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WhiskeyGrinder

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42. I am pro-abortion.

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #33)

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 03:07 PM

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Please stop using the term 'pro life'. [View all] Voltaire2 Jul 2022 OP

Exactly. Entirely too much evidence to the contrary. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #1

Anti women, pro birth. Magoo48 Jul 2022 #18

Anti women, forced birth. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #19

Better yet. Magoo48 Jul 2022 #22

I've been calling them anti choice for years. wnylib Jul 2022 #40

Anti-abortion. Lasher Jul 2022 #79

They've NEVER been "pro-life." That's think tank code for female oppression. Greybnk48 Jul 2022 #2

+1 n/t ariadne0614 Jul 2022 #83

Remember "compassionate conservatism"? sop Jul 2022 #91

Yep. Reject their framing. FM123 Jul 2022 #3

Worse than that Leith Jul 2022 #6

I like that. Anti-choice covers just about everything housecat Jul 2022 #11

They see themselves as pro choice Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #52

Exactly right. ZZenith Jul 2022 #72

This, k and r. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #4

Yeah, its amazing how many people insist temporary311 Jul 2022 #5

+10000000000000000 Celerity Jul 2022 #7

Especially considering that most of them value their guns more than anything, including a fetus Maraya1969 Jul 2022 #8

Forced Birth or Pro Choice Emile Jul 2022 #9

Like it too SilasSouleII Jul 2022 #12

I can't stop using it, because I never do. Martin Eden Jul 2022 #10

Agree. I use "anti-woman" instead. ancianita Jul 2022 #13

I NEVER used that term DFW Jul 2022 #14

They Might Actually Be "Pro-Shark Bite"... GB_RN Jul 2022 #16

That would still be more Republican pro-death n/t DFW Jul 2022 #35

Birth slavery works too. Cattle & slaves have their birthing controlled. CON mistresses, not so much Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2022 #15

But "Forced Birthers" has a better ring to it than "birth slavers." EmmaLee E Jul 2022 #50

I agree. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #66

K & R BadgerMom Jul 2022 #17

Absolutely, K&R mrsadm Jul 2022 #20

Forced birth is what I use now. gristy Jul 2022 #21

Is "misogynistic assholes" a better term? DickKessler Jul 2022 #23

Yes. Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #26

"Government mandated birth" ypsiguy Jul 2022 #24

In my view that's number one... MiHale Jul 2022 #28

THANK YOU Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #25

I'll take it a step further. The beginning of life has nothing to do with any of this. Gore1FL Jul 2022 #27

Oh, this is an EXCELLENT point! ShazzieB Jul 2022 #69

But if we call them "anti abortion" JohnnyRingo Jul 2022 #29

I don't think anyone is really "pro abortion". mwooldri Jul 2022 #33

I am pro-abortion. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #42

I'm completely pro abortion. Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #43

"want" Vs "need" mwooldri Jul 2022 #75

Worrying about "want" vs. "need" invites rhetoric of "worthy/unworthy" abortions, and is WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #88

One can be personally anti-abortion Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #34

I agree with you completely. BlueBloodedAmerican Jul 2022 #45

Pro-abortion is now the updated language used within the movement, so saying anti-abortion is also WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2022 #41

they are forced birth Celerity Jul 2022 #68

also "anti-choice" or "anti-abortion" DooverBeliever Jul 2022 #30

My sarcastic term for it is Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #31

The right wing is hung up on individual freedom--no masks, no vaccines, no mandatea. Lonestarblue Jul 2022 #32

Sure as shit ain't about to start now. nt Carlitos Brigante Jul 2022 #36

Just a reminder that DEAD people have more rights than a living woman in many states. OMGWTF Jul 2022 #37

Also... 2naSalit Jul 2022 #38

I always used "anti -choice." calimary Jul 2022 #39

I prefer to call them "anti-choice" FakeNoose Jul 2022 #44

I'm starting to dislike anti-choice as it doesn't Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #49

this is one of my little campaigns barbtries Jul 2022 #46

They've never forgiven Eve for giving the apple to Adam. ananda Jul 2022 #47

Funny, how the men who wrote that story found their female scapegoat in the very first chapter.... lindysalsagal Jul 2022 #60

I tend to use "anti-choice" and "anti-women." I don't think... Pacifist Patriot Jul 2022 #48

Well I disagree. Forced birth correctly frames Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #51

Fair enough Pacifist Patriot Jul 2022 #53

They are also not "Christian." At. All. themaguffin Jul 2022 #54

Agreed Progressive dog Jul 2022 #55

i call them slavers. mopinko Jul 2022 #56

Thank you! Mysterian Jul 2022 #57

ANTI CHOICE DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2022 #58

It's weak. Voltaire2 Jul 2022 #61

I definitely tend to avoid that erroneous term... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #59

Pre-life. n/t aocommunalpunch Jul 2022 #62

Pro Death.... BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #63

As George Carlin said, they're not pro-life, they're anti-woman AdamGG Jul 2022 #64

Hard agree. ShazzieB Jul 2022 #65

kick Celerity Jul 2022 #67

Agreed - their stance is all about control Lithos Jul 2022 #70

i used to use anti-choice Takket Jul 2022 #71

I never used that term, always used anti-choice Raine Jul 2022 #73

Woman-hating gestational slavers. niyad Jul 2022 #74

Abortion abolitionists is another term I just saw somewhere. nt BootinUp Jul 2022 #76

Been saying this since they raised their ugly heads. WinstonSmith4740 Jul 2022 #77

Exactly. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #78

Many of us have been voicing that plea for 55 years now. marybourg Jul 2022 #80

I have NEVER used BlueMTexpat Jul 2022 #81

Pro-Privacy, Pro-Liberty, Pro-Choice RicROC Jul 2022 #82

Agree 100% BlueJac Jul 2022 #84

and stop calling them the "GOP" RandiFan1290 Jul 2022 #85

Exactly, I've been saying the same thing. lark Jul 2022 #86

they're pro on a lot of things.... Locrian Jul 2022 #87

It's tyranny, really. They are pro-tyranny. Buckeyeblue Jul 2022 #89

Pro-Fetus, Anti-Child. zentrum Jul 2022 #90

If they were really "pro-life", area51 Jul 2022 #92

I'm pro it's none of my fucking business. BradAllison Jul 2022 #93

They are not pro life. IngridsLittleAngel Jul 2022 #94