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Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
Fri May 17, 2019, 06:00 PM May 2019

Maybe we need new messaging about reproductive rights...

We should now message...
"Your husband's bastards will be able to go after your children's inheritance"
"Your son's mistake will be able to get child support so that your son will never be able to marry a decent christian girl and have children within his marriage"

I'm trying to shake the complacency of GOP women who think this won't harm them because they can just fly off somewhere to care for their little inconvenience. So they need to realize its not just themselves they have to worry about...its the threats to their cozy little existence that might make them allies.


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Maybe we need new messaging about reproductive rights... (Original Post) Fresh_Start May 2019 OP
I'm liking this line of thinking. smirkymonkey May 2019 #1
Might I suggest a little edit? MLAA May 2019 #2
They don't care. They really don't. And I'm not a fan of centering abortion around husbands, WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #3
Add half-cast to that Buzz cook May 2019 #4
Also not a fan of using racist concepts and language to make a point. WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #5
The implication is Buzz cook May 2019 #6
The anti-abortion movement is indeed rooted in racism. Using racist language, as you did in your WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #7
 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
1. I'm liking this line of thinking.
Fri May 17, 2019, 07:25 PM
May 2019

We have to find a way to show them how they will suffer too. Because they can't just force women to give birth to children they don't want and can't afford to raise without providing some kind of support system. Either the state takes care of these children or they force the birth fathers to do it and a lot of men aren't going to be very happy about that.

The money has to come from somewhere. I think they have no idea what kind of shit-show they are going to be looking at. If women are forced to give birth, they are going to go after the man who got them pregnant for support, even if he happens to be a married, republican politician or politician's son.

MLAA

(17,247 posts)
2. Might I suggest a little edit?
Fri May 17, 2019, 07:50 PM
May 2019

“Your precious son’s misfortune of having been seduced by a liberal feminist”

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,307 posts)
3. They don't care. They really don't. And I'm not a fan of centering abortion around husbands,
Fri May 17, 2019, 07:53 PM
May 2019

sons and "decency."

Buzz cook

(2,471 posts)
4. Add half-cast to that
Fri May 17, 2019, 10:37 PM
May 2019

Because only trailer trash and blah people get abortions. Clean white girls never do.


"Your husband's half-cast bastards will be able to go after your children's inheritance"
"Your son's half-cast mistake will be able to get child support so that your son will never be able to marry a decent christian girl and have children within his marriage"


Racism is one of the main drivers of the anti-abortion movement.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,307 posts)
7. The anti-abortion movement is indeed rooted in racism. Using racist language, as you did in your
Fri May 17, 2019, 11:20 PM
May 2019

post in a hypothetical example of how to frame discussions about abortion, neither dismantles racism nor removes barriers to abortion.

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