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In It to Win It

(8,252 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 11:27 PM Jun 2022

Someone asked me why am I in favor of abortion rights and my response was

Because I don't give a fuck. Your reproductive care is your business, not mine. I give not a single fuck about the decisions you make for your body.

If you choose to take birth control, that's great for you. IDGAF.
If your religion dictates that you will not get an abortion because you think it's murder, that's great for you. IDGAF.
If you want to have sex with a different person every night, that's great for you. IDGAF.
If you find yourself pregnant and you want to terminate that pregnancy, that's fine by me. IDGAF.

I don't give fuck about your choices you make about your body, you shouldn't give a fuck about mine. I don't believe life begins at conception and I don't give a fuck if you do. It is not my place to dictate anyone else's life. I am in charge of no one but myself. I am none of your concern and you are none of mine. I support the pro-choice movement and abortion rights because I believe you should mind your own fucking business and stop giving a fuck about anyone's business.

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Someone asked me why am I in favor of abortion rights and my response was (Original Post) In It to Win It Jun 2022 OP
Get thee to the greatest! onecaliberal Jun 2022 #1
Right there with you, my dear In It to Win It! ♥ CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2022 #2
This has become my philosophy in many areas of life. Baked Potato Jun 2022 #3
Rough but to the point. Nobody's business but one's own. brush Jun 2022 #4
Perfect... And it uses my kind of language. Nevilledog Jun 2022 #5
Perfect answer.... JanLip Jun 2022 #6
100% relayerbob Jun 2022 #7
This is pretty much my attitude about everything... VarryOn Jun 2022 #8
I've always said it this way as well. Lucky Luciano Jun 2022 #9
Absolutely spot on! LoisB Jun 2022 #10
Wish I could rec evolves Jun 2022 #11
Great response MustLoveBeagles Jun 2022 #12
Yep. Sums it up. calimary Jun 2022 #13
K & R...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #14
That works fine for most reproductive choices given above Model35mech Jun 2022 #15
I'm not advocating In It to Win It Jun 2022 #17
Great Post! K&R. I just tell people if you don't believe Emile Jun 2022 #16

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
3. This has become my philosophy in many areas of life.
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 11:43 PM
Jun 2022

And, if Republicans whine and cry about anything, I say you brought all this fuckin’ shit on America, so suffer very much, please…

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
8. This is pretty much my attitude about everything...
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 12:07 AM
Jun 2022

Tolerance is so desparately needed these days. I love the "live and let live" aspect of your philosophy (if you want to call it that!) .

Lucky Luciano

(11,257 posts)
9. I've always said it this way as well.
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 12:29 AM
Jun 2022

The right will push back re vaccines and “my body, my choice”, but as usual, they are wrong since it does impose on others to be an advocate in favor of spreading disease.

Model35mech

(1,535 posts)
15. That works fine for most reproductive choices given above
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 05:56 AM
Jun 2022

Please know I am with you in general. The whole point of CHOICE is to let everyone choose for themselves. So, staying out of the way of people's choices is very important.

But I do see a limit to the scope of your stated IDGAFs. People really do, and should, give a fuck when it comes to the public's interest in the management of infectious disease.

And IMO, applying basic principles of Public Health, we really must care about some of those people who you don't give a fuck about having sex with different people every night, because that practice is very high risk for spreading serious infectious disease to vulnerable people across society.

Consequently, as a society we need to identify carriers, and trace and treat, as needed, contacts of known carriers of serious infectious diseases not only to provide care to the sick, but as part of limiting the spread of such infectious diseases within society.

I support choice in abortion rights, central to that is the priority of a woman's right to choose how she may manage her reproductive status, including legal, safe, unchallenged on-demand abortions of fetuses yet incapable of survival outside the womb. Of course sex/reproductive education and access to contraception and medical care are necessary to equip every generation to exercise such choice

In It to Win It

(8,252 posts)
17. I'm not advocating
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 11:48 AM
Jun 2022

being reckless.

I always say "Live your life. Do whatever you want to do as long as you don't harm anybody." I actually debated including that in my OP but I wanted to really drive home the point.

I'll use the example of guns because my DGAF attitude can sound contradicting on the issue of guns because it may sound like "IDGAF what you do except with guns. You can't what you want to do with guns." However, the difference is that a gun is a tool can used to harm those who are here walking the Earth among the living.

There is a certain amount of reasonableness to freedoms, and freedoms shouldn't be used for carelessness and/or recklessness.

Emile

(22,768 posts)
16. Great Post! K&R. I just tell people if you don't believe
Sun Jun 26, 2022, 06:11 AM
Jun 2022

in abortion don't have one and keep your opinions to yourself.

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