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Why is someone's abortion any one else's business? (Original Post) dlk May 2022 OP
It isn't. Solly Mack May 2022 #1
Republicans are obsessed with bathrooms and bedrooms dlk May 2022 #6
In Trumpland they definitely are a fantasy. tirebiter May 2022 #2
overt misogyny is very big in the GOP... agingdem May 2022 #3
Keep women pregnant, poor and grateful ... dlk May 2022 #7
It's not leftstreet May 2022 #4
Relics longing for the "good old days" ... dlk May 2022 #9
Not "as if". If their continued abortion is coerced, unblock May 2022 #5
Unfortunately, the Zealots on the Supreme Court don't care dlk May 2022 #10
Yup. Slavery's in the Bible so there ya go. unblock May 2022 #17
Never mind the separation of church & state in the Constitution dlk May 2022 #18
Because it will be a crime, and law enforcement will be involved Arazi May 2022 #8
They are just getting warmed up, I'm afraid dlk May 2022 #11
Will divorce be declared illegal also? kskiska May 2022 #12
Who knows with these religious zealots? dlk May 2022 #13
Women are the most dangerous creatures in the universe. hunter May 2022 #14
It's not, and the majority of Americans don't subscribe to such beliefs. herding cats May 2022 #15
The tyranny of the few dlk May 2022 #19
R's and conservative's have thought for years, women are theirs to control RANDYWILDMAN May 2022 #16
It's a resurrection of women as chattel dlk May 2022 #20
Republicans have a pathological interest in the younger female anatomy dalton99a May 2022 #21
Yes, we see their obsessions with everyone's bedrooms and bathrooms dlk May 2022 #22
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2022 #23
I will prioritize the "voice" of a grown woman over a parasitic zygote Arazi May 2022 #24
Give voice to as many kids as you want mnhtnbb May 2022 #25

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
1. It isn't.
Thu May 5, 2022, 11:12 PM
May 2022

But some assholes think they have the right to control women and because of that they think they need to know.

agingdem

(7,828 posts)
3. overt misogyny is very big in the GOP...
Thu May 5, 2022, 11:19 PM
May 2022

it's not that the men just want to keep their wives/girlfriends barefoot and pregnant, they want them quiet and obedient..and when a woman is with child every 18 months then they're too damn tired to talk or express and opinion...

leftstreet

(36,102 posts)
4. It's not
Thu May 5, 2022, 11:22 PM
May 2022

Sadly we have lawmakers and judges old enough to remember when birth control was illegal, a married woman couldn't have a credit card in her own name, and cops never took a male abuser to jail. They grew up believing women were a problem to be controlled, and until they're gone...

unblock

(52,164 posts)
5. Not "as if". If their continued abortion is coerced,
Thu May 5, 2022, 11:27 PM
May 2022

if they are put into service of another contrary to their will, if there are things they must do and things they cannot do that they have no say in, if their situation cannot be transferred or assigned to another, then legally they are chattel.

Whatever the court says about the penumbra of privacy, anti-choice laws are a form of slavery or indentured servitude and a violation of the 13th amendment.

dlk

(11,537 posts)
10. Unfortunately, the Zealots on the Supreme Court don't care
Thu May 5, 2022, 11:33 PM
May 2022

They are enforcing religious tyranny.

dlk

(11,537 posts)
18. Never mind the separation of church & state in the Constitution
Fri May 6, 2022, 09:23 AM
May 2022

We are experiencing the religious tyranny of a minority, exacerbated by opportunistic politicians; a nightmare designed to cruelly punish and kill women & girls. It’s horrifying!

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
8. Because it will be a crime, and law enforcement will be involved
Thu May 5, 2022, 11:31 PM
May 2022

Many rights are nullified in that situation, even now. For example they can forcibly draw blood for a suspected DUI.

Abortion will be a crime and the intrusion will be very bad. Brace yourself

dlk

(11,537 posts)
13. Who knows with these religious zealots?
Thu May 5, 2022, 11:49 PM
May 2022

Apparently freedom of religion doesn’t include freedom from religion.

hunter

(38,309 posts)
14. Women are the most dangerous creatures in the universe.
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:01 AM
May 2022

The Great Penis in the Sky would be very upset if Men lost dominion over them.

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herding cats

(19,558 posts)
15. It's not, and the majority of Americans don't subscribe to such beliefs.
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:06 AM
May 2022

It's just a minority in the mid to low 20% who think they have a right to rule over others bodies. The rest have opinions but aren't rabid about them by majority.

Which is what makes this so very messed up. It's a minority rule and not democracy.

RANDYWILDMAN

(2,667 posts)
16. R's and conservative's have thought for years, women are theirs to control
Fri May 6, 2022, 12:13 AM
May 2022

and for years they have been wrong.

dlk

(11,537 posts)
22. Yes, we see their obsessions with everyone's bedrooms and bathrooms
Fri May 6, 2022, 09:31 AM
May 2022

And more young boys, too. A pathology to be sure.

Response to dlk (Original post)

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
24. I will prioritize the "voice" of a grown woman over a parasitic zygote
Fri May 6, 2022, 10:06 AM
May 2022

I give the same amount of “voice” to my fingernails that frequently need cutting away whenever I decide they need a bit removed.

People get to decide what they want to do with their body. Nobody else

mnhtnbb

(31,381 posts)
25. Give voice to as many kids as you want
Fri May 6, 2022, 10:47 AM
May 2022

but don't expect to tell other women what to do. It's none of your business.

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