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In reply to the discussion: You're Pro-Life until ... it affects you personally. [View all]Collimator
(1,639 posts)32. Yes, I know that there is some flexibility to an infant's skull.
And maybe the fleshy parts of the birth canal has some flexibility. Even the actual pelvic bones loosen and widen during earlier stages of pregnancy. But the bones themselves are not rubbery by any means.
I wasn't suggesting any miracle. But it looks impossible if you see the dimensions drawn out in a sketch of the bones. As for the pain associated with pushing something the size of a human infant's head through a human pelvis. . . I had an early miscarriage once, and the uterine cramps were insane. And all I was passing was blood. While I don't think giving birth should be looked upon as any woman's greatest accomplishment, I do give credit where credit is due.
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Actually the rethugs have co-opted "religion" (not just Catholicism) to control a swath of voters.
Texin
May 2019
#24
Also, they are pro-life until their mistress gets pregnant. So many have mistresses! . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2019
#5
Didn't Trump want Marla (pregnant while he was still married to Ivana, I believe)...
maddiemom
May 2019
#7
Please, please, please it is FORCED BIRTHERS or PRO FORCED BIRTH. That is how it should be referred
UniteFightBack
May 2019
#10
That seems to be a pattern with many, like the anti-LGBT, until it's their daughter, etc.
pdsimdars
May 2019
#11
There are so many instances of where carrying a fetus to forced birth is so dangerous
Farmer-Rick
May 2019
#26