately killed living baby Sun Hudson against the mother's wishes because he was an inconvenience to the state.

It is not a matter of life to the supposed pro-lifers.

It is a matter of control.

 

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)
5. And AS IF that scenario ever happened. He and his cabal make all this shit up.
Thu May 16, 2019, 08:05 AM
May 2019

Which tells you a lot about how low their minds are. I mean, what kind of person even thinks about things like that?

Hugin

(33,148 posts)
8. In this case Old Yeller seems to be talking from experience.
Thu May 16, 2019, 08:56 AM
May 2019

Last edited Thu May 16, 2019, 12:23 PM - Edit history (1)

It's pretty clear he's uttered the phrase "Get rid of 'it'." more than once in his life to an expecting mother.

But, he views women as baby making appliances only convenient to prove his virility and otherwise a liability.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
12. There were rumors when David Pecker flipped
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:26 AM
May 2019

that he had evidence of as many as 8 abortions paid for by Trump over the years.

Ohiogal

(32,000 posts)
9. I really believe Trump is neither pro life nor pro choice.
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:20 AM
May 2019

He is morally bankrupt and probably doesn’t give a whit about either side. His M.O. is to support the cause that keeps his base energized. I’ll bet any money he has paid for a few abortions in his life.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. This isn't dividing anyone, so don't portray it as if it is.
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:24 AM
May 2019

All but the self-demented know this for appalling nonsense, and that includes by far most who oppose abortion. We're surrounded with them here. They're not idiots, and they really don't like these shabby lies slapped on what they hold as honest and moral beliefs.

kentuck

(111,097 posts)
19. Well, I would say it isn't because he isn't trying...
Thu May 16, 2019, 11:01 AM
May 2019

I cannot recall even one issue that he did not seek to divide with...

Never one to unite us.

There is nothing honest or moral about it.

People have a right to oppose abortion - they don't have a right to force their belief on someone else or to take away the individual rights of women.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
11. Not to mention, he's been a party to more than one.
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:24 AM
May 2019

If the scuttlebutt is true, he's all for abortion when it involves one of his sexual partners. Given his depraved "grab 'em by the pussy" tape I have no doubt the scuttlebutt is true.

He's just a con man and grifter who will use anything he can to get ahead and profit. He's using the anti-choice crowd just the way he uses the evangelical crowd.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
18. Remember, he wanted his second wife to have an abortion. He's only so called pro life cause for
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:53 AM
May 2019

political reasons.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
13. How the fuck do they plan to enforce these laws?
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:27 AM
May 2019

Will there be mandatory government uterus inspections each month for EVERY woman in America?
Who will pay for THAT government program?
Do they plan to pay for that by starving more fetuses that were birthed already?
Is THIS what Trump was talking about in "executing" the baby - 'congrats, you're born, NOW you're fucked!!!"

Will there be special courts set up to prosecute doctors and another to prosecute women?

Will there be a birth panel established to chain to pregnant women and prevent them from leaving anti-women states to seek relief elsewhere?

I defy these fools to enforce their "laws" and then to own the backlash to them...the majority of Americans do NOT wish to live in a bizarre dystopian theocracy, no matter what the inbred morons of the Bible belt want to believe...

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
14. great post. Sadly I can't picture any conservative thinking this way.
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:29 AM
May 2019

They’re constitutionally incapable.

CaptainTruth

(6,592 posts)
15. Supremacy in America isn't just about white supremacy.
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:32 AM
May 2019

It's rich, healthy, "Christian," male, white supremacy.

They view everyone else as inferior.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,427 posts)
17. If this doesn't galvanize even more women to vote
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:53 AM
May 2019

to protect themselves and their daughters what will? Should the Orange Menace win (thanks Putin) in 2020 the division in the country is going to accelerate FASTER than anyone can imagine.

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