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In reply to the discussion: *ahem* [View all]calimary
(81,679 posts)31. No kidding. My late father-in-law was a doctor.
He told this story about driving a bleeding young woman to the hospital. She was hemorrhaging. Pretty much all over the back seat of his car. She'd sought a back-alley abortion that went bed, as most of them do, and she was actually on the verge of dying. He was a very moral very conservative gent. But that made him decide that safe and legal abortions were something that was needed - because they kept young women of childbearing age ALIVE and HEALTHY, so they could eventually have those babies and care for them and afford to raise them. Chances are if you were lucky enough to survive a back-alley abortion, you were often rendered infertile for the rest of your life. Wire coat hangers anyone?
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It's not about abortion or contraception, it's about naughty ladies being punished for having sex.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#3
Wait, no male and female sex? LGBTQ for everyone? Okay, I'm in. (Well not just yet!)
genwah
Jun 2014
#54
Yeah, but maybe that's what they really want. More dead or desperate women. nt
valerief
Jun 2014
#10
Guess what their response will be? Stop having sex. Sex is for procreation ONLY!!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2014
#20
People will stop having sex when SCOTUS stops having massive buffer zones for themselves. nt
valerief
Jun 2014
#25
Even simpler test - ask them where in the Constitution a religious test is required for office.
Initech
Jun 2014
#39
So if women working for Hobby Lobby get pregnant, does Hobby Lobby pay enough for them to
tclambert
Jun 2014
#47
Sorry, Will, but it means even more children growing up in poverty. Think about
madinmaryland
Jun 2014
#55