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In reply to the discussion: I had an abortion at 7 months pregnant in 1978. [View all]Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)from grammar/high school who is much like that. She is so extreme that she is against abortion even in the case of the mother's life. We got into a discussion about how abortion rates could be brought down, and I sited studies that talk about availability of birth control and solid sex education being two things that are proven to reduce unplanned pregnancies and subsequent abortions. Her response, of course, was that she is 100% against birth control and that she is also against any sex education but abstinence. And of course, she was adamantly against having any of her tax dollars go to PP and wants cuts to "welfare" and recipients tested.
I reminded her how well no birth control and abstinence went at our Catholic school, where we had several girls get pregnant and have babies, other girls get pregnant and have abortions (including one of our closest friends), and how she herself (along with half our class) was sexually active despite being taught she was sinning against God for doing so.
A perfect example of the type of person who is against abortion but completely unwilling to do the things that actually reduce abortions or help pay for the aftermath of an unplanned pregnancy.